Insurtech
Qover enters UK motor; ARAG seals DAS deal; OSB's Consumer Duty director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Hyperexponential’s CEO highlights next steps after $73m funding round
The insurtech’s CEO and co-founder shares how a “self-sustaining strong foundation” is essential to pique venture capitalists’ interest, and how the funds will fuel its international expansion.
Are you ready for commoditised insurance’s slow death to speed up?
Forget about products – Felix Schachter, insurance advisory leader at Tata Consultancy Services, says you need to focus on your customers and the value you can offer them to stay relevant in today’s rapidly evolving insurance market.
RSA and Brit partner; Policy Expert expands top team; Guidewire chair joins Hyperexponential
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
KPMG’s Evans expects Consumer Duty to evolve in 2024
Former Association of British Insurers director general Huw Evans, who will replace Trevor Jones as head of insurance at KPMG in April, expects the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty requirements will "evolve" next year.
Why Keeping up with Kardashians is vital for marketing insurance
Analysis: Keeping up with Kardashian-like influencers is what it will take for general insurance providers to attract Gen Z to their products and services, writes Tom Luckham.
Three steps to implementing Chat GPT in insurance
Risto Rossar, founder and CEO of Insly, outlines the three steps insurers need to take to make the most of large language models like Chat GPT.
Most-read insurance stories in 2023 revealed
Like Cher, Insurance Post is turning back time to remember the industry Consumer Duty’s efforts, business interruption cases continuing to rumble on, developments at Direct Line, RSA’s personal lines exit, plus the other major insurance events of the…
Why dead-end jobs in insurance are a thing of the past
Shaun Geils, global head of insurance at IQ-EQ, considers how the adoption of new technology promises to transform the industry’s image from antiquated to cutting-edge.
MGA Review of the Year 2023
With large insurers and mainstream players pulling out of certain lines in 2023, and products reverting to the core areas, MGA chiefs plan to continue to step up and fill that gap in 2024.
Insurtech Review of the Year 2023
2023 will be remembered as the year the insurtech funding bubble burst but looking ahead to 2024 players in this part of the market expect providers to realise it is easier to buy systems than build them.
What next for Primary Group in the UK after Policy Expert sale?
Content Director’s View: Jonathan Swift reflects on what the future might hold for the Primary Group in the UK after the sale of Policy Expert left it with only one significant investment in the local market.
Insurtech UK partners with Post for British Insurance Technology Awards
Insurance Post can reveal that Insurtech UK is an official partner of the inaugural 2024 British Insurance Technology Awards.
Sky Protect appoints MD as Poll moves to chair
Insurance Post can reveal Sky has appointed Paul Sweeney as managing director of Sky Protect, the firm's home insurance brand as Matt Poll, pictured, moves to a non-executive chair role.
EITA 2023: Best policy admin software provider Imaginera
Imaginera, a provider of innovative underwriting technology solutions, has been awarded the prestigious Best Software Provider – Policy Administration Award at the European Insurance Technology Awards for its flagship platform, Orca.
Why insurers should reassure policyholders about AI
Roi Amir, CEO of Sprout AI, explains why insurers need to show policyholders they can trust artificial intelligence.
Flock to target larger fleets with NIG partnership
Flock has announced a partnership with NIG, which CEO Ed Leon Klinger says will allow the insurtech to target larger fleets as it aims to “evolve” the commercial motor insurance market.
Axa and Synectics partner; Tesco to offer non-standard home; Markerstudy's three NEDs
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Will McAllister, Guidewire
Will McAllister, senior vice president and managing director of EMEA at Guidewire, shares the software provider’s plan to do more business in the UK plus how insurers can now launch new products in a few hours.
Amazon adds fifth provider to Insurance Store
Amazon has signed-up Urban Jungle to its Insurance Store, making it the fifth insurance provider on the tech-giant’s platform.
Big Interview: ManyPets’ UK CEO Luisa Barile and co-founder Steven Mendel
Following a difficult period where ManyPets pulled out of the Swedish market and paused sales in the US, newly appointed UK CEO Luisa Barile and co-founder Steven Mendel sat down with Scott McGee to talk through the provider's plan to get the UK business…
Insurtech Excellence Award winners 2023 unveiled
The category winners in the Chartis Insurtech Excellence Awards have been announced.
Have insurers learned from digital missteps as they grapple with AI?
Content Director’s View: A decade ago insurers got very excited about digitalisation; so much so they put it in special silos and created a culture of them versus us. Jonathan Swift asks what lessons might have been learned as they embark on similar…
How AI is improving pet insurance claims
Michael Lewis, founder and CEO of Claim Technology, on the practical application of artificial intelligence for pet insurance claims.