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News AnalysisInsurtech sector sees 2021 unicorn boom as pandemic accelerates digital focus
Funding for insurtechs has historically been a struggle, but industry commentators believe investment opportunities are on the up thanks to the technology focus brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsEx-RSA exec joins insurtech as new chief commercial officer
The insurtech aims to transform the commercial property sector
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NewsHandl Group-backed tech firm launches self-care app for insurance market
The app aims to deliver ’real benefits for insurers and for their customers’, according to EQL’s co-founder and chief executive
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NewsRevealed: Insurance Times’s Tech and Innovation Awards finalists 2021
The final shortlist has been revealed - did your firm make the cut? Winners will be revealed on 3 November 2021
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IT InterviewMatt Connolly: Insurtech M&A takes ‘upward swing’ as pandemic bolsters digital transformation
Sønr’s chief executive predicts that insurtech M&A will double in 2021 – so far, 45 deals have been completed in the first six months of the year
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NewsHouse of Insurtech chief exec reveals business plans following £400k funding
The insurtech’s founder and chief executive says the online customer journey in insurance is ’pretty poor’ – he aims to improve it
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IT InterviewMGA Q&A: ‘Listening to our brokers is key’ amid challenges and ongoing uncertainty – Victor Insurance UK
Victor Insurance UK’s managing director, John Stephenson speaks to Insurance Times about the challenges ahead for the insurance market and why listening to brokers is key
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NewsHouse of Insurtech secures £400k seed round funding
The insurance software market has been estimated to be worth $7bn a year
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NewsSoaring insurtech investment to impact actuary work and job opportunities – IFoA
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries says insurtech market entrants are targeting areas where established players are not delivering on price
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NewsInsurtech Urban Jungle launches building and contents insurance for younger homeowners
The product aims to fill a gap in the market as young customers are ‘ignored by the big insurers’, says insurtech
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NewsUK tech sector reaches 100th unicorn milestone following Tractable valuation
The UK now has more tech unicorns than Germany, France and the Netherlands combined - MP Oliver Dowden says this ’cements the UK as one of the world’s top tech hubs’
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NewsTractable becomes UK’s first computer vision unicorn amid $50m investment
The insurtech’s revenue has grown 600% in the past 24 months
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NewsFlock partners with Asia’s largest insurer to reinvent commercial fleet insurance
The insurtech’s chief executive says insurers of the future ‘won’t simply pay claims’, they will actively reduce risk
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IT InterviewMark Colonnese: An ‘underserved’ pet insurance market leaves insurers ‘plenty of room for growth’
Investing in the latest technology will be a ‘real game changer’ for both businesses and customers
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NewsMark Wilson’s insurtech appoints six new senior leadership hires
The business plans ’to drive product disruption in this industry, on behalf of both our B2B and B2C customers’
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IT InterviewRussell Corbould-Warren: The ex-Uber boss reinventing insurance for independent workers
The former Uber boss, who joined Collective Benefits earlier this year, tells Insurance Times his plans for tackling the growing protection gap created by the emergence of the gig economy
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NewsPeach Pi and insurtech join forces for bespoke freelancer and micro SME cover
The insurtech approached Peach Pi about the solution as the niche insurer has a ’real understanding’ of the health and wellbeing sector
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NewsNuvalaw launches to UK market following successful pilot programmes
The claims resolution business is ready to ‘fill the void of the lack of ADR’ in the Official Injury Claim portal
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NewsInsurtech funding rounds in 2021 break pandemic gloom – GlobalData
GlobalData’s insurance analyst says that as insurtech continues to grow, there could be some ’real contenders’ to the major insurers
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NewsCovéa Insurance deploys leak detecting tool for HNW clients
The reinvigorated 2017 partnership will ‘make strides’ in ensuring home water leaks are ‘a thing of the past’
