Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Insurance companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Insurance Companies & Startups (London)
Bought By Many
| Founders | Guy Farley, Steven Mendel |
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Bought By Many is a pet InsurTech company that provides insurance products and a streamlined customer experience.
Urban Jungle
| Founders | Greg Smyth, Jimmy Williams |
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Urban Jungle provides an insurance technology to help young people get cheaper, better home insurance.
Global Risk Partners
| Founders | Stephen Ross |
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Global Risk Partners is an investment vehicle aimed at insurance brokers and managing general agents trading in the UK retail and global.
Parker Norfolk and Partners Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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Parker Norfolk provides multi-discipline insurance services that offers businesses a range of multi-insurance asset classes.
Charles Taylor
| Founders | Charles Taylor |
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Charles Taylor is a provider of professional services to clients across the global insurance market.
Nucoro
| Founders | Antonio Melé, Jose Maria Carbajo, Lennart Asshoff |
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Nucoro enables financial institutions to build digital savings, investment and wealth management propositions at speed and scale.
Ondato
| Founders | Andrej Vistorskij, Liudas Kanapienis |
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Complete KYC and AML management suite that helps businesses onboard clients, authenticate users, and safely conduct their remote processes.
Sprout.ai
| Founders | Niels Thone, Raphael Guth |
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Sprout.ai, the advanced claims automation solution, harnessing the power of Contextual AI to revolutionise the insurance experience
Nexus Mutual
| Founders | Hugh Karp |
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Nexus Mutual uses the power of blockchain technology and Ethereum to allow people from all over the world.
REG
| Founders | Michael Phair |
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REG provides an intelligence, analytics, and risk management software to the global insurance and financial services market.
Ki Insurance
| Founders | Mark Allan |
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Ki Insurance is a fully digital and algorithmically-driven Lloyd’s of London syndicate offering instant capacity, accessible at any time.
Cytora
| Founders | Aeneas Wiener, Andre Alzamora, Joshua Wallace, Richard Hartley |
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Cytora is a configurable platform that enables commercial insurers to create digital workflows by digitising, evaluating and routing risks.
Stubben Edge
| Founders | Chris Kenning |
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Stubben Edge is a technology-based financial services group that enables intermediaries & clients to make easy decisions about their risks
RAVIN
| Founders | Eliron Ekstein, Roman Sandler |
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Ravin inspects vehicles using everyday mobile or stationary cameras, creating trust in car rental, sharing, sales and insurance.
Hometree
| Founders | Andreu Tobella, Simon Phelan |
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Hometree exists to make home ownership simple & sustainable
Marshmallow
| Founders | Alexander Kent-Braham, David Goate, Oliver Kent-Braham |
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Marshmallow is a full-stack insurance carrier driven by technology.
SO-SURE
| Founders | Dylan Bourguignon |
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SO-SURE provides insurance that delivers consumers with faster claims and also money back services.
Anorak
| Founders | David Vanek, Vincent Durnez |
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Anorak offers a smart independent insurance adviser that gives people access to tailored advice about their life and their risks.
The Ardonagh Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Ardonagh Group brings together leading businesses in their fields to create a smart new vision for the insurance industry.
Stable
| Founders | Richard Counsell |
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Stable is a risk management platform that helps businesses around the world manage their exposure to volatile commodity prices.
PremFina
| Founders | Bundeep Singh Rangar |
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PremFina is an innovative premium finance company providing insurance brokers with a high margin white-label premium finance solution.
Homeppl
| Founders | Alexander Siedes, Elran Kadosh, Ohad Shalev |
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Reveal consumer’s real transactional ability
Nayms
| Founders | Dan Roberts, Theodore Georgas |
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Nayms is a Smart contract platform for the placement, trade, reporting and settlement of insurance risk.
Gryphon Group Holdings
| Founders | DANIEL PENDER, Simon Davis |
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A UK start-up insurer which is planning to sell life insurance in the UK.
Neos
| Founders | Krystian Zajac, Matt Poll |
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Neos is an insurance company that provides smart home technology and home insurance.
