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.
Attending Post sister title Insurance Age’s Broker Expo in Coventry last week a well-known digital advocate approached me and with a sense of pride commented: “Look at all the insurtechs exhibiting
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