Anorak CEO Interview: Ripe for innovation

David Vanek, Anorak CEO

Adam Saville
clock • 7 min read

David Vanek, co-founder of smart data firm Anorak, discusses the launch of his start-up, insurtech disruption and the future of protection distribution

Starting out as an investment banker at JP Morgan, David Vanek is not your usual ambassador for protection. His start-up technology firm Anorak entered the insurance space with a splash in 2018. A move designed to open up protection business to advisers not already selling it, May's partnership with LifeQuote introduced its smart data platform to IFAs for the first time, familiarising them with its integrated models, customer profiling tools and policy scoring to determine client needs. Anorak also set its sights squarely on direct-to-consumer (D2C) business, when it teamed up with op...

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