All Insurtech UK articles – Page 13
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Revealed: Technology & Innovation Awards finalists 2020
The Insurance Times’s Tech & Innovation Awards 2020 recognise the finest in the UK general insurance technology and innovation arena, such as individuals and teams embracing emerging opportunities and leading the charge for a better customer experience. Here we reveal the finalists…
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Insurtech trade body teams up with investment platform to boost sector growth
Trade body – Insurtech UK has partnered with online investment platform, Seedrs to help fuel the insurtech sector’s growth.
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Jensten Group appoints Alistair Hardie as new chief executive
Jensten Group has appointed industry veteran Alistair Hardie as its new chief executive. He is currently chief executive of the Charles Taylor Group’s assistance and specialist claims management businesses.
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Tech Nation and Insurtech UK call on insurance leaders to support insurtechs post-pandemic
Tech Nation Insurtech Board and Insurtech UK are urging all leaders in the insurance sector to take on a series of commitments on innovation to support insurtechs after the impact of the pandemic.
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Allianz to terminate partnership with insurtech involved in accounting scandal
This move is a further fallout in corporate Germany against the backdrop of an accounting scandal involving the insurtech
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Insurtech Dialogue Exchange Global selected for Lloyd’s Lab latest Covid-19 cohort
The business aims to streamline the credit and political risk marketplace
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Biba endorses move to legalise rental e-scooters on British roads
Biba has endorsed the Department of Transport’s (DfT) move to legalise rental e-scooters on Britain’s roads this Saturday 4 July. Insurance will be required for all rental e-scooters taking part in the trial and this will be provided by the operator. But privately owned e-scooters remain illegal on the roads ...
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Zurich reveals 2020 ethnicity pay gap figures
The insurer said that there is more to be done and has called on the government to provide the right tools to tackle racial inequality in the workplace
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Sure Thing! changes name to Policy Expert
Motor broker Sure Thing! has changed its name to Policy Expert. the move brings together the broker and the insurtech. Read more…
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Lloyd’s calls for industry and government collaboration to mitigate future systemic risks post-Covid19
Lloyd’s of London is calling for close collaboration between insurers, brokers, customers, the global industry and government in designing cover for future systemic risks, which it says are complex.
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Legacy systems tipped as main barrier to insurance digitalisation
Despite this, just over a quarter of participants in an Insurance Times poll thought the barrier was cost
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Usage-based insurance attracts funding despite drop in insurtech investment
Pay-per-mile policies are much more popular with the younger demographic
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Insurtechs poised to prosper from post-pandemic business models
Many businesses are adapting their business model post-pandemic and seeking out on-demand insurance to cater to delivery surge, which could be a win-win situation for insurtechs
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Claims Excellence Awards Finalist 2020 Q&A: Deacon Insurance on its 90% employee retention rate
Winners will be revealed at Insurance Times’s Claims Excellence Awards 2020 on 15 October at Kensington’s Royal Garden Hotel
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Antilo – the MGA on a mission to use machine learning to better price risk
The MGA intends to help underwriters price risk more accurately using technology as well as bridging a “data gap” in telematics
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Travel insurers are ‘obviously only dealing with squeaky wheels’ says Aquarium Software
Insurance Times speaks to Aquarium Software director Mark Colonnese about the ‘car crash’ travel insurance sector and how insurtechs can turn the Covid-19 pandemic to their advantage…
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Tech is designed to take friction from the broker-customer experience
Find out the latest insights from Insurance Times’s most recent broker webinar, which discussed technology trends impacting insurance now and in the future.
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BHIB-backed provider partners with Mazuma
The two firms have joined forces to support freelancers and micro-businesses
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Working from home could cause employee mental health issues
There is a social element to work that employees who work from home may not be getting leading to feelings of isolation as well as having to juggle other responsibilities such as childcare
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Claims Excellence Awards Finalist 2020 Q&A: VisionTrack’s IoT platform transforming video telematics
Winners will be revealed at Insurance Times’s Claims Excellence Awards 2020 on 15 October at Kensington’s Royal Garden Hotel