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TechTalk: Crypto stock market crash could burst AI bubble for insurtechs

2024-08-20T07:00:00+01:00By

’The downturn in the crypto markets signals a period of heightened caution and strategic reassessment’, says chief operating officer

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Briefing: Why the Crowdstrike IT outage is a ‘wake up call’ for the insurance industry

2024-08-14T10:00:00+01:00By

’The losses we saw for Crowdstrike are not even close to the losses for a cloud outage,’ says chief executive

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TechTalk: Brain drain hits claims sector – but will AI hamper the hiring of new talent?

2024-07-03T07:00:00+01:00By

With artificial intelligence doing tasks typically assigned to entry level starters, how is this impacting career routes and talent in claims? Insurance Times explores the issue…

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Briefing: Cryptocurrency risk landscape is shifting – will insurers step up?

2024-06-19T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurers have steered clear of insuring crypto as it’s a volatile market – but following a recent deepfake scam, is it time to rethink this emerging risk?

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TechTalk: A short history of eTrading – and its future in the market

2024-06-05T07:00:00+01:00By

’To me, eTrading is like water running through pipes – it’s a facilitator. Any modern insurer or broker now just expects it to be there,’ says managing director

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Briefing: Two Insurtech 50 firms collapse amid continued investor caution

2024-05-16T08:00:00+01:00By

’Investors are becoming more democratic in their funding allocations,’ says global head of insurtech

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TechTalk: Climate change focused insurtechs support insurers to ‘insure the uninsurable’

2024-04-30T10:00:00+01:00By

Industry needs to ’adopt new technologies to future forecast’ because developing climate change risks are ’harder to insure as you can’t rely on historical data’, says senior manager

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Briefing: Who’s afraid of open insurance?

2024-04-11T08:00:00+01:00By

Legacy systems have slowed down the progression of open insurance, but the benefits for insurers and brokers are clear – and insurtechs are vital

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TechTalk: Impact of simplified R&D scheme for insurtechs and startup brokers is ‘yet to be seen’

2024-03-27T12:00:00+00:00By

Brokers and MGAs investing in software that is new, improving a process or addressing an uncertainty could benefit from R&D tax relief

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Briefing: Insurtech is still a man’s game – but it’s changing

2024-03-20T10:00:00+00:00By

Historically, insurtech has been considered a male domain – but how are emerging technologies opening up opportunities for women to progress their careers?

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TechTalk: AI code of conduct is a start – but ‘comprehensive governance structure’ still needed

2024-02-28T13:27:00+00:00By

’While it’s possible to set general principles, how do you translate that into something that’s going to work for every company or use case?’ says head of analytics

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Briefing: New angel investing rules could worsen ’existing disparities’ for female insurtech bosses

2024-02-21T09:00:00+00:00By

’The recent changes to the high net worth threshold in the Treasury startup coalition angel investment rules are concerning,’ says chief executive

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Insurtech 50 cover

In 2023 we launched our inaugural Insurtech 50 report, produced exclusively by Insurance Times and based on data provided by business management consultancy Oxbow Partners.

This report collates a portfolio of the 50 most innovative UKGI insurtechs that insurers and brokers should have on their partnership radar, based on specific criteria defined by Insurance Times to reflect the needs and interests of our readership.

Read the report