InsurTech Corridor, a collaboration between the UK and Connecticut launched in 2022 to help scaling UK technology businesses connect into the US insurance and financial services ecosystem, has announced details of a free three-city UK tour beginning on 5 October, offering events and one-to-one meetings for growing firms.
The initiative has already supported more than 20 UK-based InsurTech, FinTech, climatetech and legaltech businesses in gaining a foothold in the sizeable US insurance sector centred on Hartford, Connecticut, and the upcoming tour is designed to extend that reach to companies across the north of England and Scotland.
A five-person delegation will travel to the UK for the visit, headed by MetroHartford Alliance chief business investment officer Gene Goddard alongside Mike Hendy, a former FinTech executive who now serves as senior trade officer at the British Consulate in Boston, where he supports UK technology firms operating in insurance, financial services, and climate and regulatory markets.
The tour will run for a week, opening in Leeds on Monday 5 October, before moving on to Edinburgh for engagements on 6 and 7 October, and finishing in Manchester on 8 and 9 October.
Businesses will be able to meet the delegation at the University of Leeds Nexus innovation hub on 5 October, the Scottish Insurtech Summit and Awards at the EICC in Edinburgh on 7 October, and Venture Café in Manchester on 8 October.
MetroHartford Alliance chief business investment officer Gene Goddard said, “We wanted to come and meet scaling Insurtechs and Fintechs from all over the UK, and we are excited to join events and hold meetings in Leeds, Edinburgh and Manchester, which all have thriving and impressive tech communities. Many UK tech firms have huge opportunities in the US and within the insurance market in particular, which is concentrated in the city of Hartford.”
Mike Hendy added, “There’s a really vibrant tech community right across the north of England and Scotland, and we are keen to be accessible to as many firms and founders as possible. Whether you are a pure-play insurtech, or a wider fintech, climate tech or legaltech, if you have an opportunity within the US market, especially in the huge insurance market, we want to see if we can help you make faster progress in the market over there.”
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