Insights

AI: A Game Changer for the Insurance Industry

The insurance industry stands at a technological crossroads, where the buzz surrounding Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is louder than the crowds at Insurtech Insights. AI's promise to revolutionise the sector is immense, offering insurers a high-potential route to serving customers with better, personalised products and more.

Personalised insurance in African markets: How to leverage tech for better penetration

Featuring insights from Tunde Salako, CEO of Africa Insurtech Lab and INSTANDA’s Henry Willis, this article examines the current needs of African insurance consumers. Crucially, it discusses how leveraging the burgeoning power of mobile platforms and no-code platforms like INSTANDA could be the solution. Click to read more.

Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow: Inside INSTANDA's 'Impact Your Outcome' Talent Program

Following the enormously successful Impact Your Outcome program launch last summer, we catch up with our Head of Learning and Client Training, Hazel Spain, to discover more about INSTANDA’s unique approach to talent development, and what 2023’s delegates gained from the program.

Highlights from Insurtech Insights 2024

Fresh from another successful year at Insurtech Insights, Europe’s largest Insurtech conference, we reflect on the highlights from last week (20-21 March 2024). Read the full article here.

Event Round-up: Re-imagining the Digital Insurance Landscape – 10 Years from Now

INSTANDA and InsTech hosted an exclusive event at the Chartered Accountants Hall in London at the end of January to facilitate an open discussion with a panel of prominent industry experts, in celebration of the publication of our global thought leadership report. Catch up on the discussion with this round-up of the event and view the full event recordings.

Getting the best of out your policy admin system

This article examines how insurers who have updated their policy admin system from a legacy system can get the most out of the upgrade.

Key success factors when implementing a new policy admin system

This article covers the key factors of success that insurers can expect to see after using INSTANDA to implement a new policy admin system.

5 questions to ask before upgrading a policy admin system

This article discusses the five important factors insurance firms should consider when choosing a policy admin system.

Five benefits of implementing a modern policy admin system

This article covers the competitive advantage insurers can gain by upgrading to a more modern policy admin system.

Potential Risks of An Outdated Policy Admin System

This article discusses some of the risks for insurers who use an outdated policy admin system and why upgrading is the best choice.

Self-paced INSTANDA Foundation Training Success

At INSTANDA, we believe technical training is crucial to delivering on our promise to clients - writing GWP and not code! Our digital Foundation Training programme has been live for seven months and has completely transformed the way we train new configurators. Discover more as Technical Training Manager, Kyle Cooke, walks us through INSTANDA’s new approach to Foundation Training.

5 Emerging Trends Shaping the Insurance Industry

This article discusses the five key trends shaping the insurance industry and how insurers can leverage INSTANDA to take advantage of them.

The Power of No-Code

Learn how insurance firms can leverage the power of no-code platforms to boost their policy infrastructure. Read our latest blog to discover more about no-code and how it is transforming the way insurers bring products to market.

Trends in the African Insurance Market

Discover the latest trends in the African insurance market and how insurtech companies are helping insurers address challenges.

5 Ways Core System MVPs Provide Proof of Value

Discover the top 5 ways MVPs provide proof of value in the insurance industry, from defining market demand to testing UX capabilities.

INSTANDA Life Moments | Meet Joan Mc Mahon

One month on from INSTANDAs Life Moments Ski trip to Italy, we hear first-hand from Software Engineer Joan Mc Mahon, about her experiences and insights, and the valuable lessons she learned along the way.

What Can Traditional MGAs Do to Keep Up with Agile Startups?

As Insurtech intermediaries continue to reshape the insurance industry, how can existing MGAs keep up with the innovation presented by emerging players?

4 Insurance Trends to Watch in 2023

Learn about the four insurance trends that we expect to shape the industry in 2023. We cover everything from AI to partnerships.  Read on to find out what they are.

Business Protection Roundtable Round up

In our latest roundtable, we discussed business protection insurance and why stats show that its sales are currently falling. See all the insights in this article.

INSTANDA CEO & Co-Founder, Tim Hardcastle, talks career moves & insurtech growth

INSTANDA CEO & Co-Founder, Tim Hardcastle, joined InsurTech Digital to talk insurtech development, career inspiration and what drives him as an industry leader.

Insurance Trends: 5 Things All Insurers Will Be Doing By 2025

In the next 3 years, the insurance industry will further transform. Insurers will see greater adoption of no-code platforms that increase speed-to-market and find themselves migrating from legacy systems to cloud-native platforms. Read on to find out five things we think all insurers will do by 2025.

