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We are so thrilled to welcome three new members to our community: VAARHAFT, Unitary, and Sioma 👏 🎉 👏 🎉 👏 🎉 👏 🎉 VAARHAFT, is a German trust-tech company helping insurers and government agencies worldwide verify the images and documents behind a claim, from manipulated damage photos to AI-generated invoices. Where other tools score files, we investigate cases. We bring forensic-science standards to claims: every finding from our in-house models is explainable and reported in calibrated terms that survive expert scrutiny. An agentic triage layer reads all the evidence in a claim together, the way an experienced investigator would, and returns one clear verdict with recommended next steps, at a false positive rate of one percent. Where genuine material is needed, SafeCam lets the policyholder submit verified photos in under a minute: a camera web app with no download, no login, and no integration required. Our models are red-teamed daily and retrained weekly to keep pace with new generative tools. A fast-growing base of more than ten insurers and financial institutions runs VAARHAFT in production. Unitary, helps companies automate manual work with zero engineering effort, process changes, or upfront costs. Our Virtual Agents are robust AI agents that work directly in your tools, logging in and navigating systems like a human, eliminating the need for complex integrations. They learn your workflows, apply advanced reasoning, and seamlessly escalate to human experts when needed, delivering human-level accuracy on every decision. We partner with brokers, MGAs, and insurance carriers to give time back to their teams, control costs, and build the foundation for scalable growth without additional headcount. Sioma are a boutique insurance advisory based in Mayfair, London. We work with high-net-worth individuals, founders, and family offices to design insurance solutions for complex and often unconventional risks. From cyber threats and business interruption to specialist cover for luxury collections and career-ending policies for elite talent—we focus on the things standard policies overlook. We offer our clients an end-to-end service from advice and product placement to claims handling and negotiation. A warm welcome to Vaarhaft, Unitary, and Sioma—we're excited to have you as part of the community and look forward to seeing you connect, collaborate, and grow alongside fellow innovators. Here's to building meaningful partnerships and achieving great things together! #insurtech #tech #AI #innovation #insurance

The final part of our four-part series of profiles of inspirational women in insurtech is an interview with Insurtech UK Co-Chair, Pikl founder and CEO Louise Birritteri. Louise discusses solving challenges in the Airbnb market, why she loves being master of her own destiny, and the importance of 'dreaming big'. Read the full interview here: http://bit.ly/4fpVqXs Louise was interviewed as part of our Women in Insurtech programme, which aims to encourage and support women in our sector by highlighting success stories and spotlighting opportunities for growth and development. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4wVcX12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read the earlier interviews: Katya Kinane, co-founder and CTO, Nettle: https://bit.ly/3TapmQ2 Luisa Barile, CEO, ManyPets: https://bit.ly/4wM1WyP Joanne Safo, co-founder and CEO, Lukango: https://bit.ly/4ptgfpD Melissa Collett Ernesto Suarez Fraser Edmond David King Joanne Safo James Downes FRSA Pauline Barthelemy 🍵 #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #womenininsurtech #inspiration

The third in our Women in Insurtech series of profiles of inspirational women within our insurtech community is that of Lukango co-founder and CEO Joanne Safo. Joanne speaks about purpose, putting your money where your mouth is, and how important it is that women in business know their worth. Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/4ptgfpD Our Women in Insurtech programme aims to encourage and support women in our sector by highlighting success stories and spotlighting opportunities for growth and development. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4wVcX12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Read the earlier interviews: Katya Kinane, co-founder and CTO, Nettle: https://bit.ly/3TapmQ2 Luisa Barile, CEO, ManyPets: https://bit.ly/4wM1WyP Melissa Collett Louise Birritteri Pauline Barthelemy 🍵 Ernesto Suarez James Downes FRSA Fraser Edmond David King #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #womenininsurtech #inspiration