Hyperion Insurance Group
| Founders | David Howden |
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Hyperion is an international insurance intermediary group with insurance broking and underwriting agency arms.
Canopy
| Founders | Chris Hutchinson, Matt Hobbs, Tahir Farooqui |
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Canopy is a financial health startup helping Renters build credit, save money, improve rental affordability and achieve financial freedom.
Bequest
| Founders | James Buckley-Thorp, Pawel Terpilowski |
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We’re building an advanced way for millions of people to protect themselves and their loved ones.
Fidelis Insurance
| Founders | Richard Brindle |
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Fidelis Insurance is a property and casualty (re)insurance start up.
Insly
| Founders | Risto Rossar |
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Insly is cloud-based insurance software for insurance brokers and agents to replace papers and spreadsheets.
Mashroom
| Founders | Alexander Badalyan, Stepan Dobrovolskiy |
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Mashroom is a proptech startup that provides end-to-end property letting services to landlords and tenants.
FloodFlash
| Founders | Adam Rimmer, Ian Bartholomew |
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FloodFlash is an insurance technology company that provides parametric flood insurance to the mass market.
Hyperexponential
| Founders | Amrit Santhirasenan, Michael Johnson |
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Hyperexponential is a provider of mathematical modeling software for the commercial insurance sector.
Nimbla
| Founders | Flemming Bengtsen |
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Nimbla is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized UK businesses with dynamic invoice insurance.
AkinovA
| Founders | Henri Winand, Jean-Michel Paul |
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AkinovA: an electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks.
Verisart
| Founders | Bolinas Frank, Bradford Schlei, Dan Riley, Robert Norton |
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Verisart is a platform that certify and verify artworks and collectibles using the bitcoin blockchain.
Artificial Labs
| Founders | David King, Johnny Bridges |
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We’re making insurance frictionless. We collaborate with leading insurers, using technology to save time, money and increase sales.
Azur Group
| Founders | Charlie Blackburn, Graham Elliott, Ian Pettifor |
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Azur is a Managing Digital Agency (MDA), in partnership with AIG, one of the world’s largest and best-respected insurance companies.
ERS Insurance
| Founders | Unknown |
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ERS Insurance is a market-leading specialist motor insurer based in the United Kingdom.
Lloyd’s
| Founders | Edward Lloyd |
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Lloyd’s provides leadership and insight to anticipate risk, and the knowledge to develop relevant, new, and innovative forms of insurance.
YuLife
| Founders | Jaco Oosthuizen, Jonathan Roomer, Josh Hart, Sam Fromson, Sammy Rubin |
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YuLife is a provider of life insurance and policies providing income in the event of critical illness.
My Online Therapy
| Founders | Dr. Elena Touroni, Dr. Tom Pennybacker, Elettra Bianchi Dennerlein, Vasileios Touronis |
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MyOnlineTherapy, a mobile mental health company, is the first of its kind virtual psychology clinic.
Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
| Founders | Aaron Punwani |
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LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Vitality
| Founders | Hillary Nitschke |
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Vitality provides personal, business, and corporate health insurance solutions.
Kasko
| Founders | Matthew Wardle, Nikolaus Suehr |
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Kasko is an insurance distribution network that allows you to quickly and easily integrate insurance products into a site, service, or app.
CompareEuropeGroup
| Founders | Antonio Gagliardi, Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen, Stefan Bruun, Thomas Munk |
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CompareEuropeGroup is a pan-European financial comparison platform.
KRM22
| Founders | Unknown |
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Provide financial market organisations .
Digital Fineprint
| Founders | Erik Abrahamsson, Jin Chen |
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DFP provides insurers the granular insights on SMEs they would otherwise find difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to acquire.
Balance Re
| Founders | Lucian Rautu, Michel Gauer |
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Balance Re is the life reinsurance startup specialized in quantitative asset-liability management.
Unslashed Finance
| Founders | Marouane Hajji |
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Unslashed Finance provides insurance products for crypto assets.