MGAs: Navigating the Tipping point to Lasting Growth Webinar Recap

INSTANDA set up a Webinar with MGA experts on scalability using Core Insurance Platform tools. Discover the discussion highlights here.

Transparency and Customer Engagement in Insurance Roundtable (Part 2): Improving Insurance in the Future

In part two of our latest Virtual Roundtable, our industry experts discuss how we can overcome the challenges in insurance to offer better protection.

Transparency and Customer Engagement Insurance Roundtable (Part 1): How to Improve Life Insurance and Income Protection

In our latest roundtable, we discussed transparency and customer engagement in the protection market with expert panel members Simon Candy, Sheila Hogan, Roy McLoughlin, Ron Wheatcroft, Stuart Boseley and Ruth Gilbert. Read part one of the highlights in this article.

Headless Architecture: Are You Headless?

What is headless architecture, and how does it help me? Have all your questions about headless development answered in our latest article.

A letter from INSTANDA's CEO and Co-founder, Tim Hardcastle

“As one of the world’s first no-code insurance platforms, INSTANDA can deliver to clients in multiple markets and across all lines of insurance – and we can do this at speed, almost 10 times faster than anyone else - and at a low cost.”

How to Talk to Developers Who Are Sceptical About No-Code

There’s no need to worry about the no-code movement. For developers, no-code platforms like INSTANDA will ultimately help make your life easier.

A History of the No-Code Movement

How did no-code become a $6 billion industry? INSTANDA will give you the lowdown on the history of no-code, and how it will be the future of software.

Highlights from the Global Insurtech Summit 2022: The Insurance Leader’s Perspective

These are INSTANDA’s key takeaways from the Global Insurtech Summit 2022. What does insurtech look like from an insurance leader’s perspective? Click to find out.

Digital Transformation in the Insurance Industry - Interview with Will Wood

Digital transformation in the insurance industry is starting to make life easier for customers. Find out how in our interview with INSTANDA’s Will Wood.

Growing your MGA - the ‘tipping point’

Why should MGAs look for outsourced technology solutions? We discuss the tipping points in digital innovation and how to grow your business with insurtech.

How no-code solutions can enable insurance trailblazers

No-code platforms provide a simple way to create new product lines at speed, within one ecosystem and with the option to customize and personalize lines without having to run thousands of lines of code. Here are three reasons to adopt the latest exciting development in the insurance revolution.

Common Misconceptions about Policy Administration Systems

We investigated the common misrepresentation of today’s policy administration solutions, as over-complicated systems that do not prioritize customer experience and are unable to implement new products quickly.

Creating Great Insurance UI/UX - Interview with Rocio Garcia

Read our chat with INSTANDA’s UI lead, Rocio Garcia, to find out why insurers need to focus on simplifying the customer experience.

Spanish insurance technology trends for 2022

Top five Spanish insurance technology trends to prepare for in 2022. This is how INSTANDA will help you stay ahead of competitors.

Group Protection Insurance Roundtable Round-up

Read what some of the best insurance minds in the country think of the current state of group insurance in our latest article. They discuss a wide range of topics, including the impact of Covid-19 and how digital growth will affect group insurance. Click to find out more.

Recognising the critical role women at INSTANDA play in Science and Technology

This year we are putting a spotlight on some of the talented women working in STEM roles at INSTANDA, on February 11th, The International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Insurtech Trends for 2022 - Part 2

In the second part of the series, our latest article wraps up what we believe to be the most important insurtech trends to be aware of for 2022. Click to find out more.

Insurtech Trends for 2022 - Part 1

Discover the insurtech trends shaping the industry in 2022 to future-proof your business. Drive efficiency and cost-savings with INSTANDA.

The World Insurtech Report 2021: Key Takeaways

Capgemini’s World Insurtech Report is now live. We've summarised some of the key insights we believe you will find most valuable in our latest article. Take a look.

The Power of Hyper-Personalised Insurance

Hyper-personalisation is a great approach for insurers to enhance customer experiences and increase ROI. Find out why in our article.

How Insurtech Impacts Customer Experience

Discover the importance of a positive customer experience and learn how insurtech can enhance it. Learn more in out latest article with INSTANDA.

Hyperautomation in the Insurance Industry

Hyperautomation has a number of benefits for the insurance industry. Read our article to find out what they are.

The Environmental Impact of Insurtech

Climate change is a big problem, which Insurtech can help solve. Read our article to find out how INSTANDA helps MGAs and brokers to create and launch new products.

