Insurtech
Starling Bank launches app-based platform for insurtech partners
Start-up Starling Bank has named insurtech firm Kasko among the first wave of financial services partners whose products will be available through its in-app Marketplace.
Insurtech Policy Castle seeks £1m in investment as it looks to grow
Insurtech start-up Policy Castle has become the latest venture to seek funding, with a stated ambition to raise £1m.
Ex-Axa director sets up insurtech MGA for SME market
Ex-Axa boss Matthew Reed has launched an insurtech MGA targeted at SMEs.
This week in Post: Results, rumour and regulation
This week the results season well and truly got underway with big names in the UK’s insurance sector reporting back to market on how they fared over 2017.
Rental deposit insurtech aims to help renters improve their credit score
Exclusive: An insurtech offering rental deposit insurance is giving home renters the opportunity to improve their credit score through purchasing insurance and paying rent on time.
Ex-Aviva manager launches AI-driven chatbot app
Ex-Aviva product manager Damian Cristian has developed an Artificial Intelligence-driven chatbot app for personal insurance.
Interview: Charlotte Halkett and Darius Medora, Buzzvault Insurance
Charlotte Halkett, one of the founding members of Insure the Box, caused waves when she moved to launch an insurance business of a removals booking firm Buzz Move in September last year.
Insurtech start-up Homelyfe offers household product that can be bought in 85 seconds
An insurtech start-up has today launched an app enabled home and contents product that can be bought as quickly as 85 seconds.
Electronic placement ‘not happening fast enough’, says Beale
The Lloyd’s market is not adopting the electronic placement of business fast enough, the market's CEO Inga Beale has said.
London market makes ‘significant step’ with new claims model
The London market has launched a claims model to simplify how claims are handled in an effort to improve client service and streamline claims agreement across the market.
Investment by reinsurers into insurtech was highest in 2017
Reinsurers led the way in insurtech investment during Q4 2017, directly and through their corporate venture arms.
Urban Jungle develops API for home and contents insurance
Urban Jungle has developed an application programming interface which will be rolled out to partnering home insurers.
Penny Black's Social World - February 2018
Comfort, community, chorus and kung fu
Blockchain-driven insurtech completes $1m funding round led by insurance executives
Insurtech firm Inzura has completed a $1 million funding round led by senior industry figures.
Editor's comment: An explosive start to the year
I started this year in style watching the fireworks over Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland Paris. Looking at January’s headlines the insurance industry has also started this year with a bang.
Interview: ABC Investors - Bunker, Cassidy, Castle, Horton and O’Roarke
With their restrictive covenants expiring at the end of 2017, the former LV general insurance management are now free to re-enter the market. Jonathan Swift speaks to the quintet about their new consortium ABC Investors, digital innovation and what it…
Former Aviva director develops broker customer data sharing platform
Broker Insights has developed a platform which uses broker customer data to help insurers identify business opportunities.
QBE's Phil Dodridge on navigating the digital tempest
Threatened with disruption, insurers need to augment their business model, argues Phil Dodridge, head of business intelligence and disruption at QBE European Operations.
Former AIG UK boss Jacqueline McNamee returns with insurtech MGA
Jacqueline McNamee, former managing director of AIG in the UK, is to return to the market fronting a new Insurtech start-up.
This week: Technology, treasury and trade credit
I'm not sure who was more excited about technology in our house this week, my son discovered that virtual pets in the form of Tamagotchi are making a comeback in the UK this year while I learnt a bar has opened where robots make you cocktails.
Alibaba invests in safe driving app start-up
Tel Aviv-headquartered motor technology firm Nexar has closed a $30m (£21.4m) round of financing.
Hastings to use automated fraud detection service
Hastings Direct has selected BAE Systems’ Net Reveal solution in order to detect and investigate claims and policy fraud.
Ten insurtech start-ups to watch in 2018 - part two
Today we feature a second quartet of businesses with their eye on the disruption prize, all of which will be worth watching out for as the year progresses.
In My Bag targets £500,000 in funding round
Gadget replacement insurtech In My Bag will begin a £500,000 funding round through crowdfunding platform Seedrs.