Since launching its solution built specifically to cover the risks faced by organisations operating in the fintech space in 2020, CFC has seen the volume of submissions increase by more than 100% year on year over the past two years and has grown its fintech book by 100% over the past year. Its cover is trusted by fintech businesses globally and CFC now provides insurance protection to fintechs offering a range of services from digital banking, payments and investments to B2B trading platforms, commercial lending and AI solutions.
“Technology plays an integral role in the global financial infrastructure, whether it is underpinning day-to-day operations or delivering new ways of servicing customers,” says Neil Beaton, Financial Institutions Practice Leader at CFC. “Investments in fintechs have risen sharply with investors pumping more than $200 billion into start-ups and scale-ups alike over the past 12 months and the proliferation of fintech businesses is only going to increase.”
This new CFC team brings together over 40 years experience from underwriters with deep experience of writing technology risks and financial institutions – and is the first of its kind in the London market to purely focus on creating and underwriting insurance solutions for fintech businesses around the world.
Fintech team leader, Hannah Durrant, adds: “We’ve seen submissions for fintech businesses grow month by month this past year, so felt it important to ring-fence a team so that we can immerse ourselves fully in the fintech world. Combining the expertise of our tech underwriters with those of us with more experience in writing financial institutions will ensure we have the skills, knowledge and focus to create insurance and risk management solutions that are fit for purpose for the very different needs that fintechs have as opposed to more traditional financial businesses.”
CFC published its fintech insurance guide last year to help brokers understand this fast growing sector and its unique combination of risk exposures,
About CFC
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Our global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today’s most critical business risks.
Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Austin, Brussels and Brisbane, CFC has nearly 700 staff and is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses in 90 countries. Learn more at cfc.com and LinkedIn