A Window of Opportunity: Group Insurance at INSTANDA

Group insurance can help businesses, insurers and employees. Find out how in the latest INSTANDA is article.

How Does ‘No Code’ Affect the Insurance Industry?

No-code technology has helped many industries to innovate. Read our article to find out how INSTANDA has used it to revolutionise the insurance industry.

The Benefits of Insurtech Integration

Insurtech integration has many benefits for insurers. Read this article to find out what they are. INSTANDA helps insurers to create customised policies.

Breaking the Legacy Rut: How to Align Insurtech Buy-in With Your IT Department’s Goals

Discover the role and goals of IT departments in insurance companies when integrating insurtech. Take your firm to the next level with INSTANDA.

Putting True Speed-to-Market Into Practice

Find out how speed to market helps insurers to compete in a competitive market, and how INSTANDA enables insurance firms to launch complex products to market quickly.

Market consolidation - What role does technology have to play?

Learn how insurance companies can align to consolidate group MGAs and insurance broker companies. Discover insurance software for MGAs with INSTANDA.

Trends & Challenges in UK Group Insurance

Find out what the trends and challenges of Group Insurance are, and the opportunity for Insurtech platforms in our latest article.

Breaking the Legacy Rut: How to Get Insurtech Buy-in From the Boardroom

In this article, discover insurtech insights to help you overcome uncertainty in the boardroom and take your firm into the modern era of insurance.

The Value of No-Code Technology: Instech Report Insights

Accessibility in insurance customer service is more than a buzzword. Learn how to make fast and easy insurance a reality for your customers with INSTANDA.

Employee Working Styles and Practices for the Future

Discover the benefits of flexible working practices for employees at INSTANDA. Get an inside look at our progressive insurance company culture.

INSTANDA’s No-Code Platform: Insurance Software Demo

Explore INSTANDA’s insurance software before you purchase with this summary of a live demo. Discover the essential features of our no-code platform.

Harnessing the Power of Embedded Insurance

Discover the role of big data in the insurance sector. Learn about the insurance digital transformation trend, embedded insurance, in this INSTANDA article.

Build or Buy?: Insurtech Business Value

As a modern insurer, should you build or buy your own technology? Discover insurtech business value and opportunities in this expert guide from INSTANDA.

Insurtech Insights: Africa 3.0 Roundup

INSTANDA CEO & Co Founder, Tim Hardcastle, recently joined the panel of insurtech leaders and industry experts at the online event Africa 3.0. The fundamental goal of the two-day event was to strengthen UK-African professional partnerships specifically in health, agriculture and emerging insurtech.

5 Ways Insurance Technology Creates Cost Savings

Explore how insurance software solutions drastically reduce costs. Discover the 5 ways insurance technology creates cost savings with INSTANDA.

Navigating the Pitfalls of the Digital Insurance Platform Market

Find out how to navigate the pitfalls of the digital insurance platform market, and avoid choosing insurance software that doesn’t fit the goals and aspirations of your company.

How to Combine Health Tech with Insurtech

Learn how health tech can be combined with smart insurtech to create innovative health insurance products for today’s customers in this INSTANDA article.

How INSTANDA Supports the Insurance Customer Life-Cycle

Discover how to cultivate powerful life & health insurance customer experience using health insurance software systems in this expert guide.

MGA Voices: What does the future hold?

In January we asked 60+ MGAs; ‘Beyond Covid – is your MGA future proof?’. With just under 50% stating that they are not confident their business is future proof, we reflects on why this is the case and how MGAs can address these evident concerns.

The Value of No Code with Imperium Insurance Management

Will the insurance industry be able to handle new tech risks?

Insurers have been warned they face a silent revolution and must prepare for technology to deliver new risks and opportunities. 'Technology is creating new risks that the insurance industry is currently unprepared for', according to Gari Gono, Head of Solutions at INSTANDA.

The Women Transforming INSTANDA

This International Women's Day we are celebrating the talented women working at INSTANDA. Learn more about who they are, how they are transforming INSTANDA, and the important roles they play within the business.

The Role of Insurtech in the Life & Health Industry

How do insurtech and the life and health insurance industry currently relate to one another? We look in to shifting consumer attitudes and evolving insurance practices.

How are Startups Changing the Insurance Game?

Why are digital insurance platforms now indispensable to insurers across portfolios? How can other legacy insurers, brokers and MGAs take advantage of the benefits of digital insurance platforms? How are tech startups changing the insurance game?

