Ripe appoints David Rowntree as new Chief Underwriting Officer

New CUO will be responsible for further powering Ripe’s underwriting and pricing expertise across existing and new product areas as Ripe continues to grow

Manchester, 29th October 2024 – UK Digital MGA Ripe today announces the appointment of David Rowntree as …

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Ripe and Munich Re Specialty confirm agreement on the sale of GJW Direct

The transaction bolsters Ripe’s share of the marine insurance market and accelerates Munich Re’s Specialty strategic focus on…

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Ripe Appoints Tech Veteran Jason Stockwood as Non-Executive Director

Manchester, 25th September, 2024: UK Digital MGA Ripe today confirmed the appointment of Jason Stockwood as a Non-Executive D…

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Ripe announces Alan Thomas as new CEO

Alan Thomas joins Ripe from Simply Business to lead the company’s next chapter 

Manchester, 3rd September 2024: UK Digital MG…

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Ripe appoints new Head of M&A

Jamie Richards joins fintech firm Ripe from Deloitte to lead M&A strategy.

Manchester, 8th July 2024: UK fintech Ripe tod…

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Ripe named amongst The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024

Manchester-based Insurtech business Ripe has been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2024. 

The nationwi…

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Ripe accelerates into motorhomes and campervans market with expanded product portfolio

Using its bespoke technology stack, Ripe can deliver quotes to prospective policyholders in less than 2 minutes.

Manchester, …

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Ripe celebrates double win at 2023 Insurance Choice Awards

Ripe is celebrating following double success at the 2023 Insurance Choice Awards this week, the winners of which are based ex…

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UK Insurtech Ripe delivers 17% year-on-year growth as it continues to invest in expansion

- Ripe turnover reaches £27.2 million in 2022, an increase of 17% on 2021

- Policyholders increased by 12%, to 315,000, over …

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Ripe strengthens its specialist boat insurance offering with Craftinsure acquisition

Insurtech Ripe announces its first major acquisition as it enters the next phase of its ambitious growth strategy

Insurtech R…

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Gunplan rebrands as Ripe shooting insurance

Gunplan, Ripe’s longstanding specialist gun insurance product, has been rebranded as Ripe shooting insurance. 

Already part o…

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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 t…

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Uk insurtech makes key senior hires & announces record policyholder numbers

UK insurtech, Ripe Thinking, announces two key senior appointments as the fast-growing company surpasses 300,000 customers.

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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…

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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 gro…

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Ripe ends year with insurance award win and industry recognition

Ripe’s Gunplan product has won ‘Best Specialist Insurance Provider’ at the 2021 Insurance Choice Awards. This is the second y…

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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 …

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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 insurte…

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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 follow…

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Ripe celebrates double win at Insurance Times Awards

Manchester insurtech business, Ripe Insurance, is celebrating following a double win at the prestigious Insurance Times Award…

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Ripe joins forces with Aviva for specialist cycling insurance offering

Aviva is collaborating with Ripe, to offer a cycling insurance product that will allow Aviva customers to build policies to m…

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Ripe posts record results

Ripe Thinking today reports a 16 per cent increase in revenue for 2019. For the year ended 31 December 2019, the Manchester-b…

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A message to policyholders

It's clear that these are unprecedented times. With the current situation changing day by day it’s hard to predict what will …

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Ripe brings insurtech to caravan insurance following investment in new multi-million pound CRM platform

Today Ripe Insurance announces the launch of two new products aimed at the growing UK leisure market: Ripe Insurance for Tour…

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Ripe Thinking wins national insurance award

Ripe Thinking, the insurtech specialist, was named Personal Lines Broker of the Year at the prestigious Insurance Times Award…

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Ripe reports annual revenue rise

Ripe Thinking today reports a 16 per cent increase in turnover for 2018. For the year ending 31 December 2018, the Manchester…

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Ripe Insurance and Aviva sign new five year capacity deal

Today Ripe Insurance announces that it has signed a five-year capacity deal with Aviva. Under the agreement, effective from J…

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Ripe Insurance competition winner ‘thought it was a wind-up’

When Paul Donnelly received an email from Ripe Insurance in December, informing him that he’d won our exclusive prize of a tr…

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Ripe reaches 200k policyholders and strengthens data analytics team
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Today Ripe Insurance announces a significant milestone. Its policyholders have grown to over 200,000 making the Manchester…

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Activity-based holidays are on the rise, says new study

• Millions of young Brits would rather watch Love Island than go there, new figures show.
• They are bored with 'fly and flop'…

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Ripe Insurance appoints new Marketing Director

Ripe Insurance, the InsurTech specialist behind some of the UK’s most successful niche insurance products, has appointed Sar…

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Ripe Insurance Launches Photography

Ripe Insurance, the InsurTech specialist, has launched a new product for amateur, semi-professional and professional photogra…

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Ripe partners with the University of Salford

Ripe Insurance has secured support from the Government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, for a new knowledge sharing partners…

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Tech that gets you insured in six clicks

Manchester-based Ripe is disrupting the insurance sector with its use of technology and AI, as it gears up to hit the £15m tu…

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Ripe Insurance named the UK’s Best Specialist Insurance Provider

Ripe Insurance, the InsurTech specialist behind some of the UK’s most successful niche insurance brands, has been voted the U…

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Ripe Insurance wastes precious little time with new launch: Ripe for Valuables

Ripe Insurance, the insurtech specialist behind some of the UK’s most successful niche insurance brands, has launched a new i…

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Digital niche insurance specialist becomes Ripe

The trailblazing insurance provider behind many of the UK’s most successful niche brands The JRW Group has been rebranded as …

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Insurance Age: ‘Meet the techies’ interview with Paul Williams

Paul Williams, the executive chairman of Ripe Thinking Limited, gives his views on InsurTech in the latest Insurance Age ‘Mee…

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Ripe Thinking Limited prove that niche is the way to grow

Ripe Thinking Limited, the powerhouse behind the UK’s most successful niche insurance brands, had another successful year in …

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Paul Williams appointed as Executive Chairman

Paul Williams, former Thistle Insurance Services Managing Director, is set to join Ripe Thinking Limited as Executive Chairma…

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Ripe Thinking Limited triples its policyholder base in five years

Niche insurer Ripe Thinking Limited celebrated the acquisition of its 150,000th policyholder, having trebled the size of its …

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