BMW Financial Services Announces InsurTech Partnership with Wrisk
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Insurtech
BMW Financial Services (GB) Ltd today announces a partnership with Wrisk that will see the insurtech startup become the sole supplier of BMW and MINI Car Insurance. The partnership follows Wrisk’s time in the first BMW Innovation Lab in 2017, which saw the team win on the final pitch day after developing the platform now being used by BMW.
SSP partners with Pukka Insure for new Commercial Vehicle offering
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Insurtech
SSP has partnered with Gibraltar-based MGA Pukka Insure, to provide brokers with access to its commercial vehicle offering. Designed for commercial vehicles based in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) the product offers comprehensive cover for vans up to £50,000 in value, with flexible excess options to suit the customer. Cover is available for vans with various modifications such as signwriting or internal racking.
Bank and Insurance Innovators to Benefit from European Oracle Fintech Innovation Program with B-Hive Europe
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Insurtech
European Bank and Insurance Innovators to Benefit from Accelerated Monetization of Fintech Capabilities, Oracle and B-Hive Europe to collaborate on Fintech Innovation Program Oracle has chosen Brussels as a European gateway to roll out its Fintech Innovation Program to Europe. Oracle plans to dedicate additional European staff and resources to set up mutually monetizable relationships with fintechs and digital banking innovators. Oracle plans... more
collab Summit highlights innovation opportunities for insurers
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Insurtech
collab Summit EMEA will hear from industry experts and the eight cutting-edge insurtech finalists. MetLife is highlighting innovation opportunities in the insurance industry at a dedicated summit as its collab 3.0 EMEA progarmme builds to a conclusion.
Insurance customers are unaware of their insurer's offered app
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Insurtech
Two out of three home and motor customers don’t know their insurer offers an app But apps within apps have ‘transformative potential’ for selling and managing policies Insurance customers are apathetic about using apps and the industry is missing out on the ‘transformative potential’ of digital solutions to selling and managing policies, insurance market experts Consumer Intelligence warn.
PR Agency One wins three way bid for UK's first reverse-auction online marketplace for personal finance
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Insurtech
Manchester based agency will handle consumer and trade PR for the disruptive brand Integrated launch campaign will target millennials and young drivers HONCHO, the UK’s first online reverse auction marketplace for personal finance, has appointed PR Agency Oneto handle its UK launch in autumn 2018.
Metlife chooses Cube as a finalist for its insurtech open innovation program
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Insurtech
CUBE’s regulatory change management solution is one of just eight finalists, selected from 148 Insurtech innovators, from 32 countries around the world
InsurTech startup Laka raises £1.1 million seed round
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Insurtech
Browne Jacobson’s corporate team has advised on another InsurTech venture capital deal – assisting crowd insurance pioneer Laka on its £1.1m (US $1.5m) seed round.
collab Winners Are ‘Building a Long-term Relationship’ With MetLife
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Insurtech
Insurtech start-ups competing to win a US$100,000 contract to develop and pilot solutions with MetLife EMEA can look forward to “building a long-term relationship” focused on helping innovation to succeed, previous winners of the insurance giant’s collab programmes say. A large number of insurtechs and entrepreneurs have already applied for “collab 3.0 EMEA”, a global open innovation platform inviting participants to scale their business with... more
marcus evans to Host the Innovation in Insurance Pricing Conference on May 23-24, 2018 in New York
marcus evans will host the Innovation in Insurance Pricing Conference on May 23-24, 2018 in New York.
Eos Extends Partnership with Startupbootcamp InsurTech
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Insurtech
Eos Venture Partners (Eos), a global InsurTech Fund, will be a partner to the Hartford InsurTech Hub powered by Startupbootcamp InsurTech. Sam Evans, Founder and General Partner of Eos commented "We're delighted to extend our existing relationship and funding commitment with SBC to their new program in the US. We've been working with SBC InsurTech in London and know through that experience that it's a fantastic program with some great... more
Brolly Raises £1m Seed Round with Valar Ventures and Pi Labs
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Insurtech, Investment
Brolly, the UK's first artificially intelligent insurance advisory application has raised a £1 million seed investment round with Valar Ventures, Pi Labs and Entrepreneur First (EF). Brolly is delighted to be working closely with the partners of these funds: James Fitzgerald and Andrew McCormack of Valar Ventures, the US venture capital fund backed by Peter Thiel, who have made notably successful fintech investments; Dominic Wilson of Pi Labs,... more