We continue to profile inspirational women within our insurtech community today as part of the launch of Insurtech UK’s Women in Insurtech programme. Next up is ManyPets CEO Luisa Barile, who discusses being drawn to leadership early, self-awareness as a strategic advantage, and how success in business comes from creating environments where everyone can be themselves. Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/4wM1WyP Our Women in Insurtech programme aims to encourage and support women in our sector by highlighting success stories and spotlighting opportunities for growth and development. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4wVcX12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Read the earlier interviews: Katya Kinane, co-founder and CTO, Nettle: https://bit.ly/3TapmQ2 Melissa Collett Ernesto Suarez Louise Birritteri Joanne Safo Pauline Barthelemy 🍵 David King James Downes FRSA Fraser Edmond #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #womenininsurtech #inspiration

Today marks the launch of our Women in Insurtech programme, which aims to encourage and support women in our sector by highlighting success stories and spotlighting opportunities for growth and development. As part of the programme, we are profiling leading women within our insurtech community – those who inspire us every day with their achievements, leadership and insights. We begin today with nettle co-founder and CTO Katya Kinane, who shares with us her startup journey, why she always goes the extra mile, and how young people starting out should gravitate towards where they’re valued. Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3TapmQ2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more: Insurtech UK Women in Insurtech programme: https://bit.ly/4wVcX12 Melissa Collett Louise Birritteri Ernesto Suarez James Downes FRSA Fraser Edmond Joanne Safo Pauline Barthelemy 🍵David King #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #womenininsurtech #inspiration

The Chancellor has delivered her annual Mansion House speech, setting out the Government's economic strategy and next steps to ensure the financial services sector is helping to drive growth across the economy. 👀 Read on for Insurtech UK’s take on how her policy announcements will help UK insurtechs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Collett, CEO Insurtech UK, said: "Insurtech UK welcomes the Chancellor’s comments and policy announcements supporting the UK’s position as a leading centre for finance and technology. "We echo her sentiment that a thriving City benefits the whole country and that the continued strength of our financial services and technology sectors is vital to jobs, investment and economic growth. "We welcome the Government’s ongoing policy focus on financial services growth and competitiveness, one year on from the announcement of the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. In the past 12 months, the Government has placed accelerated deadlines on regulators for authorisations and reformed the SMCR to make it simpler and less burdensome, meaning it is now more responsive to the needs of agile firms like insurtechs. A better authorisation process is something we have been calling for in our Roadmap for UK Insurtech, and we remain committed to working closely with regulators to remove red tape and other barriers to the development and growth of our member firms. "We welcome the news, too, of a new AI adoption plan for the UK’s financial services sector. AI continues to fuel growth, productivity and positive consumer outcomes across insurance, with our insurtech members representing the cutting edge of this industry innovating in a responsible and forward-thinking manner. We look forward to working closely with Government, regulators and insurers as technology continues to evolve the insurance industry for the future, and welcome the planned review into the financial guidance and advice-like outputs generated by LLMs as our members continue to strive to achieve the best outcomes for consumers and ensure a level playing field for all. "Finally, it is pleasing to hear plans for a consultation on a new, tailored captive insurance framework. This is something we have called for and we welcome this announcement as the next positive step forward to help the development of scaling insurtechs where a captive insurer model may help support their innovations, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Read the detail here: Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy: One year on: http://bit.ly/3T1CpmS AI adoption plan: https://bit.ly/3SYjCc8 FCA consultation on captive insurance: https://bit.ly/4x4mKC7 Read our Roadmap for UK insurtech growth: https://lnkd.in/d39dKeKs Read our response to captive regime consultation: https://lnkd.in/dyFXTfPW #insurtech #insuranceinnovation

