Global insurance trends

InsurTech News: Start-Ups, Sales and Bosch Bluetooth Telematics

Here’s a news round-up of investment fund and insurer activity in the InsurTech sector, including a very handy plug-n-play Telematics gadget from Bosch electronics; MetLife US insurer Metlife announced it is launching two Insurtech investment […]

Motor Insurance

Honcho App Start-Up Raises 150K from Finance Durham Fund

A new app designed to reduce insurance costs for motorists has successfully secured a conditional investment of £150,000 from the Finance Durham Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, pending a successful fund raise on CrowdCube. […]

Household Insurance

InsurTech Specialist Canopy Strengthens Advisory Board

InsureTech innovator and rental property market disrupter Canopy, has today announced details of its first Chairman, Board of Directors & Advisory Board. With a highly successful track record as non-exec chairman, advisor and mentor to […]

Investment

David Lundgren Joins InsurTech Specialist Quantemplate

Quantemplate, an InsurTech firm which uses machine learning to help re/insurers grow their business through data transformation and analytical insights, today announced that David Lundgren has been appointed CEO and Board Director. The company has also […]

Insurance Regulation

InsurTech Gateway Boosts Fintech Support for Start-Ups

These are exciting times for the insurance sector, both in the UK and across the world. The development of AI, big data projects and blockchain finance are fundamentally changing the way new ideas, services and […]

InsureTech

Gig Economy Pay-As-You-Go Insurance Start-Up Secures More Funding

Pay-as-you go insurance provider Zego has raised £6m in series A funding from Balderton Capital,  as the startup gets ready to launch new products for flexible workers employed in the sharing economy. Clerkenwell-based Zego, which […]

Insurance claims

Over 40s Adopting Telematics in Big Numbers

Traditionally favoured by younger drivers, blackbox (or telematics) insurance is now becoming increasingly popular across all demographics, especially with the over 40s. New customer research from blackbox insurance leaders, Coverbox, shows how much the demographic […]