Insurtech
Worry+Peace enters partnership with SchemeServe
Cloud-based insurance software provider SchemeServe has entered a partnership with insurtech start-up, Worry+Peace, to provide brokers access to distribution channels.
This week in Post: Thoughts with Texas
The world watched with horror last weekend as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, its high winds bringing devastation to Texas. It’s been downgraded to a tropical storm but the floods from its torrential rains continue to wreak havoc.
UK Insurtech investment brings in £218m in the first half of 2017
Investment in UK insurtech has increased to £218m in the first half of 2017 compared to £7.3m in the previous year.
Ascot launches P&C MGA Vertical
Ascot Group has launched Vertical Underwriting Managers, a specialty managing general agent cell under Ethos Specialty Insurance Services.
Blog: How to make your MGA stand out
Managing general agents need to differentiate themselves to boost their income, advises Ed Halsey, sales & marketing director at Schemeserve.
Aviva GI CEO Colm Holmes on its British Insurance Awards success
GI CEO Colm Holmes discusses Aviva UK's 'social purpose' and how it is helping customers defy uncertainty.
NFU Mutual ranks lowest for digital services in home and motor lines
Just 4% of leading insurers are providing digital services in their claims process within home and motor lines of business.
Sherpa raises $2.3m during seed funding round prior to UK expansion
Insurtech start-up Sherpa has raised $2.3 million in funding from angel investors prior to its launch in the UK later this year.
German insurtech start-up raises $10m seed investment
Berlin-based insurtech start-up Coya has raised a seed investment of over $10m from global investors including Brolly backer Valar Ventures.
Blog: How brokers can make marginal gains through technology
Brokers can use technology to make marginal gains that will add up in the long term, making their business a success, writes Ed Pugh, sales & marketing director at Red Crake.
Aviva Ventures invests in US connected homes start-up
Aviva Ventures marks its first investment in the US market by leading a $10.4m series B investment into telematics company Roost.
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.