Niall Barton: Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Wrisk: A marathon not a sprint - surviving and thriving as an insurtech (154)

For insurtechs to flourish, companies need to match their innovative technology solutions with market opportunities and an understanding of how the industry works. 

Some of the best innovation in recent years has come from combining new technology with deep insurance knowledge and experience, and this week’s podcast guest is a great example. Originally an underwriter, Niall Barton co-founded Wrisk in 2015 and has gone on to become one of the leading figures in the UK insurtech scene.

Niall joins Matthew on Podcast 154 to discuss the growth of Wrisk, his experiences as a founder, developing insurance technology solutions, and building a business during Covid-19 lockdowns.

Listen now to learn about:

• Changing careers and advice for aspiring founders  
• Crowdfunding and working with investors
• Building vs buying technology platforms
• Pivoting a start-up and embedded insurance opportunities
• The growth of the UK insurtech scene

Wrisk was named as one of the companies to watch in our embedded insurance report, Insurance: to Embed, or not to Embed, which is available to download for free on the InsTech London website.

You can contact Niall directly on LinkedIn to discuss insurance, technology or holiday homes.

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Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives

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The Learning Objectives for this podcast are:

• Realise where insurtechs stand in the UK insurance industry 
• Understand how to begin solving a technology problem with a start-up
• Discern some of the different ways a start-up can obtain funding

To continue learning about insurtechs, read our insight This is the next stage, not the end, of the insurtech promise.

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