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Home to the world’s oldest insurance market, UK companies have always been innovators in insurance. That story continues today, with UK-based insurtech start-ups leading the way on data-driven technology solutions. Join InsTech London to learn more about the current trends in the UK insurtech scene and which start-ups could be the next major export.

Schedule of Events

04:00 PM - 04:03 PM

Intro

04:03 PM - 04:28 PM

Panel Discussion

04:28 PM - 04:55 PM

Insurtech Pitches

04:55 PM - 05:00 PM

Final Remarks

Speakers

Robin Merttens

Partner

InsTech London

Robin Merttens

Partner

InsTech London

Robin co-founded Ri3K, a start-up focused on digitising the London Market back in 2000 and has been involved in insurance innovation and modernisation ever since. Having co-founded InsTech London in 2015 he now shares responsibility for running it with Matthew concentrating on member relations and our events. He also has a variety of non executive directorships and advisory roles both with startups side and progressive companies in the insurance space. He remains a tireless advocate for the need for greater digitalisation of the industry.
Matthew Grant

Partner

InsTech London

Matthew Grant

Partner

InsTech London

Following 20 years at RMS as global head of sales and marketing Matthew founded Abernite in 2016 and advises boards and founders from many of the fastest growing companies providing data and analytics to insurers around the world. Matthew is an occasional investor in start-ups, writes frequently and hosts the Instech London Podcast. Matthew is responsible for looking after our growing membership, hosting events, managing our partnerships, writing our weekly newsletter and overseeing marketing.
Ruth Foxe Blader

Partner

Anthemis

Ruth Foxe Blader

Partner

Anthemis

Ruth Foxe Blader is a Partner at Anthemis and thought leader in fintech and insurtech. At Anthemis, Ruth leads strategic investment efforts across Europe and North America. Ruth specializes in technology-enabled business models, insurance technology, risk transfer, early stage investing, product strategy and digital transformation. Prior to joining Anthemis, Ruth worked for Allianz SE, where she spearheaded leading digital innovation efforts. She was a founding member of the AllianzX team, where she led investments in startups including Lemonade, MoneyFarm, Argus Cyber Security and SimpleSurance.
Matthew Jones

Principal

Anthemis

Matthew Jones

Principal

Anthemis

Matthew is a Principal at Anthemis, where he is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and executing investments as well as providing support for Anthemis’ portfolio companies. He brings in-depth knowledge of the insurance sector and focuses on investments in insurance and risk-related technology. His areas of interest include analytics and data, artificial intelligence and automation, asset management, digital health, new insurance propositions, risk management and mobility. Prior to joining Anthemis, Matthew was at Swiss Re, with roles across non-life and life insurance and reinsurance, in both London and Zurich.
Parul Kaul-Green, CFA

Head of AXA NEXT Lab, Europe

AXA

Parul Kaul-Green, CFA

Head of AXA NEXT Lab, Europe

AXA

Parul is Head of AXA NEXT Lab Europe at AXA Group. She is responsible for start-up ecosystem strategy and deal origination for partnering, business model innovation scaling and investments in Digital Health, Mobility, Cyber Security and Fintech. She was recognised as Top 17 Powerful women in Insurtech in 2020 and features on the Women in Fintech Powerlist and 100 Women in Fintech leader. A mentor at Pitch@Palace & Mayor of London’s International Business Partnering and Business Growth Programme, she is a board member UK Government HM Treasury “The UK Insurtech Board”. An economist and CFA Charter-holder, she has held senior strategist, M&A and investor roles, globally at AXA, Aviva, Family office VC and Citigroup.
James Buckley-Thorp

CEO & Founder

Bequest

James Buckley-Thorp

CEO & Founder

Bequest

What would happen to your family and loved ones, if the worst were to happen to you tomorrow? If you were no longer around, will the family house be ok? The bills? Apart from grief, would your family be able to manage like they do now? Bequest is on a mission to offer substantial financial protection to the millions of uninsured throughout the UK. Regulated by the FCA, and manufacturing the UK’s first life product addressing modern needs. We underwrite, without the need of a medical exam or intensive question set. Our users can complete the process digitally and autonomously.
Ben Rose

Co-Founder

Riskbook

Ben Rose

Co-Founder

Riskbook

Riskbook is an independent reinsurance technology start-up backed by leading venture capital firms and industry angel investors. Founded by reinsurance practitioners, Riskbook aims to radically improve the placing experience for brokers and underwriters through a user-friendly workflow tool and marketplace, enabling the rapid creation and sharing of data-rich digital risk profiles. Thoroughly road-tested by the U35s Reinsurance Group, Lloyd's e-placement approved and highly flexible to all products, lines of business and geographies, Riskbook is reinsurance for the digital age.
Dr. Avinoam Baruch

Chief Operating Officer

Previsico

Dr. Avinoam Baruch

Chief Operating Officer

Previsico

Dr Avi Baruch is the co-founder and COO of Previsico, a global provider of real-time, property level flood forecasts. Together with former PhD supervisor Prof. Dapeng Yu, they formed Previsico as a spinout from Loughborough University in 2018 with the mission of minimising the impact of flooding globally. With early adopters including the Cabinet Office Avi has been working with top global insurers to improve their losses by delivering actionable warnings to their customers and improving the claims experience.
Richard Counsell

Founder & CEO

Stable

Richard Counsell

Founder & CEO

Stable

Stable began in 2016 after Rich Counsell, (the founder of Stable and a farmer’s son) set out to reimagine the way the $8trn food and farming industry could manage the risk of volatile commodity prices; one of its biggest problems. With the help of Harvard, Liverpool and Lisbon Universities, Stable went live in the UK in 2019 with just 15 commodities. The Stable platform, backed by global reinsurers, can now protect our clients using over 3,000 untraded commodity indexes from 70 countries and has operations in London, Amsterdam, Bermuda, Toronto and Minneapolis.
Richard Thornton

Co-Founder

Hokodo

Richard Thornton

Co-Founder

Hokodo

Hokodo works with wholesalers, online B2B marketplaces and other merchants to make selling to business buyers easier. Unlike consumers, businesses generally expect to pay on credit terms. To manage this risk, sellers traditionally resort to paper-based trading account applications and manual credit decisions. Hokodo streamlines this whole process, allowing sellers to make credit decisions in real time when the customer reaches the check-out. We protect the seller by insuring the credit risk with Lloyd’s of London, and we arrange the financing so our sellers can get paid upfront if they choose. Our digital platform combines instant credit assessments and fully automated limits management, all served up via APIs in less than 1 second.

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Schedule of Events

Speakers

Robin Merttens

Matthew Grant

Ruth Foxe Blader

Matthew Jones

Parul Kaul-Green, CFA

James Buckley-Thorp

Ben Rose

Dr. Avinoam Baruch

Richard Counsell

Richard Thornton