Clare Ruel
Winner of Biba’s Best thought leadership Award 2023, and highly commended in the WTW awards as Insurance and risk technology journalist of the year for her technology section.
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.
Contact info
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- +44 (0)20 7618 3093
- Email:
- clare.ruel@insurancetimes.co.uk
- News
Biba calls for removal of larger commercial customers from scope of Consumer Duty
’This is an opportunity to achieve change and help improve the burden of regulation on members,’ says chief executive
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Crowdstrike IT outage could prompt ‘greater demand for cyber cover’
Cyber ’losses stemming from non-malicious causes’ are ’underserviced in the current market’, says head of London markets
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Backchat: September 2024
People moves, birthdays and an insurance policy to protect your sandwich from pesky seagulls – what has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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Go Compare strikes deal with insurtech to boost pricing
’We realised the key issues faced by new companies were the cost of the system infrastructure and access to the right data and technology,’ says director
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Laka acquires renewal rights to insurance provider’s bike portfolio
’This renewal rights acquisition forms part of Laka’s mergers and acquisition strategy,’ says chief executive
- IT Interview
Ben Legg: Open GI homing in on ‘North Star’ of empowering brokers to write better business
’We see our role in the market to empower our brokers to write more and better quality business, as well as improving the lives of anyone using insurance products,’ says chief product officer
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Wayne Jefferson: ‘ETrading will ultimately become more complex’
’We don’t want unwieldy question sets that become way too complicated for a customer and put them off eTrading,’ says head of eTrading
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Commercial Express names ex-Acrisure boss as non-executive director
’His extensive underwriting expertise, combined with his indepth knowledge of the MGA and wider insurance sectors, will be invaluable as we continue to grow and broaden our product offering to brokers,’ says founder and managing director
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Davies appoints first group chief AI officer
The appointee ’is uniquely qualified to optimise our internal processes’, says chief operations officer
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Arc Legal inks deal with specialist MGA to tackle employers’ liability gap
’This deal compliments our increasing market share in commercial legal expenses insurance,’ says head of partnerships
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Insurtech secures further funding to support growth
’We’re excited to expand our capabilities to reach a broader user base,’ says co-founder and director
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PE firm acquires 50% stake in home and motor MGA
’We have been highly impressed by the company’s achievements to date,’ says partner and head
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TMK announces senior hire as it establishes new reinsurance arm
’We are extremely well positioned to build our portfolio,’ says chief underwriting officer
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Technology obsolescence is biggest digital threat in 2024 – Beazley
’Businesses need to adopt a robust risk mitigation strategy and perform diligent horizon scanning when adopting new technology,’ says new report
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Biba and MGAA become affiliates to tackle similar market challenges
’MGAs can be part of the solution to some of the capacity challenges that are impacting our members,’ says chief executive
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Asta expands senior management team with three new hires
’Their appointments reflect our continuing growth and our desire to source top level talent to best serve our clients,’ says chief executive
- IT Interview
Chris Newton: Send Technology is focused on ‘solving real world problems for underwriters’
Chief technology officer believes the commercial insurance sector is ’ripe for disruption’
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IS2 reports 40% revenue growth in six months to June 2024
’The last 18 months have exceeded all expectations,’ says managing director
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Reinsurer inks partnership with travel and car excess insurtech
’We needed to find an underwriting partner that understands our vision to be the most customer-centric insurance provider in the world,’ says chief executive
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Aon snaps up ex-Gallagher Re boss for UK role
Global head says the appointee’s ’wealth of industry experience, leadership qualities and participation on several high profile transactions made him the right fit’