Insurtech
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News AnalysisBriefing: The fast and slow market of driving innovation
Innovation cycles within organisations are currently interconnected with hard and soft market conditions – but companies should take inspiration from their own body cells to treat innovation as a natural function rather than a stimulant
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IT Awards 2025Insurance Times Awards 2025: Clearspeed on how its tech can make insurance ‘more human’
Alex Martin, chief executive at Clearspeed, talks about his firm’s entry to the Business Partner of the Year category
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IT Awards 2025Insurance Times Awards 2025: DistriBind praises ‘small but mighty team’
Dave Connors, founder and chief executive at DistriBind, talks about his firm’s entry to the Business Partner of the Year category
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IT InterviewQ&A: Gareth Haagman on winning the Young Achiever in Technology and Innovation Award 2025
Insurance Times speaks to the winner of 2025’s Young Achiever in Technology and Innovation Award, Gareth Haagman, to find out more about his career so far, his impressive award win and his plans for the future
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NewsWestfield Specialty modernises underwriting with insurtech
‘This project is an early example of how the market is set to transform in the future,’ says chief strategy officer
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NewsUK-based boutique insurance technology firm acquired
’Our strategy is to work with specialist providers who already deliver market-leading technology and give them the backing and tools to go even further,’ says chief executive
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NewsPrima Assicurazioni appoints new chief product officer
’I’m truly excited to join Prima Assicurazioni at such a pivotal moment for the company,’ says appointee
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NewsIs a ‘fail fast’ approach to innovation effective or overhyped?
With the industry increasingly embracing a ’fail fast’ mindset, is short-cycle testing in live environments the key to innovation? Or does this approach have dangerous consequences for consumer trust?
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NewsExtracover Insurance rebrands under parent company name
’This update reflects our continued drive to offer a seamless experience for our partners, customers and colleagues,’ says chief executive
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IT InterviewJohn Milliken and Sam Leonard-Williams: Consumer trust pays dividends
In a world where consumers have access to more information than ever, is trust becoming one of the most valuable assets a company can have?
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NewsFirms struggle to integrate with insurtech partners – Charles Taylor’s Jeremy Stevens
’There are less insurtechs that are from the insurance sector and that have insurance pedigree,’ says director
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NewsWillis deepens partnership with insurtech to elevate client insights
’We want our clients to be as informed about risk and the insurance marketplace as possible,’ says head
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News AnalysisThe Big Question: Are insurtechs solving real problems or just chasing hype and funding?
As the wave of AI-backed technology drives waves of investment and excitement, the debate over insurtech’s role in the market is heating up. Are these firms solving the industry’s real challenges, or simply chasing hype and funding? Insurance Times puts the question to leading voices from the market.
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News AnalysisBriefing: Advanced price risk underwriting can open up new markets for insurance
One AI-powered MGA with hedge fund experience has created a model that allows it to accurately underwrite price protection insurance for raw materials
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IT InterviewBe’eri Mart: AI implementation can be managed with lessons from the past
Following in the footsteps of machine learning implementations, operationalising artificial intelligence successfully will be the differentiating factor for firms in UKGI, says chief product officer
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NewsZego sees yearly losses improve by £30m to near break-even
‘I’m proud of how we’re scaling responsibly, fuelled by innovation and our clear purpose,’ says chief executive
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NewsInsurtech startup raises £1m to launch AI-powered forensic fraud detection
’Our mission is to help insurers make more informed decisions on fraud faster which we do by offering reasoning behind why a document presents a risk of fraud to guide their investigation,’ says founder
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NewsInsurance Times reveals 2025’s Tech and Innovation Awards winners
’It is important to pat ourselves on the back for the massive progress market firms have made in recent years and the true innovation that is bubbling away in every corner of UKGI,’ says Insurance Times editor
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NewsBrokerslink welcomes embedded insurance specialist as newest affiliate
’We believe there’s a significant opportunity for brokers to embrace embedded insurance as a means to differentiate themselves in the current landscape,’ says chief executive
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NewsOffering configurable agentic AI marks a ‘paradigm shift’ – Earnix
‘We think about it as our engine, something that will grow faster and smarter, and be much more impactful,’ says product manager
