Opinion

Opinion: Insurtech Means Challenges Ahead, But Brighter Future for UK

This latest Opinion piece from UKRI Challenge Director Stephen Brown, looks at how technology is transforming the entire insurance sector in the UK, and the exciting challenges ahead. The emergence of AI and other leaps […]

InsureTech

Start-Up News: Hokodo Secures £2m Funding from Horizon 2020

 Hokodo, the UK fintech startup, has been awarded €2m by Horizon 2020, the funding programme for research and innovation run by the European Commission.  Grants are awarded to “market-creating innovations” that demonstrate high growth prospects, […]

InsureTech

Start-Ups: vipHomeLink Raises $1.4m in Second Round Funding

Investment within insurtech is still a lively part of the insurance eco-system, with motor, home, life, healthcare and gadget insurance all high on the list whehn it comes to disruption. Here’s some news about vipHomeLink.com, […]

InsureTech

Need Business Investment Capital? Get `Appy With Appital. Seriously.

Imagine a global marketplace where you could pitch, meet compliance standards and sign up new investors within hours, rather than prepping all kinds of paperwork and holding meetings, playing email ping-pong or holding repeat conference […]

InsureTech

Insurtech Investment Opps: Fintech Alliance Teams Up With Delio

FinTech Alliance, a digital platform launching on 10th June to unite both the UK and the global financial technology sector, announced today a partnership with Welsh startup Delio, a private asset investment infrastructure as a […]

News

Brexit News: La Parisienne Assurances Establishes UK Office

Given its high business stakes and development ambitions in the UK, and in the current context of uncertainty related to the ongoing Brexit process, La Parisienne Assurances has decided not only to register for the […]

InsureTech

Insurtech News: By Miles Raises £5m in Series A Funding

 By Miles, the UK’s first real-time pay-per-mile car insurance provider, has successfully raised £5m in a Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures. The insurtech startup is on mission to make car insurance better for […]

InsureTech

Insurtech: Anorak Tech Raises Another £5m from Kamet/AXA

Anorak Technologies Limited, the smart data company on a mission to build the world’s smartest life insurance adviser, today announces it has secured £5m Series A from Kamet Ventures (startup studio backed by AXA), taking […]