Kudo Insurance
| Founders | Peter Graham |
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Kudo is a unique App using mobile telematics to give safe-drivers the best deal, while creating the most profitable book of motor insurance.
Brolly
| Founders | Mykhailo Loginov, Phoebe Hugh |
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Brolly offers a Policy Management platform that enabled customers to consolidate all of their insurance policies into a single dashboard.
ThingCo
| Founders | Jonathon Valentine, Michael Brockman |
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Telematics, Cars, IoT, SaaS, Insurance, ADAS, Intelligent voice,Automotive
BIMA
| Founders | Gustaf Agartson, Mathilda Strom |
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BIMA provides digital health and insurtech services in emerging markets.
Instanda
| Founders | Derek Hill, Tim Hardcastle |
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Instanda is a SaaS insurance software platform that allows insurance companies to build, configure, and launch products online.
Corax
| Founders | Jonathan Pope, Tom Beale |
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Cyber risk intelligence platform providing data and modelling on the cyber exposure of millions of companies worldwide.
Photocert
| Founders | Pasquale Saviano |
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Validates the authenticity of photos & videos and performs image analysis to automate processes with a focus in the insurance sector.
Sherpa
| Founders | Chris Kaye, Greg McCafferty, Lachlan Gillies |
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Sherpa provides perfectly personalised insurance in one simple account for one payment
Aventus Platform
| Founders | Peter Goodman, Simon Dixon |
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Aventus Platform is enables insurance businesses to create a seamless customer experience for any insurance line, through any channel.
Reposit
| Founders | Brendan Short, Curran McKay, Jude Greer |
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The tenancy deposit alternative. A new way of renting without the hassle of a deposit
Insurtech Gateway
| Founders | Robert Lumley, Stephen Brittain |
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The only FCA authorised independent incubator + fund, the Insurtech Gateway is the fastest place to build and launch an insurtech idea.
Cuvva
| Founders | Freddy Macnamara, James Billingham |
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Radically better insurance, fit for the future.
Konsileo
| Founders | John Warburton |
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Konsileo is a commercial insurance broker using technology to empower individuals and replace hierarchical management.
Dinghy
| Founders | Ben Wilks, Edward Woodcock, Robert Hartley |
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UK-based insurance tech (insurtech) startup.
Insurami
| Founders | Arnor Davidsson, Majed Chaaraoui |
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Insurami offers a deposit guarantee platform for commercial real estate
3AI
| Founders | Hassan Salamony, Jacob Ayres-Thomson, Simon Judd |
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Empowering Investors with Big Data Insights
TIM Group
| Founders | Colin Berthoud |
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TIM Group is a provider of alpha-generating information technologies for the financial services industry.
Kita
| Founders | Natalia Dorfman, Paul Young, Thomas Merriman |
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The world’s first carbon insurer
Parabis Group
| Founders | Nick Addyman |
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Parabis Group provides legal solutions for insurance, travel, and other related industries.
Optimiz
| Founders | Kingsly Kwalar |
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We enable remote containerised cargo inspections and claims optimisation
Tapoly on demand insurance
| Founders | Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Sam Hopkins |
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On demand insurance for freelancers, contractors and SMEs, and everyone else in the sharing economy and the gig economy.
WhenFresh
| Founders | Alan Dean, Mark Cunningham |
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When Fresh is a company that specializes in Investment Analytics for companies.
medsii.com
| Founders | Nasir Hussain, Paolo Ursino, Rav Roberts |
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medsii.com is Next-Generation Health Information. medsii won the 2021 Webby Honoree Award in the Health & Fitness cateogory.
Potion Labs
| Founders | Unknown |
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Potion Labs is a base layer for a wide range of asset risk-management applications.
Everledger
| Founders | Leanne Kemp |
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Everledger provides an immutable ledger for diamond and other asset ownership and related supply chain history.
Storm3
| Founders | Clare Cooper |
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Storm3 are a global HealthTech talent marketplace, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.
