Thank you to all our members and partners who attended our 2025 AGM at the London offices of our principal partners McKinsey & Co.
The afternoon provided an opportunity to review our work and activities over the past year as we presented our 2024-25 Annual Report.
Our Annual General Meeting also offered the chance to update members on various developments at Insurtech UK, approve nominations to our governing body the Insurtech UK Council, and to receive the accounts of the company for 2024-25.
Insurtech UK Council updates
We are pleased to welcome Ernesto Suarez, CEO and founder of Gigasure, to the Insurtech UK Council as Co-Chair alongside Louise Birritteri of Pikl. Together, they will lead the Council’s work to provide strategic guidance and leadership for Insurtech UK as it seeks to further enhance its services to members and the UK insurtech community.
Currently building innovative travel-focused MGA Gigasure – his second insurance venture – Ernesto is an experienced insurance executive and serial entrepreneur with significant expertise in the field of specialist insurances. He built Halo insurance from scratch, which he sold to Zurich Insurance Group / Cover-More Group in 2017.
Ernesto takes over the reins from John Warburton of Konsileo, who stepped down as Co-Chair after 7 years in the role. We are grateful to John for all his support and are delighted that he continues to serve on our Advisory Panel.
We also welcome two new council members: David King, co-founder and co-CEO of Artificial, and Pauline Barthelemy, Head of Insurance and Pricing at Laka. Pauline replaces her colleague Laurence Hunter, who we warmly thank for his service to the Council over the past year. Meanwhile James Downes is re-elected as treasurer for another term.
The growth of UK insurtech
Later in the evening came an opportunity to celebrate too another year of growth for UK insurtech, as the findings of the latest Insurtech UK and McKinsey Insurtech Report were unveiled.
Compiled from the results of our joint survey conducted in 2025, the latest report details among other insights how funding for UK insurtech is shifting toward value chain enablers and the opportunities new technologies are presenting.