How Insurtech is Reshaping Insurance

Emerging digital opportunities mean it’s now time for insurance professionals at all levels of the value chain to recognise how insurtech is reshaping insurance. Continue reading the insights in this article to learn more.

Can MGAs help invent a better future for insurance?

The progressive MGA model has continued to evolve over the last year, despite the pandemic. From a risk capital point of view, MGAs that have embraced technology are regaining control over their underwriting with a data-first culture and transformational mindset.

2021 INSURANCE: REBOOTED, RE-ENERGISED, REBOUNDING

In this article, Tim Hardcastle, CEO and Co-founder of INSTANDA, shares what he thinks will be top of mind for insurers in 2021 and why technology will be critical.

Insurers must act urgently to prevent health insurance affordability crisis

Employees have received a raw deal on health insurance for decades. Covid-19 is a time for change, argues Trevor Davis, Instanda managing director for life and health.

Why are progressive MGAs shifting their focus to client-centric tech?

Covid-19 has complicated what was already a difficult marketplace for MGAs to navigate. Many have found themselves at the sharp end of the claims and reputational fallout this year. But for some, this has made it harder to source, or even retain existing capacity.

How Speed-to-Market can improve your Organisational Goals

In light of 2020, many companies have turned to working from home and are evaluating their organisational goals to better improve their employee and customer experiences.

INSURTECH - Where does it hurt?

Insurance is ripe for disruption, but what are the specific pain points that technology can address and can the industry learn from more digitally developed banking?

THE INSURANCE DISCONNECT: Bringing teams and customers closer together

INSTANDA surveyed 500 UK-based senior Insurance and Reinsurance leaders in IT, Marketing, Strategy, Distribution, and Product Innovation on the ability of their systems to understand how capable they are in meeting their intended purpose, their legacy investment intentions, and how COVID-19 has impacted digital transformation.

World InsurTech Report 2020

Great to be part of the Executive Steering Committee of World InsurTech Report 2020! Find out how Insurers and InsurTechs have to focus on a post-COVID-19 world and what that signifies for the future of the insurance industry.

Frictionless insurance – the real goal of Digital Transformation: More than a great UX or Mobile app

Head of Sales at INSTANDA, Chris Kay argues why we have to stop seeing technology as the silver bullet for Digital Transformation.

“There are large swathes of insurance where you can affect behaviours and reduce risk.”

In our latest blog on how the sector can move the needle on digital transformation, INSTANDA’s CEO, Tim Hardcastle, talks frankly about the challenges of embracing a completely new way of working.

Insurtech insights post Covid-19

As the entire World adapts to the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic, it’ll be a sink or swim situation for many Insurtech and insurance software companies as insurers and brokers look for immediate answers to help weather the tide.

A moment for reflection and anticipation

Although the next 12 months are certainly less predictable than they were two months ago, there’s every indication that ‘digital’ is going to be firmly on the agenda.

The New Normal Is Digital

The digital tools that allowed the UK to switch to remote working in response to Covid-19 were already part of our everyday lives, writes Tim Hardcastle, CEO and co-founder of INSTANDA. The insurance industry should take note.

MGA's, adding value, or adding cost?

Are MGAs adding value or adding cost? In his first article, MGA Sales Executive for INSTANDA James Elliott, curates thoughts from the market in 2020

INSTANDA is now available to purchase on Azure Marketplace

As the first no code digital insurance platform, INSTANDA represents another first. It is currently the only no code software of its kind to be offered directly through Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Lifting the lid on no code software: the future of insurance

What is no code? With no code software, insurance product innovation teams no longer have to wait for developers with specialised skills to help build a product.

The 6 most influential females in insurance

Today is International Women’s Day. In recognition of the women transforming the World of Insurance, we thought we’d celebrate the impact they’re having with a shortlist of some of the many inspiring female insurance businesswomen we know.

Aviva launches new small business protection service through INSTANDA

With nearly 6 million SMEs in the UK alone, contributing £2.2 trillion to the economy, the launch of Aviva’s new protection service for small businesses to help them work more confidently - cannot be overstated.

Leaping ahead: the insurers paving the way to the future of insurance

In his latest article, CEO & Founder of INSTANDA, Tim Hardcastle, discusses how business leveraging technology are speeding up processes, increasing flexibility, reducing costs, freeing up resources and driving profits.

Covenant Underwriters Implements INSTANDA for Policy and Billing

Covenant Underwriters (Covenant) has successfully implemented the INSTANDA platform to handle the company’s policy administration and billing.

