Vitality’s former CEO Sammy Rubin is partnering with AIG Life to launch a new digital workplace and individual life insurer, called yulife, to provide life insurance and wellbeing tools.
聽describes itself as the UK鈥檚 first 鈥榣ifestyle insurance business鈥� and plans to use AI and behavioural science to enhance and protect lives.
A simple digital product will be sold direct to businesses and individuals when the business officially launches later this year.
The provider will use technology, rewards and apps to motivate customers to keep healthy, and says it will work with key wellbeing brands and ambassadors to promote it. The yulife B2B proposition aims to help employers demonstrate their care for the financial, physical and mental wellbeing of their employees.
The company is the latest venture of entrepreneur, Sammy Rubin, who founded and floated his first business in his twenties, becoming the youngest director of a listed financial services business in the UK. Rubin continued to become the founding-CEO of insurer Vitality Life. His business partner, Sam Fromson joined Rubin as COO after leaving a job in investment management and working as a community Rabbi.
Jaco Oosthuizen is the chief product officer and is the former CEO of South African insurance wellbeing business, Momentum Multiply, and former CEO of the Exponential Ventures investment fund.
Josh Hart, chief technology officer, was a founding partner of Chelsea Apps Factory, which has created mobile apps for FTSE 250 companies, including Waitrose and Standard Life.
Jonathan Roomer, chief finance officer, is a qualified actuary and former head of the KPMG startup team.
Rubin says: 鈥�Life insurance is an incredible product, but needs to evolve to fit the needs of a new generation. We are building the world鈥檚 first lifestyle insurance business to put the customer at the centre. Rapid advances in consumer health technology and shifting attitudes mean that people want more from their insurance company. We want to rise to that challenge and help our customers to be the best version of themselves.鈥�
Fromson says: 鈥淲e鈥檙e a new type of insurance company that uses behavioural science and artificial intelligence to help build deeper and more rewarding relationships with our customers. As a startup, we have rebuilt the insurance infrastructure from the ground up to support our long-term vision of creating a new type of insurance company that is simple, easy and fun to engage with.鈥�
AIG Life UK partnerships director Nicola Dryden says: 鈥淲e鈥檙e always looking for smart and easy ways to help customers take care of their families financially and enjoy better, more peaceful lives. yulife鈥檚 fresh thinking does just that and rewards customers for looking after tomorrow.鈥�
The site can be found at聽https://www.yulife.com/
The company is the latest venture of entrepreneur, Sammy Rubin, who founded and floated his first business in his twenties, becoming the youngest director of a listed financial services business in the UK. Rubin continued to become the founding-CEO of insurer Vitality Life. His business partner, Sam Fromson joined Rubin as COO after leaving a job in investment management and working as a community Rabbi.
Jaco Oosthuizen is the chief product officer and is the former CEO of South African insurance wellbeing business, Momentum Multiply, and former CEO of the Exponential Ventures investment fund.
Josh Hart, chief technology officer, was a founding partner of Chelsea Apps Factory, which has created mobile apps for FTSE 250 companies, including Waitrose and Standard Life.
Jonathan Roomer, chief finance officer, is a qualified actuary and former head of the KPMG startup team.
Rubin says: 鈥�Life insurance is an incredible product, but needs to evolve to fit the needs of a new generation. We are building the world鈥檚 first lifestyle insurance business to put the customer at the centre. Rapid advances in consumer health technology and shifting attitudes mean that people want more from their insurance company. We want to rise to that challenge and help our customers to be the best version of themselves.鈥�
Fromson says: 鈥淲e鈥檙e a new type of insurance company that uses behavioural science and artificial intelligence to help build deeper and more rewarding relationships with our customers. As a startup, we have rebuilt the insurance infrastructure from the ground up to support our long-term vision of creating a new type of insurance company that is simple, easy and fun to engage with.鈥�
AIG Life UK partnerships director Nicola Dryden says: 鈥淲e鈥檙e always looking for smart and easy ways to help customers take care of their families financially and enjoy better, more peaceful lives. yulife鈥檚 fresh thinking does just that and rewards customers for looking after tomorrow.鈥�
The site can be found at聽https://www.yulife.com/
