Top 100 Insurtech Firms 2020: The insurtech graveyard
For every successful start-up, there are many more failures and insurance is no different. Jonathan Swift reflects on some of those that shone brightly for a short time before being buried in the insurtech graveyard.
Back Me Up (2016-2019)Unlike many of the ventures, Back Me Up was launched by a major insurer or – to quote – the start-up was ‘powered by Ageas’. Opened for
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