FinTech Magazine - February 2022 | Page 156

TICKER
“ We ’ re not a unicorn today – but I like to think we ’ re a soonicorn .”
InsurTech magazine sat down with Richard King to find out more about Ticker and how he predicts it will shape the insurtech market in 2022 .
What was the inspiration to launch Ticker ? “ I ’ ve been involved in connected motor insurance for more than 10 years . I sold and exited ingenie back in 2015 – it was one of the UK ’ s first insurers using telematics .
When I had the opportunity to sit back and look at the market with fresh eyes , I realised there was the opportunity to

“ Ticker is an insurtech bringing connected motor insurance to a much wider market but , at heart , we ’ re a data company ”

RICHARD KING FOUNDER AND CEO , TICKER take it to a much wider market , far beyond young drivers . But I knew that , this time , one of the biggest drivers of our success would be in implementing greater levels of pricing sophistication , including Machine Learning ( ML ) and Artificial Intelligence ( AI ).”
Please could you give us an overview of Ticker and how you put insurtech to work ? “ Ticker is an insurtech bringing connected motor insurance to a much wider market . We ’ ve created an ecosystem , then we overlay niche propositions . We have
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