Articles by Jonathan Swift
Homelyfe stops offering home insurance quotes
Freedom Services Group owned insurtech Homelyfe has ceased to offer home insurance quotes.
Laka CEO Taupitz wants insurtech to become 'global green mobility leader' after $12m Series A raise
Insurtech Laka has closed a Series A fund raise of $12m (£8.9m) led by US mobility investor Autotech Ventures as it seeks to become “the global green mobility leader” diversifying into areas such as e-bikes, e-cargo bikes and potentially electric cars.
Briefing: 10 insurtech start-ups to watch in 2022
For a seventh year running, Post content director Jonathan Swift scans the insurtech space and identifies a host of up-and-coming businesses potentially worth watching over the next 12 months and beyond.
IMS files patent breach lawsuit over mobile app product from Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Telematics solutions provider IMS has filed a lawsuit against several companies owned by a German motor insurer over an alleged patent breach in a move that could have implications for the wider use of mobile data to personalise pricing.
Podcast: What does the regulator’s greater focus on operational resilience mean for surge planning?
Welcome to the second in a two-part podcast series about operational resilience brought to you by Claims Consortium Group and Insurance Post.
Podcast: How would the insurance industry respond to a repeat of the 1987 Great Storm?
Welcome to the first in a two part podcast series about operational resilience brought to you by Claims Consortium Group and Insurance Post.
Briefing: Why a Lloyd’s return for Aviva makes perfect sense
There has long been talk about Aviva returning to Lloyd's having exited in 2000 following the CGU and Norwich Union merger. Post content director Jonathan Swift looks at why a move makes more sense now than it has done over the past two decades.
Briefing: Does the Lemonade-Metromile deal signal the beginning of an insurtech M&A boom?
Post content director Jonathan Swift looks at the rationale behind Lemonade’s proposed takeover of Metromile and asks if the UK could be poised to a see a deal of similar scale among domestic insurtechs.
British Insurance Awards 2021: Achievement Award: David Stevens CBE
Former Admiral CEO and co-founder David Stevens CBE was the recipient of the Achievement Award sponsored by Verisk at the 2021 British Insurance Awards. Jonathan Swift caught up with him to reflect on his career.
Video Q&A: British Insurance Awards 2021 Achievement Award winner David Stevens CBE
Former Admiral CEO and co-founder David Stevens CBE was the recipient of the Achievement Award, sponsored by Verisk, at the 2021 British Insurance Awards last night.
Insurance Post TV: Will claim volumes ever return to pre-pandemic levels? Featuring Allianz, NFU Mutual, RSA and Zurich
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Interview: Mark Wilson and Jamie Hay of Abacai
Abacai co-chairman and CEO Mark Wilson and fellow founder Jamie Hay caught up with Jonathan Swift to discuss how AI can help redefine customer experience and why claims are key to their success.
Briefing: Dye, Stovin, Masojada and now Reader, is a ‘pangdemic’ reshaping the CEO landscape in UK insurance?
There appears to have been an unseasonally large amount of turnover at the top of UK insurers recently. Jonathan Swift suggests this could be down to something he is calling the 'pangdemic'.
Insurance Post TV ESG special: Do customers care about how sustainable their insurer is? Featuring Allianz, Parhelion and We Are Guernsey
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Parhelion co-CEO Richardson asserts insurers need to move on from a ‘piecemeal’ ESG approach
The co-CEO of the self-proclaimed ‘world’s first sustainable insurer’ has admitted that he regards Parhelion as a “pathfinder” for the industry and hopes others will follow it into fully committing to the environmental, social and governance space…
Motor insurtech Caura raises $4.2m and strikes deal with Jaguar Land Rover
App-based insurtech Caura has revealed that its motor insurance conversion rate from quote to purchase is two times the market average having raised $4.2m (£3.03m) to expand its offering, including a new B2B offering for car manufacturers starting with…
'Anomaly' Tractable becomes latest UK insurtech unicorn as it diversifies into property after $60m Series D raise
Motor accident and recovery artificial intelligence specialist Tractable is to diversify into property having become the latest UK-based insurtech to acquire unicorn status with a $60m (£43m) Series D raise jointly led by Insight Partners and Georgian…
Insurtech Focus: Incumbents and insurtechs
Over recent years the talk around insurtechs has moved from disruption to co-operation. With this in mind, Post canvassed a host of major insurers to discover which start-ups they work and/or invest in; and what they look for when it comes to digital…
Insurance Post TV: Why is ghost broking on the rise? Plus gig economy insurance and Chaucer CEO John Fowle
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Briefing: From Who Evans? to Huw Da Man - How the understated DG made his mark at the ABI
As Huw Evans plans to step down as director general of the Association of British Insurers to join KPMG as a partner at the end of the year, Jonathan Swift looks back at his time at the trade body and assesses how he has helped both modernise it and keep…
British Insurance Awards 2021: Shortlist Revealed
Who will be walking the red carpet on 15 September as a contender at the 27th British Insurance Awards?
Insurance Post TV: Is there an end in sight for the insurance cladding ‘crisis’? Plus interviews with Abacai and Zego
Today Insurance Post launches its new ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Abacai has an 'opportunity to drive' insurtech consolidation but will not pay over the odds, says co-founder Hay
Private equity-backed digital insurance venture Abacai will not be a “consolidator for consolidation’s sake”, although it is inevitable that there will be activity in the insurtech space, one of its co-founders has told Insurance Post TV.
Uber insurance boss joins insurtech as European head as it gears up for Series A raise
The former head of insurance for EMEA at Uber, Russell Corbould-Warren, has swapped the ride share giant for insurtech Collective citing the growth of on-demand employment platforms as a key factor for his move.