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Open partners with 1% for the Planet, we donated 1% of our revenue to approved nonprofit organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand. We asked each organisation we support about their mission and how our donation would support their work in 2022.

Open is aware of an information security incident. It has been confirmed that one customer in Australia has been impacted. We are currently investigating whether other customers have been impacted. Transparency is one of our core values and we will share as much about the incident as we can without negatively impacting security or customer privacy. Read on for more information on how we are handling this incident.

Leading property maintenance software company, Tapi, has partnered with digital insurance company, Open, to launch its own Landlord’s House Insurance designed specifically for rental properties managed by real estate agencies.

Innovative telco and electricity provider Slingshot has broken new ground with the announcement of a unique partnership with Open, enabling the delivery of house, contents, and landlords’ insurance along with energy, mobile and broadband on a single bill.

Open, an award-winning digital insurance company based in Australia, is proud to announce a new partnership with Bupa. Bupa members will have access to Open's omnichannel car, home and travel insurance products.

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with InsurancePoint to bring powerful and simple insurance to more Australians. loans.com.au’s car loan customers now have the option to purchase comprehensive car insurance through InsurancePoint as part of their online car loan application process.

Award-winning InsurTech, Open, has been announced as Australia’s 7th fastest growing company in the prestigious AFR Fast 100 List for 2021. Open achieved a CAGR of 170% over FY19 to FY21, and is the only InsurTech company recognised in the AFR Fast 100 this year.

Insurtech Open was recognised by FinTech Global as an InsurTech100 Company for 2021. The InsurTech100 is an annual list of 100 of the world’s most innovative InsurTech companies selected by a panel of industry experts and analysts.

We’re excited to announce our partnership with WeMoney, one of Australia’s leading personal financial management platforms. WeMoney members can now purchase car, home and contents insurance directly in-app through the Huddle widget.

Australasian insurtech Open raised a $31 million growth round from international investors, led by Movac (NZ) with Latitude (UK) and returning investor AirTree Ventures (AU). This brings the scale-up’s total capital raised to $53 million.

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Tower. Huddle, powered by Open and underwritten by Tower, will launch in New Zealand.

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, Telstra. Telstra Plus members will be able to access exclusive offers and rewards when they protect their car or home with Huddle.

ahm, one of Australia’s largest health insurers, has today launched its car and home insurance offering in partnership with insurtech disrupter, Open.

We chatted to five of our Claims and Insurance Support team to hear about their careers at Open and get their take on all things work-life related, from team dynamics to what makes their roles fun.

Our team share their backgrounds, what led them to their roles at Open and the opportunities they’ve had to grow and progress along the way.

Our Operations team share their insights on how we work with customers at Open.

We’re always intrigued by our team's career paths to get to where they are today. To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, four of team shared their journey into engineering and their experience in the Tech team at Open.

My name is John Halls, I’m the GM of Engineering at Open and I make a lot of mistakes. My mantra about mistakes is simple, I’m open about making them because they’re great learning opportunities and highlight areas where we can improve.

At Open, we're on a mission to provide the fastest insurance, at the best price, for the world. We ask three of our team members, Sam, Sarith and Josh, how we bring our mission to life.

Jason Wilby, co-founder and joint Chief Executive at Open speaks with Morgo Podcast's Jenny Morel on scaling a high-tech company, building the future of insurance and the highlights and challenges along the way.

Huddle and Open’s Co-Founders spill the beans on their biggest mistakes and learnings over the last four years.

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has fast tracked the digital transformation of businesses. In the absence of the ability to travel, here are some of the ways that we at Open continue to progress our international objectives.

Open currently has team member distributed across hubs in Sydney, the Sunshine Coast and Queenstown in NZ. With another hub opening in the UK later this year, how we operate across these hubs will continue to be tested and optimized. For now, this is what we’re doing and how we’re doing it.

Many companies like Open, are seeing the benefits of teams working digitally even when it’s safe and healthy to go back to the office. But what will it take to create a fully digital workplace where de-centralised teams can outperform their centralised peers?

With hubs based across 4 different time zones, taking 30 mins out of everyone’s diary is never convenient. What we strive to do is make that the most valuable, fun and engaging 30 minutes of everyone’s week.

At some point in time, everyone needs great car, home and travel insurance. But insurance can be hard to find, annoying to buy and expensive. What are some challenges with insurance now, and what does embedded insurance look like in practice for customers?

Five years ago, if you wanted to open up a bank account you had to get in your car, drive to your nearest branch and fill out a tiresome amount of paperwork. You’d be given introductory savings rates that would fizzle away to practically nothing after a few months.

Insurance can be complicated. Here we explain the case for simplicity and the new stack that makes it all possible.

Once a year you put up the christmas tree, once a year you blow out your birthday candles, and generally – once a year you buy your insurance. What tools and methods can we use to influence that decision? How can we capture that customer in the small window of opportunity?

What you share, and who you share it with, should be up to you. Here we look at how we design and architect for privacy, and give users control over their information.