BirdsEyeView
| Founders | Alexander Jarisch, James Rendell |
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InsurTech, Managing General Agent, Satellite-Data, Parametric Insurance, Climate-Change Risks
Findaa Technology
| Founders | Leo Meng, Simon Rowell |
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Advanced asset monitoring data platform to crate efficiencies, cost savings, and better sustainability
PORTABL.co
| Founders | Mike Minett |
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Providing Insurance and Benefits to the Freelancers of the World
Lime Insurance
| Founders | Shaun Williams |
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Lime Insurance is a provider of online-only affordable and accessible digital healthcare top-ups.
Locket
| Founders | Krystian Zajac |
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Locket is home insurance that helps you protect your home and family with technology. The safer you get, the less you pay!
Capita
| Founders | Rodney Aldridge |
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Capita plc provides customer and business process management, and professional support service solutions primarily in the United Kingdom.
By Miles
| Founders | Callum Rimmer, James Blackham |
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By Miles is reinventing car insurance – pay an annual cost to cover your car while it’s parked, then pay by the miles you drive each month.
HARNESS Data Intelligence
| Founders | Ben Mein |
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Commercial Data Intelligence
Equipsme
| Founders | Andy Santoni, Gavin Shay, Matthew Reed |
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Equipsme provides health insurance for UK business.
EC3 Brokers Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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EC3 Brokers provides services to a clients across a the sectors, including construction, casualty, entertainment and cyber & technology.
Quotall
| Founders | Simon Ball, Steve Sherlock |
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Quotall’s cloud-based, full-cycle, comparative insurance software platform enables insurance distributors to e-trade anywhere in the world.
Aviva Group
| Founders | Thomas Bignold |
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Aviva is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London.
InsureStreet Ltd.
| Founders | Tahir Farooqui |
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InsureStreet is a provider of Renters with a digital identity and micro-priced risk based deposit replacement insurance services
Skyline Partners
| Founders | Gethin Jones, Laurent Sabatié |
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Skyline Partners is a private-equity funded UK Insurtech company, focusing solely on index-based parametric insurance.
Nexus Underwriting Management
| Founders | Colin Thompson |
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Nexus Underwriting Management is largest independent Specialty Managing General Agent in the London market.
ARMD Limited
| Founders | Bernard Granados, Devin Chawda, Duncan Jackson, Stephen Holland |
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ARMD uses technology to secure tradespeople’s tools and livelihoods all around the world, increasing their faith in insurance.
Ed.
| Founders | Agustin de Freitas |
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Ed is an award winning, global insurance and reinsurance broker with offices in the world’s key regional and global insurance centres.
Flock Ltd.
| Founders | Antton Peña, Ed Leon Klinger |
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London-based insurtech building the world’s first fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous commercial vehicles
Humn.ai
| Founders | Alberto Romero, Chris Clarke, Mark Musson, Peter Bousquet |
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Humn.ai develops an insurance platform that delivers risk-adjusted insurance pricing in real time for commercial vehicle fleets.
Superscript
| Founders | Annabel Mekelenkamp, Ben Rose, Cameron Shearer |
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Superscript provides business insurance designed specifically to meet the fast-changing needs of small businesses.
Homelyfe
| Founders | Andrew Craven, Johnny Copperstone, Peter Goodman, Simon Dixon |
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Homelyfe is an insurance app to make insurance simple.
Minova Insurance
| Founders | Unknown |
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Minova Insurance (formerly known as BMS Associates), a holding company that invests in the insurance sector.
Simply Business
| Founders | Brad Liebmann, Chris Slater, Deno Fischer, Jim Nelson, Ralph Arnold |
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Simply Business is a business insurance broker that offers tailored business insurance quotes to its clients.
Inzura
| Founders | Ian McWilliams, Richard Jelbert |
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Inzura’s customer engagement Apps and cloud-based services cover the major personal insurance lines.
Generali
| Founders | Giuseppe Lazzaro Morpurgo |
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Assicurazioni Generali providing innovative insurance solutions to multinational corporate clients.
