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Swiss Re’s iptiQ signs agreement to sell Australian business to Hannover Re

10th April 2025

Jef Van In, CEO of iptiQ, has announced the signing of an agreement to sell iptiQ's Australian business to Hannover Re, pending regulatory approvals. iptiQ, a digital B2B2C insurance company powered by Swiss Re, is a provider of re/insurance and risk transfer solutions. This agreement marks iptiQ's complete exit from the APAC ... Read the full article

Swiss Re to sell iptiQ’s Euro P&C business to Allianz Direct

5th November 2024

In line with its strategic decision to withdraw from iptiQ, Swiss Re has agreed to sell the digital insurer's European P&C business to Allianz Direct, the pan-European online insurer of Allianz Group. iptiQ is a carrier based in Luxembourg that partners with other insurers, brokers, banks and consumer brands to deliver ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ partners with Goboony to launch motorhome insurance soultions

6th February 2024

Industry giant Swiss Re's digital B2B2C insurer, iptiQ and Goboony, a European camper-sharing platform, have strategically partnered to launch a new digital insurance solution tailored to the specific needs of motorhome owners. The Netherlands has been named as the first country where this solution will roll out, which is Goboony's ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ & Clark UK to offer over 50s life insurance in the UK

19th July 2023

Clark UK, previously known as Candid, has expanded its strategic partnership with Swiss Re's digital B2B2C insurer iptiQ to offer its own 'over 50s' life insurance for the UK market under the Winston brand. This new product launch builds on the distribution partnership announced by the two companies earlier this ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ and Emil Frey Group launch new digital insurance solution

9th March 2023

Emil Frey Group, a Swiss group of companies with various businesses in the automotive space, has partnered with iptiQ, Swiss Re's B2B2C digital insurer, to launch a digital insurance solution named Emily Frey protect. According to the announcement, this new partnership combines Emil Frey's customer-centric focus in the automotive market with ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ and Candid announce partnership

30th January 2023

UK-based insurtech Candid and Swiss Re’s iptiQ have entered into a distribution partnership to provide affordable and accessible life insurance solutions to UK customers. This strategic partnership harnesses Candid's leading position in distributing life insurance products to UK customers and iptiQ’s cutting-edge digital B2B2C insurance platform, combined with its underwriting expertise. According ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ and Independer launch home insurance and new consumer brand

4th April 2022

Swiss Re´s digital B2B2C insurer iptiQ and Independer, a financial aggregator in the Netherlands, is adding to Dutch home insurance under the new consumer brand Mintley. Home insurance is one of iptiQ's key products, and Independer's understanding of Dutch customers helped to develop a strong proposition tailored to the market. This newly ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ and WiZink partner to offer digital insurance solutions

10th February 2022

iptiQ, global reinsurer Swiss Re's digital B2B2C insurer, has entered into a bancassurance deal with digital bank WiZink to design over ten Life & Health and Property & Casualty insurance solutions for clients in Spain and Portugal. Under the arrangement, WiZink will offer its two million customers a diversified suite of ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ hires Darren Coomer as CTOO

24th August 2021

Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Darren Coomer as Chief Technology and Operations Officer (CTOO) at iptiQ, its digital Life & Health and Property & Casualty insurance platform as well as its B2B2C provider of bespoke insurance solutions. He joins iptiQ from the S&A Group, a UK based technology and business ... Read the full article

LifeSecure enters partnership with Swiss Re’s iptiQ

29th July 2021

LifeSecure Insurance Company has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Swiss Re’s iptiQ. The partnership’s aim is to simplify the life insurance buying experience by launching simplified issue final expense and term life insurance products, which will mark LifeSecure's first expansion into the life market. Patrick Prichard, LifeSecure president ... Read the full article

Bindable partners with Swiss Re’s iptiQ

16th April 2021

Insurance technology firm Bindable has entered into a strategic partnership with Swiss Re’s iptiQ, a digital life and health insurance platform. The new strategic relationship includes a minority investment by iptiQ in Bindable and will help insurance carriers and agents expand their distribution channels across the US. The partnership extend to brands, ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ leads investment round for insurtech Getsafe

8th December 2020

IptiQ, global reinsurance giant Swiss Re's digital B2B2C provider of bespoke insurance solutions, recently led insurtech Getsafe's Series B funding round, in which the digital insurer raised an additional $30 million. This latest funding round takes the firm's total funding to $53 million, which makes it one of Europe's best funded ... Read the full article

Swiss Re appoints Carlo Bewersdorf as CEO of iptiQ

20th July 2020

Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Carlo Bewersdorf to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of iptiQ, the reinsurer's digital insurance platform. Bewersdorf is set to take on the new role from October 1st, 2020 and will report to Swiss Re CEO, Christian Mumenthaler. ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ is fuelled by the protection gap, says CEO Walker

24th October 2019

iptiQ Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, is focused on helping to close the huge and growing life and health protection gap, explained the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the firm, Philip Walker. Speaking with Willis Re as part of the reinsurance broker's latest quarterly InsurTech ... Read the full article

Swiss Re’s iptiQ and Samsung partner to close $26trn L&H protection gap

25th September 2019

A subsidiary of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, iptiQ Americas, has entered into a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics Ltd. designed to close the $26 trillion life and health (L&H) insurance protection gap. According to analysis by the Swiss Re Institute in September 2018, the huge life and health protection gap impacts ... Read the full article