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Ikea eyes retail experience to support new claims model after entering UK home insurance

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

’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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ManyPets fetches new business growth as profit before tax increases by 59%

2026-08-06T11:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

ManyPets boss says this is despite a ’very competitive’ UK pet insurance market that ’hasn’t grown as much’

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Ikea enters UK home insurance with Urban Jungle deal

2026-08-05T08:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

’We are bringing a simple, functional and affordable home insurance product to our customers,’ says country customer experience manager

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Insurtech UK launches investor network to support start-ups

2026-06-26T11:00:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

‘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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Ardonagh Group launches new specialty insurance business to strengthen digital trading environment

2026-06-26T06:00:00+01:00By Harriet Scott

’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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Braven raises £3.4m seed funding and opens London office

2026-06-17T13:00:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

‘The industry does not have a product innovation problem – it has an infrastructure problem,’ says founder and chief executive

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The biggest people moves this week

2026-05-29T12:17:00+01:00By Insurance Times

Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 26 to 29 May 2026

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TikTok partners with insurtech to launch embedded commercial insurance

2026-05-29T10:00:00+01:00By George McDade

‘While historically embedded insurance heavily focused on personal lines, the next wave will gravitate toward commercial lines,’ says analyst

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Genasys hires former By Miles executive as COO to support global expansion

2026-05-07T12:00:00+01:00By Iris Hakaj

’She has a depth of experience across insurance and technology that few people can match,’ says chief executive

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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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