Leadenhall backs InsurTech focused “insurance challenger” Gryphon

Specialist insurance and reinsurance linked investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners has invested in the launch of what is being called an “insurance challenger” start-up, a new initiative to launch an insurer that will leverage InsurTech and a fresh approach to protect more UK families. Gryphon Group Holdings Limited, an entrepreneurial start-up that aims to launch disrupters into established sectors, has raised £180 million in funding to design and build what it terms an “insurance challenger” with the goal of offering more and better protection to UK families.