At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Life Insurance space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jaco Oosthuizen
Co-Founder & Chief Insurance Officer of YuLife
Jaco Oosthuizen is the co-founder of YuLife. Jaco began his career in the MMI group as an actuarial student and swiftly moved on to head up an actuarial valuations team within Momentum. Jaco then headed up the team that created and developed Momentum’s Multiply Wellness Programme which has grown to be the second largest wellness rewards programme in South Africa. Success of the Multiply programme depended a lot on collaborating effectively across business units within the group. With Jaco at the helm, Multiply graduated to the primary engagement platform used by MMI to connect with clients locally and internationally. Jaco’s passion goes beyond crunching numbers; he is most interested in addressing the trust deficit in the insurance industry through client engagement and uncovering meaningful insights.
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About YuLife: YuLife is a provider of life insurance and policies providing income in the event of critical illness.
Josh Hart
Co-Founder, Chief Product & Technology Officer of YuLife
An experienced executive and entrepreneur, creating value in a digital world, helping big businesses adapt leveraging the power of web, mobile and data. Inspiring and enthusing teams to push the boundaries of what has been done before, creating award winning digital and mobile strategy, managing through to execution both within the UK and Internationally.
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About YuLife: YuLife is a provider of life insurance and policies providing income in the event of critical illness.
Jonathan Roomer
Co-Founder & Head of Client Success of YuLife
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About YuLife: YuLife is a provider of life insurance and policies providing income in the event of critical illness.
Sammy Rubin
Founder & CEO of YuLife
Sammy Rubin is CEO at yu life
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About YuLife: YuLife is a provider of life insurance and policies providing income in the event of critical illness.
James Buckley-Thorp
CEO – Co-Founder of Bequest
James Buckley-Thorp is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bequest.
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About Bequest: We’re building an advanced way for millions of people to protect themselves and their loved ones.
Pawel Terpilowski
CTO – Co-Founder of Bequest
Pawel Terpilowski is the Co-Founder and CTO of Bequest.
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About Bequest: We’re building an advanced way for millions of people to protect themselves and their loved ones.
Tim Berry
Co-Founder & CEO of Inzurer
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About Inzurer: Insurance advisory and sales with AI Chat Bot, automatic underwriting and pricing, and data analysis
Josif Grace
Founder & CEO of Legado
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About Legado: Securely and easily organise, store and share your most important documents, files, wishes and memories.
Steve Wynne
Founder of Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance
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About Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance: Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance offers a comprehensive, competitive, and compliant package of business insurance to the recruitment market.
