Wrisk to partner more with incumbents, says new CEO

Wrisk team

InsurTech Futures: Nimeshh Patel, who took over the CEO role from Niall Barton, says the start-up is looking to increase its presence in the UK insurance market.

InsurTech start-up Wrisk is looking to partner more with the incumbent insurance industry, according to newly appointed chief executive officer, Nimeshh Patel.

Patel took over the CEO role from former Oxygen boss Niall Barton in August. Barton, who in 2016 co-founded the business with Darius Kumana, previously at Markel, remains with the firm as executive chairman.

“It’s a different landscape when you go from a start-up to a business that is starting to scale,” Patel told Insurance Age.

“I

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