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Wrisk

Branded insurance products platform for brands

Head of Business Development

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/17/2026
No salary listed
Expert
London, UK
Hybrid
Sales & Account ManagementBusiness Development & Partnerships

About the job

Requirements
  • Demonstrated success as an enterprise-level business development hunter, consistently exceeding revenue targets within complex sales environments.
  • Significant experience operating within the UK insurance partnerships sector, such as original equipment manufacturer, retail, or bancassurance partnerships.
  • Strong understanding of the UK general insurance market, including managing general agent operating models, delegated authority, and relevant Financial Conduct Authority regulatory frameworks.
  • Proven ability to navigate long sales cycles, build consensus across matrixed enterprise clients, and close multifaceted commercial contracts.
  • Experience working effectively within a mature, multidisciplinary commercial unit to co-develop strategies and pursue target accounts.
  • Ability to structure profitable, scalable deals that align the company's capabilities with client strategic objectives.
  • Communication, pitch presentation, and negotiation skills, with credibility at board and executive level.
  • Ability to manage competing enterprise priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced scale-up environment.
  • Ability to translate market data, pricing structures, and performance metrics into actionable sales strategies.
Responsibilities
  • Lead end-to-end sales processes for enterprise-level insurance opportunities and deliver against agreed revenue and strategic targets.
  • Collaborate with commercial, marketing, and client management teams to align go-to-market efforts, leverage existing relationships, and coordinate engagement with complex enterprise targets.
  • Elevate the company's profile across target sectors through targeted touchpoint campaigns, joint sales and marketing initiatives, and active industry engagement.
  • Identify, qualify, and nurture a pipeline of high-potential clients, managing complex sales cycles from initial outreach through commercial sign-off.
  • Mobilise teams across commercial, platform product, legal, compliance, and underwriting capacity partners to formulate commercially viable, compliant, and innovative solutions.
  • Lead high-stakes commercial negotiations and build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
  • Use key performance data, market insights, and competitor analysis to refine business development strategies and support periodic commercial planning.
  • Provide structured win/loss debriefs and work with product teams to ensure client requirements inform the company's capability roadmap.
Desired Qualifications
  • ACII qualification or equivalent proven insurance market experience.

About the company

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Wrisk develops an insurance technology platform that helps brands co-create, launch, and manage customized insurance products. The platform enables brands such as automotive manufacturers and other global partners to deliver tailored, consumer-friendly insurance offers through an omnichannel experience. Its products work by coupling brand partnerships with a flexible, customer-centric setup that can be deployed quickly and scaled across markets, including the UK and USA, with revenue generated from these collaborations. Wrisk differentiates itself by focusing on co-creation with brands, rapid deployment, transparent and simplified customer experiences, and omnichannel accessibility, rather than competing solely on product features. The company aims to simplify insurance for consumers, build brand loyalty, and help partners deliver tailored coverage at scale.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$31.3M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • Mazda launched Wrisk-powered subscription insurance in June 2026 across UK buyers and owners.
  • VWFS UK, Kia, and Mazda wins broaden Wrisk beyond premium OEMs into volume.
  • Series B capital from Allianz, Alma Mundi, and Opera Tech funds international expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Wrisk depends on automotive OEM partners; one contract loss erases launch momentum fast.
  • A single FCA or claims-failure incident freezes new OEM launches and kills the platform.
  • Embedded-finance rivals and OEM captive insurers bypass Wrisk by building in-house.

What makes Wrisk unique

  • Wrisk owns embedded automotive insurance workflows, from quote to claims, for OEMs.
  • Atto adds open-banking credit, affordability, and income verification inside live customer journeys.
  • Allianz has underwritten Wrisk for nearly ten years, deepening regulatory and distribution credibility.

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  • Hybrid Work Options
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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

4%
PR Newswire
Feb 10th, 2026
Wrisk acquires Atto to integrate open banking credit scoring into embedded insurance platform

Wrisk, a London-based embedded insurance platform for automotive brands, has acquired Atto, a real-time financial intelligence platform specialising in open banking-driven credit scoring and affordability assessment. Financial terms were not disclosed. Atto uses open banking to analyse transaction-level data, providing credit insights for enterprise clients across automotive and other sectors. The acquisition integrates Atto's financial intelligence capabilities into Wrisk's existing platform, creating a unified layer for embedded finance, insurance and protection services. The combined platform will enable automotive OEMs and enterprise partners to deliver more personalised finance and protection propositions within customer journeys. Atto will continue operating as a dedicated product and team within Wrisk, maintaining its own roadmap and client relationships. Wrisk, headquartered in London, employs over 100 people globally.

