Slipcase has acquired rival industry content distributor youTalk-insurance’s strategic assets to further cement its position as the leading information and intelligence distribution platform in the UK and global insurance, risk & reinsurance market. youTalk-insurance will consequently close its platform and operations at the end of August 2024, transitioning clients over to Slipcase as part of this agreement.
Slipcase, led by Founder and CEO Alex Hearn, has acquired UK-based competitor youTalk-insurance’s client base in a move that further bolsters its presence in the UK, and consolidates Slipcase’s platform as the insurance industry’s central hub to discover curated digital news, thought-leadership and intelligence.
The acquisition of youTalk-insurance is another milestone in Slipcase’s mission to be the leading distribution & measurement technology for quality content relevant to global insurance professionals; allowing them to discover high-quality, relevant information at the click of a button. Slipcase is trusted by many of the world’s leading insurers, broking houses, service providers and media titles to deliver information throughout the industry, via its web platform, mobile app, internal company feeds (APIs) and custom email digests.
Slipcase CEO, Alex Hearn said, “After a decade of UK growth, this acquisition is a natural next step for Slipcase to expand its position as the largest risk & re/insurance content distribution platform in the UK, allowing us to connect more brands with insurance professionals than ever. While our recent focus has been on international growth, seeing our audience more than triple in the past three years, the UK has always been a priority audience for our platform, and this takeover of youTalk-insurance’s assets represents just that.”
youTalk-insurance Managing Director, Paul Handleigh added, “We’re delighted that youTalk-insurance has been acquired. This represents the successful conclusion of a 14-year journey which has seen youTalk-insurance build a strong base in the UK. The Slipcase team is first class, and in recent years the significant investment they have made in developing their own proprietary technology to become market-leading made our decision to sell to them an easy one to make. We are excited that our clients and users will be able to benefit from the suite of advanced analytics and technology Slipcase has built. When added to their considerable global distribution, they will enjoy a preeminent position in terms of reaching insurance, reinsurance and risk professionals. I would urge insurers and brokers alike to check Slipcase out.”
About youTalk-insurance:
youTalk-insurance was founded in 2010 by husband and wife team Paul and Natalie Handleigh with the sole purpose of providing insurance brokers, insurers and risk management professionals with a free, factual and fair source of news, educational thought leadership/insight and video content. Over the years it has become a much loved, trusted and relied upon mainstay in the UK insurance media landscape.
As part a longstanding commitment to supporting the insurance sector and ‘giving back’, youTalk-insurance has provided its services for free to BIBA, The MGAA, The Insurance Charities, Ripple the Suicide Prevention Charity and GAIN – Group for Autism Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity.
About Slipcase:
Slipcase delivers ‘Contextual Intelligence’ to the world’s re/insurance industry professionals and businesses; real-time, relevant information, curated from the best sources across the industry and the wider web. These intelligence hyperlinks are delivered to Slipcase users through its ecosystem, including a desktop platform, mobile apps, newsletters & API feeds. It is also a highly effective way for organisations to reach the commercial & speciality insurance and reinsurance sector, with over 53,000 subscribers to their weekly emails and over 213,000 platform users (exclusive of API feed audience). Organisations using Slipcase receive regular reporting containing bespoke, industry-first insights around both the performance of their content and the readership habits of the general re/insurance market, as per the specific organisation’s needs.
