Insurtech
Invoice insurtech Nimbla enters voluntary liquidation
Invoice insurtech startup Nimbla has appointed two voluntary liquidators from Leonard Curtis.
Q&A: Roi Amir, Sprout AI
Frances Stebbing speaks to Roi Amir, CEO of Sprout AI about how insurers can rebuild policy holders trust in artificial intelligence and why insurers need to bring customers along for the digital transformation journey.
Big Interview: Matthew Crummack, Domestic & General
Matthew Crummack, CEO of Domestic & General, reveals how he hopes to create an Uber-like experience for customers, shares his talks with insurtechs and why provider's should stop talking about "digital transformation."
Insurers' struggle to fill job vacancies laid bare
Data analysis: The extent to which insurance is an experienced employee’s, rather than an employer’s, is laid bare by recruitment adverts posted at the start of this year.
D&G aims to create Uber-like claims experience
Domestic & General CEO Matthew Crummack has shared how he hopes to use the US insurtech the provider bought at the start of the year to create an “Uber-like” claims experience.
iCan founder launches broker; Chaucer enters weather market; RSA's property director
Thursday Round-Up: As tomorrow is Good Friday, Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week, a day early.
MIB to roll out ANPR-linked ‘scalpel’ approach to tackling uninsured driving
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau is to roll out new technology that will act more like a ‘scalpel’ than the present ‘lucky dip’ approach to catching uninsured drivers.
Tesco’s pet partnership; Hiscox’s poetry; Biba’s compliance lead
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Lockton’s Scott reveals greatest fear of cyber insurers and brokers
The most worrying concern for cyber insurance providers and brokers in 2024 is system risk, according to Lucy Scott, Lockton’s head of global cyber and technology.
British Insurance Technology Awards shortlist 2024 announced
Today Insurance Post can reveal the shortlist for the 2024 British Insurance Technology Awards.
Insurtech mindset and legal landscape has changed
The legal sector is “ready for something different” and insurtech founders have shifted their mindset to disposal, according to Beyond Legal founder Nick Pester.
Insurtechs partner up to tackle ‘unaffordable’ SME cover
Blip’s CEO shares how the business has partnered with Wakam to “disrupt the status quo” and provide competitively priced and easy to understand small business insurance.
ManyPets co-founder to step down as Barile takes on group CEO role
Steven Mendel, CEO of ManyPets parent ManyGroup, has announced that he will step down from his role in mid-April and be replaced by current ManyPets UK CEO Luisa Barile.
Diary of an Insurer: Aurora’s Lauren Stables
Lauren Stables, head of digital trading at Aurora, works on the start-up MGA’s next product launch, shares ideas with brokers and providers while also mucking out her horses and playing ball with her four dogs.
Beazley’s cyber security arm; Brokerbility joins Insurtech UK; Lloyd’s confirms general counsel
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Deadline to enter British Insurance Technology Awards fast approaching
The countdown has started for you to get entries in for the inaugural 2024 British Insurance Technology Awards (BITAs).
Biba’s budget demands; Tokio Marine’s deal with Lavaretus; NFU’s first commercial head
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Amazon, Google, Tesla … is there a tech giant insurance cannot repel?
Content Director’s View: Following the quick and relatively painless death of the Amazon Insurance Store, Jonathan Swift reflects on why UK policyholders are often resistant to the charms of brands they would otherwise trust when it comes to buying…
Zego co-founder Harry Franks departs insurtech
Zego co-founder and former CEO Harry Franks has stepped away from the insurtech, Insurance Post can reveal.
UK bolsters ‘special relationship’ with Gibraltar
Melissa Collett, CEO of Insurtech UK, shares how Gibraltar’s “speed to market” offerings have won over UK insurtechs as they seek authorisation.
How Tupe is transforming insurance’s talent pool
Shaun Geils, global head of insurance at services group IQ-EQ, on the opportunity to reskill the sector and how lifting out and absorbing teams means firms can retain access to their existing crop of talent.