Insurtech
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NewsManyPets to launch pet insurance plugin on ChatGPT
’Being the first pet insurance provider to launch a pet insurance app on ChatGPT reflects our role shaping the pet insurance of tomorrow and our pledge to make caring for pets easier,’ says chief executive
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NewsManyPets eyes launching ‘differentiated product set’ for price comparison websites
’It’s a significant part of the market so we’re not completely ignoring it – we just want to do it in a way that it’s still aligned with our overall customer philosophy,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisTechTalk: Insurtech revolution enters a ‘second coming’ as investment shifts
‘These swaggering insurtechs claimed that they were going to change the world, but they weren’t selling any insurance – there wasn’t a scalable, solid concept there,’ says executive director
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NewsIkea eyes retail experience to support new claims model after entering UK home insurance
’Claims is an obvious place for us to be looking to build that link between the Ikea retail experience and the insurance side,’ says chief executive
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NewsManyPets fetches new business growth as profit before tax increases by 59%
ManyPets boss says this is despite a ’very competitive’ UK pet insurance market that ’hasn’t grown as much’
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NewsIkea enters UK home insurance with Urban Jungle deal
’We are bringing a simple, functional and affordable home insurance product to our customers,’ says country customer experience manager
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NewsInsurtech UK launches investor network to support start-ups
‘This is about far more than access to funding. It’s about gaining access to expertise, strategic guidance, industry relationships and support from investors,’ says founder and co-chair
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NewsArdonagh Group launches new specialty insurance business to strengthen digital trading environment
’The opportunity is not just to digitise existing activity, but to improve how business flows through the market attracting shares of portfolios to London that historically remained in domestic markets,’ says executive chairman
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NewsBraven raises £3.4m seed funding and opens London office
‘The industry does not have a product innovation problem – it has an infrastructure problem,’ says founder and chief executive
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NewsThe biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 26 to 29 May 2026
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NewsTikTok partners with insurtech to launch embedded commercial insurance
‘While historically embedded insurance heavily focused on personal lines, the next wave will gravitate toward commercial lines,’ says analyst
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NewsGenasys hires former By Miles executive as COO to support global expansion
’She has a depth of experience across insurance and technology that few people can match,’ says chief executive
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AnalysisWill the CMA cap for UK vet prescription fees fix the ‘broken’ pet insurance market?
The Competition and Markets Authority’s intervention in veterinary prescription pricing has sharpened the focus on transparency, raising questions over how pet insurers will move beyond a ’race to the bottom’
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NewsBYD inks embedded insurance deal with insurtech
’Through this partnership, customers will have easier access to motor insurance embedded seamlessly into their car purchase journey,’ says executive vice president
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NewsManyPets partners with healthtech for fully integrated veterinary advice
’This is what good innovation looks like – two businesses, who lead their fields in the use of technology, coming together to improve the experience for pet parents and to shake up the market,’ says chief executive
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NewsCuvva signs multiyear partnership with premium finance provider
’We wanted a partner that could match our pace, integrate cleanly into our platform and uphold the standards our customers expect,’ says operations director
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NewsThe biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 6 to 10 April 2026
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NewsEx-Aviva COO among multiple hires at insurtech
’These appointments reflect our ambition and our confidence in the path ahead,’ says chief executive
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IT InterviewCharlotte Koep: How an API platform, an insurer and an EV lessor came together
‘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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NewsEmbedded insurance platform Qover secures £9m in growth funding
‘Our goal is to protect 100 million people by 2030, building the infrastructure that makes a global safety net real,’ says chief executive
