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Inspired engineering: celebrating International Women in Engineering Day

We’re always intrigued by our team's different career paths to get to where they are today. To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, four of team shared their journey into engineering and their experience in the Tech team at Open. Mixing collaboration, perseverance and continuous improvement, have a read

Partners

Slingshot becomes first in New Zealand to bundle power, mobile and insurance in partnership with Open

Innovative telco and electricity provider Slingshot has broken new ground with the announcement of a unique partnership with digital insurance company Open, enabling the delivery of house, contents, and landlords’ insurance along with energy, mobile and broadband on a single bill. The move bundles services to improve customer experience, convenience,

Big ambitions, high performance and psychological safety: Scaling our engineering team at Open

My name is John Halls, I’m the GM of Engineering at Open and I make a lot of mistakes. My mantra about mistakes is simple, I’m open about making them because they’re great learning opportunities and highlight areas where we can improve. That’s why I’m

News & Media

Bupa elevates car, home and travel insurance offerings in partnership with Open

Open, an award-winning digital insurance company based in Australia, is proud to announce a new partnership with Bupa. Beginning July 2022, Bupa members will have access to Open's omnichannel car, home and travel insurance products, in a partnership that builds on Bupa’s commitment to providing digital insurance experiences for

Insurance

Here's why embedded car, home and travel insurance is brilliant for everyday consumers

At some point in time, everyone needs great car, home and travel insurance. The trigger for most people to buy a policy is the purchase of a new car, home or going on the trip of a lifetime. But insurance can be hard to find, annoying to buy (with all

Open Team & Culture

Our why – the team building the future of insurance

At Open, we're on a mission to provide the fastest insurance, at the best price, for the world. There are three unique components to our mission, each playing an important part in making insurance brilliant. We ask three of our team members, Sam, Sarith and Josh, how we bring our mission to life.

B Corp & Impact

Donating 1% of our revenue to causes that matter — our $82,156 donation for 2021

When Open was founded in 2016, we knew that we wanted to be a business that was a force for good. And we didn’t just want to do the bare minimum. As much as we’re here to build the future of insurance, we’re also here to make

News & Media

Challenges and surprises of scaling a startup with the Morgo Podcast

Jason Wilby, co-founder and joint Chief Executive at Open speaks with Morgo Podcast's Jenny Morel on scaling a high-tech company, building the future of insurance and the highlights and challenges along the way.

Partners

loans.com.au makes car finance faster through connected insurance with Open

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with InsurancePoint to bring powerful and simple insurance to more Australians. InsurancePoint and loans.com.au are part of the Firstmac Group, an award-winning leader in lending in Australia for home and car loans. loans.com.au’s car loan customers now have

News & Media

Open announced as Australia’s 7th fastest growing company in AFR Fast 100

Award-winning InsurTech, Open, has been announced as Australia’s 7th fastest growing company in the prestigious AFR Fast 100 List for 2021. To be eligible for entry into the Fast 100, a business must have started trading on or before 1 July 2016, and have had turnover greater than $500,

News & Media

Open named a leading innovative InsurTech in global InsurTech100 ranking

Insurtech Open was recognised by FinTech Global as an InsurTech100 Company for 2021. The InsurTech100 is an annual list of 100 of the world’s most innovative InsurTech companies selected by a panel of industry experts and analysts. FinTech Global director FinTech Global director Richard Sachar says, “Consumers and businesses

Partners

Open and WeMoney partner for powerful and simple insurance

We’re excited to announce our partnership with WeMoney, one of Australia’s leading personal financial management platforms. WeMoney members can now purchase car, home and contents insurance directly in-app through the Huddle widget, Open’s ready-to-go insurance solution that integrates easily into any digital experience. Huddle is Open’s

News & Media

Open raises $31m Series B to bring connected insurance to the world

Australasian insurtech Open raised a $31 million growth round from international investors, led by Movac (NZ) with Latitude (UK) and returning investor AirTree Ventures (AU). This brings the scale-up’s total capital raised to $53 million.

News & Media

Insurance competition in New Zealand heats up as Tower partners with Open to launch disruptive car and home insurance

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Tower. Huddle, powered by Open and underwritten by Tower, will launch in New Zealand. May 26th 2021 Imagine a world in which you only pay for car insurance based on how much you drive, or your home contents policy is automatically updated

News & Media

Insurance isn't boring | Huddle's latest marketing campaign

‘Is this one of those Huddle Insurance ads?’ ask the unsuspecting subjects of the new campaign from Huddle Insurance in which they’re asked to recount an insurance-related anecdote, with surprising comedic effect. The launch campaign features three everyday characters – Estelle, Jacqueline and Bryce – who each relate a

News & Media

Huddle and Telstra come together in pioneering tech partnership

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, Telstra. Starting today, Telstra Plus members will be able to access exclusive offers and rewards when they protect their car or home with Huddle. Huddle insurance and Telstra Plus – better together Huddle uses the

News & Media

Join us in Queenstown for the NZ Fintech Hui

Running from the 18th to the 20th of March Fintech NZ are hosting the first New Zealand Fintech Hui in Queenstown. The event is for founders, investors, industry and government partners to discuss the state of Fintech in New Zealand and to explore domestic and international opportunities. We will: Dive

News & Media

ahm partners with Open to launch new range of car and home insurance

ahm, one of Australia’s largest health insurers, has today launched its car and home insurance offering in partnership with insurtech disrupter, Open. The two came to an agreement in 2020 after aligning strongly on brand values and technological capability and are today bringing two leading insurance products to market.

Product

Release notes - September 2020

Each week, we release new features, product improvements and bug-fixes across all of the Open products. Here are the highlights of the past few weeks: New and improved quote line brandingAll Open partners can now take full control of their white-label experience design. We’ve introduced a range of tools

Insurance

We've all seen the neobanks. Now prepare for neoinsurance.

The rise of neobanking Five years ago, if you wanted to open up a bank account you had to get in your car, drive to your nearest branch and fill out a tiresome amount of paperwork. You’d be given introductory savings rates that would fizzle away to practically

Open Team & Culture

Podcast: 40k policies, 40k lessons with Insurtech Australia

Huddle and Open’s Co-Founders spill the beans on their biggest mistakes and learnings over the last four years. On this edition of the Insurtech Australia Podcast, Vanessa Dobson, Insurtech Australia sits down with Jason Wilby and Jonathan Buck, Co-Founders and Joint CEOs

COVID

How we’re expanding internationally in the COVID era.

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has fast tracked the digital transformation of businesses, which is why for many tech companies providing digital services, lockdown periods prove anything but quiet, with many businesses seeing strong growth. For example, we saw the enormous increases in Amazon’s share price, driven by

Product

Release notes - June 2020

Each week, we release new features, product improvements and bug-fixes across all of the Open products. Here are the highlights of the past few weeks: Product ComparisonAs an insurance broker, you can now rapidly compare a number of products to provide a quick and easy experience for your clients. Now

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Introducing Open, the new stack for insurance

Insurance can be complicated. Here we explain the case for simplicity and the new stack that makes it all possible. Insurance is complex. It’s time to simplify it. Simple isn’t a word that’s associated with insurance. Across the world, consumers choose from a vast array of

Open Team & Culture

How we operate efficiently with distributed teams

Open currently has around 35 staff with hubs in Sydney, the Sunshine Coast and Queenstown in NZ. With another hub opening in the UK later this year, how we operate across these hubs will continue to be tested and optimized. For now, this is what we’re doing and how