startups

Lloyd’s Lab Insurtech Cohort Announced; Shortlists 12 Insurance Innovators

8 April 2020 // 0 Comments

Lloyd’s Lab has announced 12 companies shortlisted for more support and development within its Reinsurance Accelerator unit. They include KASKO, a software as a service [...]

Insurtech UK: Public Letter to Govt After Corona Hit to Start-Ups

3 April 2020 // 0 Comments

The UK insurtech sector has enjoyed a period of huge innovation and investment, not just from the UK but across the globe, in the last decade or so. Coronavirus is bound to [...]

Fully Verified Raises More Funding to Expand Online ID Product

31 March 2020 // 0 Comments

Fully-Verified, a Startup Wise Guys backed company, offers a range of video-based identity verification services aimed at delivering the highest level of security and [...]

Start-Ups: Q&A With James Buckley-Thorp at Get Bequest

24 March 2020 // 0 Comments

Life insurance is dull. There, we said it. But the old ways of selling life cover with a monthly premium, a standard 15K-100K payout and a small cash sum on maturity are [...]

Insurtech Companies Thriving in Brazil, Regulator to Establish Sandbox

18 March 2020 // 0 Comments

According to the Brazilian Startup Association (ABStartups), the number of insurtechs jumped from 70 to 210 in the last three years in the country. Similar to fintechs in the [...]

Compliance: Ohalo X-Ray Tool Performs Rapid GDPR Data Sweeps

14 March 2020 // 0 Comments

EU GDPR rules mean any insurer, broker or MGA has to be careful with customer data; how you gain consent, store it, then ultimately delete it one day. Failure can result in a [...]

Akur8 Raises 8m Euros, Looks to Expand its AI Pricing Product Reach

13 March 2020 // 0 Comments

Everyone in the UK insurtech sector knows that the race for finding a truly automated insurance pricing platform, that also automates compliance in local markets, is the F1 [...]

Wingcopter Trials `Beyond Line of Sight’ Drone Tech & Raise More Funding

6 March 2020 // 0 Comments

Darmstadt-based drone startup Wingcopter has announced a second seven-digit financing, led by the Singapore-based Corecam Capital Partners. Only three months after its [...]