The Andalusia Star-News
Feb 10th, 2026
Wrisk acquires Atto to create an integrated embedded finance and protection platform

Wrisk acquires Atto to create an integrated embedded finance and protection platform. LONDON, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Wrisk has acquired Atto, a real-time financial intelligence platform focused on open banking-driven credit scoring, income verification, affordability assessment and behavioural insight. Atto supports enterprise partners by enabling context-aware credit and risk decisions within live customer journeys. The platform is already used by large enterprise clients across both automotive and non-automotive sectors, delivering credit insight grounded in transactional behaviour over and above the static bureau data. Wrisk works with leading automotive OEMs to embed insurance directly into digital customer experiences. The acquisition brings financial intelligence further upstream into Wrisk's platform, creating a single integrated layer that supports embedded finance, insurance and protection services within the same ecosystem. For automotive brands and other enterprise partners, the combined platform enables greater flexibility in how finance and protection propositions are designed and delivered. Decisioning and execution now sit together, allowing more responsive and personalised journeys without the need to stitch together disconnected tools or vendors. The acquisition also provides Atto with a broader enterprise foundation. Wrisk's established OEM relationships, delivery capability and regulated operating framework will support faster deployment of Atto's capabilities across new markets and use cases. Nimeshh Patel, Chief Executive Officer at Wrisk, said: "Atto has built a credible financial intelligence and credit scoring platform with real-world enterprise use. Joining Wrisk allows us to combine that intelligence with a delivery layer that serves brands and other partners at scale. Together, we can better support customer journeys that span finance, insurance and protection seamlessly." Rob Knight, Strategic Programme Advisor at Atto, added: "Joining Wrisk represents a natural next phase in Atto's growth. We have proven the value of open banking - driven credit intelligence with enterprise clients, and Wrisk brings the regulated operating framework and delivery capability required to deploy that intelligence at scale. Together, we can embed credit decisioning, affordability, and actionable insight directly into live finance and protection journeys." Atto will continue to operate as a dedicated product and team within the Wrisk group, retaining ownership of its roadmap and client relationships across sectors. About Wrisk Wrisk offers an unparalleled blend of technology and customer-centric solutions that empower automotive brands to revolutionise their insurance offerings. Headquartered in London, with a team of 100+ professionals around the world, Wrisk operates with deep industry expertise drawn from insurance, auto OEM, data and technology sectors. Subsidiary companies are set up as regulated MGA entities operating in the UK and EU. About Atto Atto is a real-time financial intelligence platform that uses open banking to securely access and analyse transaction-level data. Its technology transforms raw financial data into actionable insights that can be embedded directly into regulated, enterprise-grade customer journeys, enabling smarter, faster decision-making across finance and insurance without adding friction to the customer experience. SOURCE Wrisk Limited This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact PR Newswire directly.

Wrisk
Feb 1st, 2026
Wrisk launches a new insurance activation experience with one of its OEM clients in the UK

Wrisk launches a new insurance activation experience with one of its OEM clients in the UK. Wrisk has launched a new smart data capability designed to modernise how insurance journeys are initiated and completed after a customer has purchased a new vehicle. The capability intelligently manages information already provided by customers during the vehicle order process to create a more streamlined and relevant insurance activation experience. By removing unnecessary repetition and simplifying the disclosure process, OEMs can reach every eligible customer post-purchase with a clearer, faster path to insurance, without changing the vehicle sales process itself. This joined-up approach supports stronger distribution outcomes by removing friction at a critical point in the customer journey, improving completion rates and making it easier and faster for customers to take up insurance as part of their broader car ownership experience with this OEM. Customers remain firmly in control throughout the journey. The experience is designed to support convenience rather than dictate process, and customers can review, amend, or provide all details themselves at any stage if they prefer. Shiv Bhaduri, Chief Operating & Data Officer at Wrisk, commented: "Customers increasingly expect digital journeys to be joined up, especially when they have already shared information with a brand they trust. Our role is to enable that continuity responsibly. This solution is purpose-built to improve experience and conversion, while remaining firmly grounded in consent, clarity, and regulatory discipline." The functionality forms part of the OEM's wider strategy to modernise insurance distribution by embedding it more naturally into existing customer journeys.

FinSMEs
Jan 19th, 2026
Wrisk Receives Investment from Allianz Holdings plc as Part of Series B Funding

Wrisk receives investment from Allianz Holdings plc as part of Series B funding. Wrisk Limited, a London, UK-based provider of a digital insurance platform that specializes in embedded insurance for the automotive sector, received an investment from Allianz Holdings plc, as part of its recently announced Series B funding. The round was led by Alma Mundi Ventures and Opera Tech Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to support its international expansion and continued investment in its data science and data insights capabilities. Led by CEO Nimeshh Patel, Wrisk Limited is an insurtech company providing a digital, API-driven platform for automotive brands to embed and manage their own customer-centric insurance products, focusing on data-rich, and flexible solutions for modern mobility, enabling personalized policies and subscription models. Clients include BMW FS, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo FS, Mercedes-Benz Insurance Services, Stellantis Financial Services UK, Suzuki GB, Toyota Insurance Services.

PR Newswire
Jan 19th, 2026
Wrisk secures Allianz as strategic investor in Series B funding round

Wrisk, a digital insurance platform specialising in embedded automotive insurance, has secured investment from Allianz Holdings as part of its Series B funding round led by Alma Mundi Ventures and Opera Tech Ventures. The investment strengthens Wrisk's position as a partner to automotive original equipment manufacturers. Allianz has served as Wrisk's primary underwriter for nearly 10 years. The backing is particularly significant as several OEM clients seek deeper relationships with fewer insurer partners. Wrisk's platform combines real-time data from insurance, vehicle, financial and behavioural sources using a proprietary embedded data framework and machine learning models. The Series B funding will support Wrisk's international expansion and continued investment in data science capabilities as it scales its platform across automotive and insurance ecosystems.