Allianz backs Wrisk in strategic investment
Allianz Holdings plc has invested in motor embedded insurtech Wrisk as part of its £12m series B funding round.
The insurer has been Wrisk’s primary underwriter for almost 10 years and now joins the firm’s other strategic shareholders who invested in earlier rounds such as venture capital firms QBN and Volution
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