2023年3月31日

约翰Woosey(左)和保罗·威廉姆斯成熟思考,Wythenshawe-based数字承销和保险销售平台,获得了私人投资公司,总部位于纽约和伦敦的一笔资金。鹰钩Capital Partners,管理着69亿美元资产,专注于投资的交叉技术和金融和已经成熟的多数股权。自1997年成立以来,成熟的快速增长提供各种跨两个人和小型商业客户。今天,成熟是一种insurtech业务超过280000投保人,保护他们在高尔夫专业需要,船,商队,和周期,以及为小企业主提供保险等私人教练,音乐家,和摄影师。成熟的专利技术使客户建立自己的政策,提供量身定制的解决方案在在线优化的旅程。其客户服务和创新insurtech看到业务赢得多个行业奖项,实现连续的和令人印象深刻的增长。在过去的12个月里,它认为收入增长27%。这项投资后,鹰钩将与公司的管理团队将继续紧密合作,加快建立市场领先的数字保险分销平台。成熟的管理团队将继续由首席执行官保罗•威廉姆斯和创始人兼董事总经理约翰•Woosey将保留重要的股权,营销总监莎拉·琼斯。董事长兼首席执行官杰夫•格林伯格鹰钩,表示:“人们购买保险的方式正在改变。 As more individuals turn to online platforms to purchase insurance, Ripe offers a simple process for buying policies online while still ensuring quality coverage at a good value. “We believe that John, Paul, and their team have built a high quality and scalable digital platform that can identify customer demands, and design and distribute products to address these efficiently. “We are excited to partner with them through the next phase of their journey.” Related Articles John Woosey said: “We are excited to partner with Aquiline, whose deep understanding of the UK and global insurance markets, and their track record of supporting technology-enabled businesses will allow us to further develop our offerings to our customers and continue to build out our underwriting and distribution capabilities. “This partnership is a testament to the work of our incredible team who have delivered our strong and consistent growth year after year. “The investment will allow us to accelerate our ambitions for international growth while still effectively and efficiently serving our customers across the UK.” Paul Williams said: “Aquiline is an ideal partner to support Ripe through our next phase of growth. The investment will allow us to further expand the capabilities of our industry leading technology platform and reach customers through new and innovative channels. “Aquiline and Ripe share a strategic vision for the company and I am excited to lead the business through its next phase of growth.” Closing of the investment is subject to parties obtaining relevant regulatory approval. Houlihan Lokey provided corporate finance advice and Norton Rose Fulbright provided legal advice to Aquiline. Due diligence was performed by Deloitte (financial, tax and regulatory) and Crosslake Technologies (technology). Keefe Bruyette & Woods provided corporate finance advice and Ernst & Young provided legal advice to Ripe. Vendor due diligence was performed by Oliver Wyman (commercial) and KPMG (financial, tax, technology, operations and regulatory). Previous Article