Clare Ruel
Winner of Biba’s Best thought leadership Award 2023, and highly commended in this year’s WTW awards as Insurance and risk technology journalist of the year.
Interested in all things insurance technology and insurtech.
Writer of the monthly TechTalk section of the magazine and backchat. When not writing can be found doing yoga, at some kind of dance workshop, singing, globetrotting, or baking – not in any specific order.
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- Email:
- clare.ruel@insurancetimes.co.uk
- News Analysis
Briefing: Two Insurtech 50 firms collapse amid continued investor caution
’Investors are becoming more democratic in their funding allocations,’ says global head of insurtech
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Law firm signs AI Code of Conduct
’AI has the potential to revolutionise the claims sector,’ says initiator
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Backchat: May 2024
Journalists moonlighting as soap stars, map history from a major insurer, a director of private clients braving Arctic temperatures and a very clever campaign. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
- IT Interview
Ajay Mistry: Building a ‘successful schemes broker’
Many larger brokers believe that schemes for small clients are ’not as exciting’, says founder and director
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Applied secures record commercial lines eTrading growth
’We are focused on providing our broker customers with the simple, modern experiences they demand,’ says chief executive
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Atec-owned firm goes live on IS2 platform
’We are in a great position for continued high growth across all operating areas,’ says chief executive
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Broker Insights to help insurers predict probability of winning new business
’This product is the first of many envisioned AI-enabled products for our broker and insurer partners,’ says chief executive
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Drone MGA secures Lloyd’s coverholder status
’This achievement serves to highlight the insurance opportunities emerging in the drone space,’ says managing director and founder
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Insurers and MGAs reveal key takeaways for brokers ahead of Biba Conference
In the run up to Biba’s annual conference this May, Insurance Times asks underwriters and insurers what their main messages for brokers will be
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Jonathan Davey: ‘I didn’t choose insurance – insurance chose me’
’I am going to be selective. I am young enough to want to keep my grey matter moving,’ says retired chief executive
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Flock inks deal to launch taxi fleet insurance product
’Insurance is one of the largest costs for taxi fleets,’ says chief executive
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Policy Expert hires ex-Aviva leader for c-suite role
’I look forward to working closely with the team at Policy Expert to accelerate growth,’ says new appointee
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Insurtech funding plummets in Q1 2024
’With activity up but average deal size down, investors are becoming more democratic in their funding allocations,’ says global head of insurtech
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Moonrock Drone Insurance joins broker network as supplier
’Drone usage in the UK for business is booming and it is essential for brokers to be able to provide a reliable, high quality service,’ says managing director
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Broker launches academy to expand peer-to-peer learning
’We invite brokers to take the lead on their own learning journeys,’ says head of organisational development
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Insurtech startup launches AI solution for brokers
’We’re currently on a mission to rid the world of time-consuming, boring repetitive tasks,’ says founder
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Endeavour Ventures buys HugHub’s extranet platform
’We look forward to making further announcements shortly on the strategy for the Extranet Hub solution under the new ownership,’ co-founder and former chairman
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Sony unit backs Urban Jungle as it raises £11.2m
’This funding is a testament to the hard work of the team,’ says chief executive
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HugHub enters administration following funding problems
’In the absence of any further investment, the board of directors formed the view that the company was or was about to become insolvent,’ says filing
- News Analysis
TechTalk: Climate change focused insurtechs support insurers to ‘insure the uninsurable’
Industry needs to ’adopt new technologies to future forecast’ because developing climate change risks are ’harder to insure as you can’t rely on historical data’, says senior manager