All articles by Clare Ruel – Page 4
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NewsInsurtechs becoming more attractive as acquisition targets for insurance groups
’[It] can take a long time to get that sort of innovation and generate capacity, so it is often easier for insurance firms to go and buy an insurtech,’ says chief underwriting officer
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NewsInsurtech IPOs ‘slowing down’ after investment downturn
’Potential insurtech investors are getting more nervous and risk averse and the path towards an IPO becomes a lot harder and longer to navigate,’ says chief operating officer
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NewsOpen GI inks AI partnership to save brokers’ time
’Time-saving tech’ from collaboration aims to help the software house’s broker partners ’to focus on growth and evolution’, says chief executive
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NewsEarnix upgrades London office as it looks to continue ‘good progress’
Chief executive says the move marks a ‘significant investment’
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NewsHowden’s Blanc calls for shift in way insurance is thought about
The head of mergers and acquisitions was speaking following the launch of a new charity
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NewsUinsure goes on hiring spree after RSA exit results in big deals
’An expanded scale will only help in securing more competitive premiums for all our partners’ customers,’ says chief distribution officer
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News AnalysisBriefing: Can risk prevention mitigate against the increase in cyber attacks on the public sector?
With cyber attacks on the public sector increasing in scale and volume, should an active model to cyber insurance be adopted?
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NewsPE firm set to sell Open GI as ‘definitive agreement’ confirmed
’The transfer of ownership is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter,’ a spokesperson said
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NewsUnderwriters worried about being replaced by AI – Hyperexponential
’Actuaries and underwriters can add significantly more value by embracing and leveraging AI,’ says chief executive and co-founder
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NewsDAS reports 8% GWP growth following Arag acquisition
’These results show why Arag was keen to acquire Das,’ says chief executive
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NewsAxa XL expands UK cyber team
’Cyber remains a top concern amongst our clients and that’s why we’re expanding our UK cyber team,’ says head
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IT InterviewRonit Maor: Insurance needs more female CFOs
’The CFO role has historically been perceived as a power role, [meaning] that in order to do it you need to be tough and aggressive,’ says chief financial officer
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NewsBiba calls for removal of larger commercial customers from scope of Consumer Duty
’This is an opportunity to achieve change and help improve the burden of regulation on members,’ says chief executive
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NewsCrowdstrike IT outage could prompt ‘greater demand for cyber cover’
Cyber ’losses stemming from non-malicious causes’ are ’underserviced in the current market’, says head of London markets
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NewsBackchat: September 2024
People moves, birthdays and an insurance policy to protect your sandwich from pesky seagulls – what has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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NewsGo Compare strikes deal with insurtech to boost pricing
’We realised the key issues faced by new companies were the cost of the system infrastructure and access to the right data and technology,’ says director
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NewsLaka acquires renewal rights to insurance provider’s bike portfolio
’This renewal rights acquisition forms part of Laka’s mergers and acquisition strategy,’ says chief executive
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IT InterviewBen Legg: Open GI homing in on ‘North Star’ of empowering brokers to write better business
’We see our role in the market to empower our brokers to write more and better quality business, as well as improving the lives of anyone using insurance products,’ says chief product officer
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IT InterviewWayne Jefferson: ‘ETrading will ultimately become more complex’
’We don’t want unwieldy question sets that become way too complicated for a customer and put them off eTrading,’ says head of eTrading
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NewsCommercial Express names ex-Acrisure boss as non-executive director
’His extensive underwriting expertise, combined with his indepth knowledge of the MGA and wider insurance sectors, will be invaluable as we continue to grow and broaden our product offering to brokers,’ says founder and managing director
