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Ex-Aviva COO among multiple hires at insurtech

2026-04-08T08:17:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

’These appointments reflect our ambition and our confidence in the path ahead,’ says chief executive

Charlotte Koep: How an API platform, an insurer and an EV lessor came together

2026-04-08T07:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘The analogy I always use is that you want to buy an insured bicycle, you don’t want to buy a bicycle plus insurance. That’s the future we’re aiming towards,’ says chief executive

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Embedded insurance platform Qover secures £9m in growth funding

2026-03-31T10:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘Our goal is to protect 100 million people by 2030, building the infrastructure that makes a global safety net real,’ says chief executive

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ManyPets initiative will support customers to ’take control’ over pet healthcare – Luisa Barile

2026-03-30T08:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

The pet insurance market is at an ‘inflection point’ and greater investment in data and technology is required to compete, says chief executive

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Martin Schultheiss: Uinsure accelerates AI investment in support of vision ‘to change the way insurance is bought in the UK’

2026-03-30T07:00:00+01:00By Katie Scott

Insurtech on target to hit growth metrics before PE cycle concludes as it strives to be at ‘the forefront of innovation’ and ‘the forefront of relationships’, says group managing director

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Louise Birritteri: Beyond embedded insurance – how one MGA is seeking to build ‘insurance enabled business models’

2026-03-27T08:00:00+00:00By George McDade

MGA chief executive explains how her firm is trying to solve pain points in the short-term rental market by developing an entirely new insurance enabled business model

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Chief executive remains ‘sceptical’ over insurers’ ability to integrate startup acquisitions

2026-03-25T15:30:00+00:00By Harriet Scott

’In the end, we see so many examples in the industry where [the smaller firm] turns into an extended workbench internally,’ says chief executive

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AI returns depend on redesigning job roles – Ericson Chan

2026-03-23T10:00:00+00:00By Harriet Scott

‘Return on investment has to come from a set of structured approaches,’ says group chief information and digital officer

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High Five: Catch up on the biggest stories this week

2026-03-20T15:00:00+00:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the top five stories making headlines across the market from 16 to 20 March 2026

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Insurers still looking at data in ‘monolithic way’

2024-04-04T10:48:00+01:00By Clare Ruel

’If you have data science in your business and start to get under the skin of that, you can make big changes to your underwriting result,’ says chief executive

Cyber insurance is ‘inaccessible’ for SMEs

2024-03-28T09:00:00+00:00By Clare Ruel

Asking SMEs to buy cyber insurance is ’like asking them to voluntarily buy a culture change’, says cyber chief executive

Insurance industry not matching customer expectations for green parts – Solera

2024-03-27T11:54:00+00:00By Clare Ruel

’Insurers and garages can play a vital role in helping customers understand the green options available,’ says managing director

Generative AI can make embedded insurance ‘more productive’ – Ericson Chan

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