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DeadHappy thinks traditional life insurance is on death's door
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th February 2019Insurtech startup DeadHappy officially launched this week, bringing the UK’s first fully digital pay-as-you-go life insurance to consumers. The company is on a mission to make it simpler for everyone, particularly the 8.1 million Brits who don’t have life insurance, to get protection that meets their needs at the right price.
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Panzly - innovation in flight insurance
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd February 2019A look at Panzly, the innovative InsurTech startup that's created the 1st flight insurance for delays or cancellations with automatic and immediate payouts.
Most of us have experienced delayed flights or even cancelled ones. It is annoying, inconvenient, and costly. Not only does it often mean paying out more for hotels, taxis, or just another drink while we wait, but airlines do their best to ge...
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Startup of the Week - Waggel
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th December 2018The lowdown on InsurTech startup Waggel that's created an innovative new digital pet insurance for pet people...
If you’re a responsible pet owner, chances are you will have purchased pet insurance to provide cover for your beloved pooch or moggy. And if you haven’t, then perhaps you should! After all, pet ownership can be a costly business and if your pet requires emergency treatment...
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InsurTech innovators wanted for next Lloyd’s Lab cohort
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th December 2018Lloyd’s Lab is back and on the global hunt for the next cohort of InsurTech innovators looking to shape the future of insurance innovation.
Targeted at entrepreneurs and startups able to develop products, platforms and processes that offer technology driven solutions to some of the challenges faced by Lloyd’s, the world’s specialist insurance and reinsurance market company is lo...
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Startup of the Week - WeCovr
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st November 2018Businesses take note - WeCovr is a FinTech startup created with you in mind, aiming to make insurance and finance easy to purchase and use...
Whilst having business insurance is an absolute must for all enterprises, it can be both time consuming and costly for business owners to get the right cover. Whether it’s public liability insurance or cyber insurance, it can often be a challenge...
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Photocert - Digital transformation in insurance claims
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th September 2018Photocert - The lowdown on the InsurTech / SaaS startup that's using tech to digitally transform and revolutionise the insurance claims industry...
How genuine a picture is can be crucial in some circumstances. In a world of online classifieds, fake online reviews, fake news, insurance claims, shipping and logistics, and online dating, knowing whether an image is genuine or has been tampered with...
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FloodFlash - flood insurance made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th August 2018Flood insurance for all thanks to innovative InsurTech startup FloodFlash
Flooding is an increasingly common problem. You don’t have to be in the middle of a tropical storm in the Caribbean to find yourself wading through waist-high water in the streets; a little bit of rain in the wrong part of England could have a similar effect. Every year, flooding causes a massive $41 billion of u...
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Startup of the Week - Wrisk
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th July 2018Wrisk - The InsurTech startup that's on a mission to make macroinsurance our insurance of choice.
Let’s face it - sorting out insurance can be a bit of a nightmare - albeit a necessary one! Whether it’s organising the annual travel policy or trying to get the best renewal quotes for your house contents, it can be a real chore. It tends to be very much price led and most of us have ver...
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Lloyd's Lab begins global search for tech talent
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st June 2018Over ten weeks, tech startups will be given the unique opportunity to work with Lloyd’s market experts to shape the next big innovation.
To meet the ever changing demands of the insurance market, Insurance giant Lloyd’s have just launched a fab innovation sandbox in conjunction with corporate innovation specialists and early stage investors, L Marks and the Boston Consulting Gro...
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Know Your Company (KYC) Wins Fintech Startup Challenge
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st March 2018Know Your Customer, a platform that automates 90% of manual tasks in anti-money laundering compliance and reduces on-boarding times for corporate clients from 3 weeks to 1 day, last week won the Fintech Startup Challenge in Dublin, hosted by Le Village, a Crédit Agricole accelerator programme.
The Fintech Startup Challenge, Dublin was launched during the&nbs...
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- Alchemy Technology Services receives Bronze Diversity Mark NI Award 23rd Feb 2021 Alchemy Technology Services, the Derry-based centre of excellence for insurance software implementation receives recognition for its commitment to diversity
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