SA actuary is an early mover in introducing wearables to the car insurance market – Breez’s Dino Bertolis

Many insurance companies have woken up to the fact that a system of getting information from their customers by filling in forms has not served them or their customers well. Health and life insurers are now offering smartwatches or wearables to their customers to be able to track their health and wellness, which can lead to behavioural changes and can also reward customers for good behaviour. A South African actuary, Dino Bertolis wants to expand wearables to the car insurance market; he has launched a start-up called Breez, with which he is planning to disrupt the UK car insurance market. Bertolis told BizNews he has managed to raise £200,000 (R4m) in a private funding round for his venture. – Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices