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Innovation can be hard, but it’s not impossible. Three of the leaders from insurance broking came together for the Novidea webinar on 28 November to talk to Matthew Grant about the practical steps they are taking to drive change using data, analytics, technology – whilst bringing ...

How a building is constructed, maintained and where it is located all have a massive impact on its potential to be damaged or destroyed. That knowledge is as old as insurance itself. So why do so many underwriters still suffer from lack of decent data ...

A quick follow up on the great InsurTech Debate this week, hosted by Robin and the team at InsTech London. You know it’s important when even Paolo makes an appearance! I was delighted to be asked to join this ...

On 30th October, InsTech London brought together industry leaders at The Steelyard in London to debate whether the insurance industry is failing its customers in part one of the Great Insurtech Debate. Speakers included BoughtByMany, Trov, Zego, Zurich, EOS Ventures, InsurTech Gateway, KPMG, SAS and ...

In the second part of the Great Insurtech Debate, held at The Steelyard, London on 30th October, Instech London brought back together industry leaders for the second part of the evening to debate who will own the future of insurance. Speakers included Novidea, ...

Property insurance relies on good quality data about the characteristics of buildings, and the replacement costs after a loss.  Todd Rissel, CEO of e2Value was over in London, hosting a workshop with InsTech London and he spoke to Matthew Grant about the ...

InsTech London worked with Oxbow Partners, sponsored by the Lloyd’s Market Association, to produce a report outlining how InsurTech is impacting the corporate & speciality market, and why both insurance and non-insurance drivers (e.g. 3D printing) are likely to accelerate change. ...

You own a house. It burns down. Your insurer only pays out 15% of the loss. That’s a serious case of under insurance. You’d wonder why you bothered with insurance in the first place. In reality, massive under-insurance is very rare for conventional property ...

Insurance is heavily regulated, capital intensive, low margin and highly competitive making it tough to break into as a start-up. But with an increasing number of organisations providing money and advice to newcomers in both insurtech and traditional broking/underwriting, the chances of success are ...

Three startups and four investors active in insurtech. All very different, but they agreed on one thing. Raising money is hard. So what advice did they have? A few companies are able to bootstrap their way to growth, but fundraising is essential to the survival ...