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Insurance Post TV: Will claim volumes ever return to pre-pandemic levels? Featuring Allianz, NFU Mutual, RSA and Zurich
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Interview: Mark Wilson and Jamie Hay of Abacai
Abacai co-chairman and CEO Mark Wilson and fellow founder Jamie Hay caught up with Jonathan Swift to discuss how AI can help redefine customer experience and why claims are key to their success.
View from the Top video: Bought By Many CEO and founder Steven Mendel
In this exclusive interview recorded as part of the Insurance Post Live Annual Conference 2021 Bought By Many founder and CEO Steven Mendel discusses how data and technology are the backbone of global expansion.
Boardroom video: Building business out of Covid-19
In this video recorded as part of the Insurance Post Live Annual Conference 2021 an expert panel discuss what the future UK insurance industry might look like
Insurance Post TV ESG special: Do customers care about how sustainable their insurer is? Featuring Allianz, Parhelion and We Are Guernsey
Today Insurance Post reveals the latest episode of its ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Climate Wise outlines priorities; WTW claims Lloyd's digital first with Ki; AIG publishes ESG report; Freedom secures funding
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Motor insurtech Caura raises $4.2m and strikes deal with Jaguar Land Rover
App-based insurtech Caura has revealed that its motor insurance conversion rate from quote to purchase is two times the market average having raised $4.2m (£3.03m) to expand its offering, including a new B2B offering for car manufacturers starting with…
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Bought By Many to launch in all 50 US states after $350m raise
Bought By Many has raised $350m (£247m) and secured a valuation of over $2bn, with CEO Steven Mendel telling Post that the pet insurtech aims to launch in all 50 US states by “this time next year”.
Insurtech Focus: Incumbents and insurtechs
Over recent years the talk around insurtechs has moved from disruption to co-operation. With this in mind, Post canvassed a host of major insurers to discover which start-ups they work and/or invest in; and what they look for when it comes to digital…
Insurtech Focus: Founders of the Future
Although cynics saw them as a fad, insurtechs are now very much part of the UK insurance scene. Indeed some have matured into sizable businesses that are proving attractive to employees who might have otherwise never though about a career in insurance…
Allianz launches recycled parts digital platform; Howden acquires Medical Professional Risk Solutions; and Zurich UK doubles apprenticeship places
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Intelligence: Insurtech and the missing women – time for an investigation
Insurance has long been thought of as a men’s game, although the sector is making some steps towards greater gender diversity. Post investigates whether – as new kids on the block with no legacy issues – insurtechs are doing a better job here
Direct Line and More Than launch telematics products; Easy Jet adds Covid-19 cover; Sedgwick sells UK subsidiary; and Shift becomes latest European insurtech unicorn
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Chubb and Marsh unveil Covid-19 vaccination solution; insurtech investment hits quarterly high; motor/home premiums fall; and Aviva offers cover to new customers affected by cladding crisis
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Admiral, Aviva and Lloyd’s sign Fintech Pledge; Nextbase Insurance launches with Axa and Ageas; Rightchoice buys Fresh and Zurich in Ping An tie-up
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Insurance Post TV: Is there an end in sight for the insurance cladding ‘crisis’? Plus interviews with Abacai and Zego
Today Insurance Post launches its new ‘magazine-style’ television show, which aims to get under the skin of some of the best read stories and articles that have appeared in print or online recently.
Abacai has an 'opportunity to drive' insurtech consolidation but will not pay over the odds, says co-founder Hay
Private equity-backed digital insurance venture Abacai will not be a “consolidator for consolidation’s sake”, although it is inevitable that there will be activity in the insurtech space, one of its co-founders has told Insurance Post TV.
Axa teams up with Microsoft; Ardonagh unveils Beazley capacity deal; Lloyd's to open Manchester hub; LV rolls out ethical standard
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
RAC sets up own broker to help hit £300m GWP target
RAC has launched its own in-house insurance intermediary as part of a package of measures to hit targets of £300m of gross written premium and one million customers in 2023.
Interview: Mark Allan, Ki
Lloyd’s first algorithmically driven syndicate Ki began trading on 1/1 this year. Jonathan Swift caught up with its CEO Mark Allan to discuss early progress, its plans to integrate brokers on its platform with APIs and why it should not be simply…
Blog: Tech partnerships help predict and prevent not just repair and replace
Technology is changing the way insurers can access claims data and partnerships that harness this technology offer the potential to significantly improve customer experience and shift insurers' traditional focus of repair and replace onto a more…
Aviva completes 'refocus' with sale to Allianz; Axa and Tesco join forces; Chubb takeover rebuffed and Bought By Many enters US
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week not covered elsewhere on www.postonline.co.uk
Amazon, Apple and Google have opened up the 'mass market' for smart home insurance, claims start-up Hiro
The growth in big tech smart home solutions means it is a lot easier to sell household insurance products that reward adoption than ever before, according to the Neos alumnae behind newly launched insurtech Hiro.