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UK insurtech makes key senior hires and announces record policyholder numbers
UK insurtech, Ripe Thinking, announces two key senior appointments as the fast-growing company surpasses 300,000 customers. Joining Ripe’s senior team is Rob Styring as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Simon Trott as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Both bring enviable track records of success in…
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Ripe set to digitally transform park home insurance
UK insurtech, Ripe Insurance, has launched a new specialist park home product. Ripe Park Homes will bring digital insurance to this growing market and transform how park home owners purchase insurance. Powered by Ripe’s own innovative cloud-based underwriting and insurance distribution…
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Insurtech ripe for growth as new chair announced
Ripe Thinking today announces fintech heavyweight Laurel Powers-Freeling as new chair of the board – as the digital insurance MGA scales its operations further and continues to make game-changing investments in proprietary technology. With a powerful track record in financial services, business…
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Ripe reports record figures and signals the insurtech’s new growth phase
UK insurtech Ripe Thinking has achieved its strongest financial performance to date and is embarking on its next phase of growth and proprietary tech deployment. Ripe has reported a record year, with turnover rising by 24% to £23.3m for year ending 31 December 2021 (2020: £18.8m) and profits…
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Insurtech Platform Ripe Announces Majority Investment from Aquiline Capital Partners LLC
Ripe Thinking Limited (“Ripe”), a UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement for Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”) to acquire a majority stake in the company. Aquiline is a private…
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Halfords announces Ripe's Cycleplan as insurance partner
Halfords offers insurance to cycle customers for the first time Cycling services retailer Halfords has partnered with insurtech Ripe and its specialist cycling product Cycleplan to offer insurance to all of its cycle customers for the first time. The long-term partnership will see Halfords…
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Ripe accelerates multimillion-pound growth and sets industry pace
Big growth for UK Insurtech Trailblazing UK insurtech Ripe Thinking has revealed another set of record growth numbers following a major proprietary tech development and rapid response to consumer behaviour changes during 2020. Profit levels have risen significantly for the specialist insurance…
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Big growth for UK insurtech primed for international deployment
Ripe accelerates growth with multimillion-dollar proprietary tech Trailblazing UK insurtech Ripe Thinking has revealed record growth following a major proprietary tech development and rapid response to consumer behavior changes during 2020. Growth was accelerated by the company’s new…
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Aviva joins forces with Ripe for specialist cycle insurance
Aviva is collaborating with Manchester-based insurtech Ripe, to offer a cycling insurance product that will allow Aviva customers to build policies to match their cycle insurance needs. Customers can access the product through the Aviva.co.uk site and the MyAviva customer portal, where they…
