Start-ups
Hood Group opens Innovation Lab to attract start-ups
Hood Group has launched an Innovation Lab and created a number of new roles.
Six insurtech start-ups to watch in 2017
To celebrate the return of the Post Digital Insurance Collective, I thought I would take another of my periodic looks at some of the newer start-ups in the insurtech space with some connection to the UK.
Just Miles plans to help low mileage drivers get fairer polices
Just Miles is planning to launch an on-demand insurance service for low mileage drivers in a bid to make insurance fairer.
Bought By Many launches new pet insurance product
Insurtech start-up Bought By Many has launched its first pet insurance product following its £7.5m investment round.
Post power List 2017: John O’Roarke
Partner, ABC Investors
Post Power List 2017: Colm Holmes
CEO, Aviva UK General Insurance
Start-up broker Cuvva launches pay-as-you-go motor insurance
Pay-as-you-go broker, Cuvva is to launch a car insurance product for people who use their vehicles infrequently.
Founder of failed broker re-enters market with on-demand start-up
Founder of failed company Belong Safe, Humphrey Bowles, has launched a new on-demand insurance start-up Guardhog with hopes of competing in the sharing economy.
Lemonade drops 'peer to peer' label just months after launching
Lemonade has said that it no longer classes itself as a peer to peer insurer just months after launching.
French app-based start-up joins insurtech incubator programme
App-based insurtech start-up Cbien has joined as one of the 10 firms on Startupbootcamp’s 2017 programme.
Blog: Pop goes the bad rep - How Lemonade and AI are putting the fizz in insurance claims
In the first weeks of 2017 two stories have really caught the imagination of the insurance claims community.
Insurtech firm Bought by Many receives £7.5m investment
Insurtech broker Bought by Many has received £7.5m in investment funding.
Helvetia Insurance to invest £44m in start-ups
Helvetia Insurance is launching its own venture fund for investments in start-ups, with an aim of driving forward digitisation.
Insurtech firms could face Brexit brain drain
Insurtech start-ups could face a talent black hole as a result of Brexit, analysts have warned.
2017 Preview: What lies ahead for insurance?
After sharing their views on 2016 last month, insurers and brokers make their predictions for the coming year. What do they think the highlights and lowlights will be over the next 12 months?
Insuring the future: 10 tech gadgets
Innovations are bringing new technology into our lives at an almost frightening pace. Whether we want to control our central heating from our smartphones or check on our home security, appliances that can be controlled remotely are giving us greater…
Lemonade rolls out US-wide expansion
Lemonade will be expanding nationwide within the over the next year, with the company claiming its service is highly demanded in California, Michigan, New Jersey and Texas.
Spotlight: Motor data: Taking today's customers into the fast lane
Having grown up in the internet age, Millennials have very different expectations to previous generations. Young people are getting into the driver’s seat and motor insurers need to understand how to build a relationship with them
Blog: Overcoming inhibitors to product delivery
Many insurers are stuck trying to figure out how to get their digital initiatives off the ground and are overly focused on how to create the next Uber for their industry.
Blog: Building the business case for digital insurance
The ever-increasing range of digital applications in insurance drives a host of opportunities to provide products and services that are more useful, convenient and appealing to the individuals and businesses that the industry serves. Digital technologies…
Blog: Smart world - unlearning the past
We're living in an increasingly ‘smart' world. Smartphones have become indispensable to our day-to-day lives and the concept of smart homes and driverless cars is becoming reality.
Roundtable: How to connect with the Millennial market
Penetration into the under-30s market remains low despite new app-based products and innovative solutions. Post, in association with GMC software, hosted a roundtable to find out what more the industry can do to address this
Startup Bootcamp reveals 10 start-ups for insurtech acceleration programme
Startup Bootcamp has revealed the top 10 insurtech start-ups for its 2017 acceleration programme.
Industry welcomes £23bn investment in innovation in Autumn Statement
Plans by the government to contribute £23bn toward tech innovation have been welcomed by insurtech firms.