In this exclusive interview recorded at Insurtech Insights Europe, IKH Contributing Editor Ron Rock sat down with Melissa Collett, CEO of Insurtech UK to discuss what inspired her to pursue the role at the organisation and what UK insurtechs and other stakeholders are currently doing right when it comes to collaboration and innovation.

Whilst acknowledging that there is still room for the UK insurtech market to grow, Collett highlights a number of things during the interview, including that the UK is only second to the US when it comes to both insurtech investment and the number of unicorns.

Insurtech UK is an alliance of over 100 UK start-ups aiming to disrupt the insurance industry through digital technology and innovation. To find out more about the success of the UK insurtech sector, you can view the McKinsey and Company report, The United Kingdom; The Nexus of Insurtech here.

Ron Rock is the Managing Director for Financial Services at JobsOhio. Founded in 2011, JobsOhio is a unique, private economic development corporation that acts as a catalyst for high-growth business investments and job creation in the state of Ohio. To find out more about Ohio’s thriving financial services ecosystem and economy, download the free whitepaper here.