  We're delighted to welcome six fantastic new members to our community: Haast, eargym | B Corp, DGL Systems, Veridox, Quantexa, and goodtogoat.ai 👏 🎉 👏 🎉 👏 🎉 👏 🎉 Haast is helping financial services and insurance firms streamline marketing compliance with AI-powered pre-publication reviews and continuous monitoring. Trusted by insurers including Aviva and Zurich, the platform reduces manual review time by up to 80% while helping teams stay compliant with evolving regulatory requirements. eargym | B Corp is advancing global hearing health through smartphone-based hearing checks and auditory training. As a registered medical device in the UK and USA, it provides valuable hearing health insights to partners across health insurance, clinical and consumer audiology. DGL Systems enables responsible AI adoption with governance infrastructure for AI-assisted decision-making. Its Dynamic Governance Layer ensures AI outputs are evaluated for policy compliance, human accountability and governance, making decisions auditable, defensible and accountable. Veridox helps insurers, TPAs, investigators and law firms detect fraud faster using AI-powered forensic document analysis and contextual intelligence. The platform delivers explainable, evidence-based insights that strengthen investigations while reducing manual effort. Quantexa is a global Decision Intelligence leader, helping organisations turn fragmented data into connected insights that improve decision-making. Its AI-powered platform supports better outcomes across claims, underwriting, customer intelligence, fraud, financial crime, KYC, risk and data management. goodtogoat.ai helps insurers and brokers measure and reduce distribution risk by revealing how products are actually advised and sold. Through realistic scenarios and targeted training, the platform helps organisations identify vulnerabilities, strengthen Consumer Duty compliance and improve customer outcomes. A warm welcome to all six organisations—we're excited to have you as part of the community and look forward to seeing the impact you'll make. #insurtech #tech #AI #innovation #insurance

If our summer drinks reception last month was the perfect way to head into the summer break, then our September AGM and pitching event will see us return with a bang! 🙌   📆 Join Insurtech UK for an afternoon of insight and connection on Tuesday 22 September, courtesy of our hosts McKinsey & Company   A flagship fixture in the insurtech calendar, this annual gathering brings together founders, insurers, investors and ecosystem leaders from across the UK market to explore the trends, opportunities and investment landscape shaping the future of insurtech.   The event will begin with the Insurtech UK AGM, which will then be followed for the first time by a dedicated pitching session allowing our insurtech members to spotlight their businesses to investors, insurers and other strategic partners.   We'll then conclude with a networking reception, providing everyone with the perfect opportunity to catch up with familiar faces and make new connections following the summer break.   Spaces are limited and demand is expected to be high, so early registration is recommended to avoid missing out. Secure your seat here: https://lnkd.in/emwtyaRp   We hope to see you there! 😀 #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #networking #startups Melissa Collett Louise Birritteri Ernesto Suarez Joanne Safo Pauline Barthelemy 🍵 James Downes FRSA Fraser Edmond David King Victoria Roberts Leda Zaharieva Roderick Beer UK Business Angels Association

There was sunshine ☀️ and smiles aplenty at our Summer Drinks reception in the heart of the City yesterday evening as we gathered with friends old and new to celebrate UK insurtech 🎉 It was great to see so many of you there! Thank you to everyone who braved the heat to attend, and to our wonderful hosts Browne Jacobson for their hospitality and for keeping everyone as cool as possible, and well hydrated! 😎 The evening was the perfect occasion to launch our new Investor Network and Investment Guide for Insurtech Firms – both of which we hope will further support our members to access the finance they need to grow and scale 🚀 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/edx7SU4A #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #community #networking Melissa Collett Ernesto Suarez Louise Birritteri Pauline Barthelemy 🍵 David King Fraser Edmond James Downes FRSA Joanne Safo

Our annual summer drinks reception is tonight and we can’t wait! 🙌 We’re looking forward to seeing everyone who has registered to attend for an evening of networking, conversation and celebration 😎 We’re excited to launch our new Investor Network and Investment Guide for Insurtech Firms to members and to catch up with everyone before the summer break. With the warmer weather set to continue, together with our hosts Browne Jacobson we have ensured there will be suitable indoor space available at the event for guests who would prefer to stay out of the sun. See you all very soon! 🥳 #insurtech #insuranceinnovation #community #networking