INSTANDA deepens its Pan-European partnership with Hiscox

The future of distribution: is insurtech a saver or a threat?

Insurance by subscription is the future model of insurance

Insurance at the customer’s fingertips

Is innovation a coverall for no forward progress?

Closing the “protection gap”

It’s what’s upfront that counts

INSTANDA shortlisted for Insurance Times, Excellence in Technology Award

INSTANDA launches new MGA start-up service

Who will buy insurance in the future and how will they respond?

How incumbent insurers are becoming disrupters

In his latest article featured in Digital Insurance, Euan King, EVP at INSTANDA offers his insights on how incumbent insurers are truly becoming disruptors

What do the INsurTech (r)evolution, the INsurance core system and INSTANDA have in common?

MGAM uses INSTANDA to build quote and bind insurance product for Bosch

Hiscox signed a Pan European partnership agreement with INSTANDA

INSTANDA Shortlisted as Insurtech Initiative of the Year

INSTANDA selected for InsurTech 100 list

Flexible Program Design is the Key to Customer Satisfaction

Oxbow Partners Bitesize Impact 25

Is Insurtech Overhyped?

INSTANDA Joins InsTech London

INSTANDA mentioned as one of InsurTech startups to keep an eye on in 2018

INSTANDA and Digital Fineprint partnership delivers new SME insurance products offering

How to Guide: InsurTech Ecosystem

INSTANDA in 10 Most Innovative IT Infrastructure Solutions Provider 2018

Core Systems Purchasing To Thrive In The Digital World: What’s Hot – And What’s Not

Choosing the right core insurance software is on the rise. This 2018 report explores how digital transformation is vital to insurer's success. Read now!

INSTANDA in The Times ‘Future of Insurance’ report

In a competitive market, agility is key. See how the digital insurance market is adapting to the future in Raconteur's, ‘Future of Insurance’

INSTANDA compliance with GDPR

INSTANDA's insurance software empowers insurers to be compliant with GDPR. Learn more now.

How to Guide: Architect for disruption

Take advantage of new niche tech developments through insurance innovation. Read how to architect your technology capability for disruption, now!

New Claims Module on INSTANDA

INSTANDA simplifies the complex. That is why we are launching our insurance software solutions for claims. Learn about straight-through-processing now.

INSTANDA selected for Plug and Play's InsurTech Europe Program

Why a Digital Mindset Is Key to Digital Transformation

For insurtechs, having a digital mindset is key to digital transformation. Click to learn the four reasons why!

The Real Value from Insurtech — A New Way to Develop Products

Insurtechs are the answer on how to develop an insurance product in this digital-first age. Read this blog to learn how.

INSTANDA selected for Oxbow Partners InsurTech Impact 25

INSTANDA named one of the Oxbow Partners InsurTech Impact 25 list! Click to read now.

INSTANDA selected one of 17 UK insurtech startups to watch

Insurance is changing and innovative insurance products are driving this change. INSTANDA has been chosen among 17 Insurtech firms to watch. Learn more now

INSTANDA named one of Insurance Startups Improving Underwriting

INSTANDA is named an insurance startup improving underwriting. Learn how we are committed to underwriting improvements in our latest blog.

What does a good insurance customer experience look like?

Digital transformation in insurance is changing the way insurers interact with customers. Read our blog to learn about the growing focus on optimising customer experiences to reflect the digital era.

Listen to Insurtech Insider - Ep. 4: InsureTech Connect, Las Vegas

Listen to Tim Hardcastle as he joins Nigel Walsh on the InsurTech Insider's Podcast, talking about the lessons learnt through the dotcom boom to starting INSTANDA.

Winners of the Insurance Insider’s InsurTech Honours!

INSTANDA was awarded the InsurTech Honours at the Insurance Inside Honours 2017 ceremony. Read to see the winners of the other categories.

MGAM partners with INSTANDA to create Per Capita: a fully automated SME insurance solution

INSTANDA is partnering with MGAM to provide a fully automated, insurance solution that will allow MGAM to quickly get products to market. Read more.

INSTANDA and Concirrus partnership delivers one-stop-shop for Internet of Things enabled insurance propositions

New partnership between INSTANDA and Concirrus now enables insurers to easily create, configure, and deploy IoT products. Learn more, now!

INSTANDA IN Brief: The Breakfast

The insurance industry will see more change in the next 5 years than the last 50. Watch as insurance leaders discuss their thoughts for the future.