Where a centuries-old insurance industry and a thriving tech sector meets, Descartes found the ideal location to develop its revolutionary insurance offering.
22.11.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Will Clarkson Webb, founder and CEO of Rivr about digital insurance for emerging wealth, the importance of steady growth and knowing when to delegate.
31.08.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Ruth Puente, COO at Bdeo about insurtech, Visual Intelligence technology and processing minor claims in minutes.
02.11.2023
As part of a series with Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, Maddyness spoke to Megan Bingham-Walker at Anansi about funding, plans for the future and their advice for other founders.
18.10.2023
As part of a series with Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, Maddyness spoke to Sarah Wernér at Husmus about funding, plans for the future and their advice for other founders.
04.10.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Nigel Lombard, CEO and cofounder of Peppercorn about re-inventing insurance by using conversational AI to put the customer in control.
05.04.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Amit Patel, cofounder and CEO of health insurtech Peachy about innovation in insurance novel distribution approaches and making health insurance accessible to more people.
03.12.2022
When Niels Thone was in a road accident, never could he have imagined that the painful insurance claims process that followed would lead him to cofound an AI-powered solution that would address that very issue.
17.02.2022
Research from the website Comparethemarket.com* has found the average cost of insuring an electric car in the UK is £45 less than insuring a petrol or diesel car. When analysing annual premiums in the first three months of the year, it was found EV drivers were charged an average of £566, whereas petrol and diesel vehicle drivers paid £611.
07.06.2021
Pet insurance is the fastest growing insurance sector. Maddyness interviewed Steven from insurtech Bought By Many about the recent boom in pet purchasing, taking care of cats, dogs and their owners during the pandemic – and becoming the first UK insurer to cover pets' pre-existing conditions and offer full online claims.
15.12.2020
Maddyness spoke with Simon Taylor, the founder of Get Indemnity, the UK’s first digital insurance broker that combines the efficiencies of technology with the knowledge and experience of insurance professionals - about how they deliver the best insurance policies and customer service to businesses across the UK.
27.11.2020
When it comes to technology and innovation, the insurance industry is lagging. Digital solutions like Insly - used by 1,000+ brokers - can help large companies become more efficient, and challenger firms grow.
25.11.2020
“We invent. We incubate. We scale. We build.” These are the four pillars that form the foundations of Kamet Ventures, a venture inventor and builder focused on creating some of the world’s most innovative companies.
08.06.2020
Car insurance provider By Miles is disrupting the insurtech industry by bringing fairer car insurance to more people. The company just closed a £15M investment as part of a Series B round of funding led by CommerzVentures, along with existing investors Octopus Ventures, Insurtech Gateway and JamJar Investments.
02.06.2020