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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- clare.ruel@insurancetimes.co.uk
- News
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
- IT Interview
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
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HugHub chief executive retires
’While I am stepping away from the full-time executive arena, I remain passionate about the general insurance industry and technology,’ says top boss
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Fleet specialist inks deal to expand commercial risks coverage
The deal ’will give us the ease of data flow between systems and the ability to grow our market coverage at scale’, says general manager
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PeppercornAI raises more than £3m to develop AI platform
’Technology, specifically AI, has the potential to completely change the way consumers buy and manage their insurance policies,’ says chief executive
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Oke Eleazu: Addressing the diversity and inclusion dilemma in insurance
’Insurance has a double whammy – firstly it’s not attracting enough people of colour and so by definition there’s a struggle with leadership levels,’ says co-founder and chief executive
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CFC assembles M&A-focused team in renewable energy market
’This latest initiative in our transaction liability proposition underscores our commitment not only to drive innovation in this rapidly developing area of the insurance market,’ says head of transaction liability
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‘More clarity’ needed from regulators over AI
’Companies are willing to put investment in again and there are exciting developments on the horizon for AI,’ says deputy chief executive