Insurtech
Emerging technology, operational risk and talent usurp cyber as biggest concern among insurer CEOs
Cyber has dropped from the biggest concern among insurance bosses to seventh, according to the latest CEO Outlook from consultancy KPMG.
Hiscox partners with Digital Fineprint to tackle underinsurance of SME clients
Hiscox has partnered with insurtech start-up Digital Fineprint in order to gauge how social media data can be used to educate business on the risks they face and the insurance solutions that are available to them.
Cytora to expand internationally following successful partnerships
Following a £2.4m investment provided by Parkwalk, Artificial Intelligence start-up Cytora has successfully partnered with three insurers, providing their services in the commercial space.
Revised innovation strategies see insurers investing £1.53bn into insurtech
Major insurers have collectively invested $1.97bn (£1.53bn) into insurtech start-ups globally since 2016.
Aegon enters strategic partnership with fintech lending platform
Aegon has entered a strategic partnership with fintech lending platform, Funding Circle, with the intention of boosting UK SMEs.
Digital Insurance World 2017 - The Agenda
With less than two months to go before Digital Insurance World 2017 comes to London, the programme has been released.
Australian insurers need to innovate to survive, says TAS
Insurers need to deal with their legacy systems and adapt to insurtech threats according to Sydney-headquartered financial technology firm TAS.
Hong Kong insurtech start-up registers 1000 users
Hong Kong digital app Cover Go, which helps organise policies, is gaining traction in the Special Administrative Region.
This week in Post: M&A, Ogden misery and the Mobot
With London hosting the World Championships there has been a sports buzz about the city this week.
Blog: A dozen UK and European insurtech start-ups to watch in 2017 and beyond – part two
In preparation for Post's Digital Insurance World event, here are six more insurtech start-ups to watch.
Blog: A dozen UK and European insurtech start-ups to watch in 2017 and beyond – part one
Almost $1bn ($985m) was invested in insurtech in the second quarter of 2017.
Interview: Humphrey Bowles, Guardhog
Despite his last business venture crashing and burning, Humphrey Bowles, co-founder of Guardhog, has re-entered the insurance market with an insurtech proposition to serve the sharing economy.
BILA's Melissa Collett on five ways insurers can increase consumer trust
Melissa Collett, director at Fairer Finance and committee member of the British Insurance Law Association, describes five ways insurers can increase consumer trust.
'Broad organic growth' behind Aviva success as investment in tech curbs expenses, says Holmes
Maintaining “ broad organic growth” has been a key driver of success behind Aviva’s half-year results, said Aviva UK’s CEO Colm Holmes.
More innovation to come from Axa as it looks towards driverless cars
Axa has said it will be looking to increase its involvement with insurtech and ‘lead the way’ on driverless cars, following recent insurtech partnerships.
Blog: How to get rid of legacy systems
Insurers are aware of the hurdles associated with replacing legacy systems. But there are ways to make it a smooth and beneficial transition, as listed by Grzegorz Podlesny, senior manager at Sollers Consulting.
Lemonade expands to fourth state since launching
Lemonade has launched its Artificial Intelligence-driven insurance product in New Jersey, making the state the fourth that it has expanded into.
Content director's comment: Does Elton John signal the end of the insurtech buzz?
As a younger music fan, nothing gave me a greater kick than finding a band on the bottom of a bill in a grimy venue that blew me away.
Go Compare to invest in new businesses following strong results
Go Compare is looking to invest in tech businesses after revealing strong H1 results.
Rising Star: Louise Williams, Smartdriverclub
Having worked for an aggregator, Williams is now a product manager at the broking start-up
Roundtable: Industrialising insurance innovation: Breaking down silos
The scalability of digital innovation is a problem for the insurance industry. What can be done to prepare insurers to create initiatives with the ability to ‘build fast and fail fast’?
This Week in Post: Vnuk is a four letter word
When my toddler says ‘fox’, it sounds very rude. I mainly laugh at it but I’m also a bit scared that the next time she spots a fox in our local park, she will point at it, proudly shouting ‘F***! F****!’
Brolly closes £1m seed round with Valar Ventures
Insurtech start-up Brolly has closed a £1m seed round led by Valar Ventures, Pi Labs and Entrepreneur First.
Kennedys launches incubator platform to modernise legal services
Global law firm Kennedys has launched an incubator platform to build technological innovation within the legal sphere.