Community of Insurance

What Community of Insurance does

Community of Insurance (COI) is a Spain-based private limited company (COMMUNITY OF INSURANCE, S.L.) that operates a professional communications, content, and consulting platform for the Iberoamerican insurance sector. Founded around 2010-2013 and headquartered in Getxo (Basque Country) with offices in Barcelona and Vitoria-Gasteiz, COI serves insurance carriers, brokerages, insurtechs, and investors primarily in Spain and Latin America. Its primary segments are insurance companies seeking digital transformation and strategic advisory, and brokerages seeking digitalization, training compliance, and M&A support.

COI's product portfolio spans four activity areas. (1) Communication: a digital magazine (Magazine Digital COI) publishing approximately 5 articles weekly with 60+ contributors, a library of 40+ monographic publications (Biblioteca COI), and a weekly newsletter. (2) Events: the annual Insurance World Challenges, positioned as the largest insurtech festival in Southern Europe, plus curated Brunch Business workshops. (3) Consulting: strategic plans, digital transformation roadmaps, marketing and commercial plans, and M&A advisory for brokerages and insurers. (4) Training/E-learning: mandatory insurance training (Groups B and C) and specialized digital transformation courses. The company also operates the affiliated Insurtech Community Hub platform, connecting insurtechs with corporations, universities, and investors, and co-runs the RUS Accelerator in Latin America. Technology stack is conventional: HubSpot for marketing automation, Google Analytics, and WordPress-based publishing — no proprietary AI or patents are disclosed.

COI monetizes through four streams: event ticketing and sponsorship (Professional Events), consulting fees (Strategic Consulting including M&A), training program fees (Digital Training and E-Learning), and sponsorship/advertising around its content (Communication and Content). Go-to-market is multi-channel: direct enterprise engagement, flagship events for mid-funnel conversion, and self-serve digital access for top-of-funnel community building. The firm is founder/partner-led (Carlos Biurrun as Founder/President, Luis Badrinas as CEO/Partner, Kevin Biurrun as CAO/Partner, Iñaki Calvo as CTO/Partner) with no disclosed institutional investors, suggesting bootstrapped economics and a focus on profitability over rapid scaling.

Name

Community of Insurance

Legal name

COMMUNITY OF INSURANCE, S.L.

Website

https://communityofinsurance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Community of Insurance (COI) is a Spain-based professional services and media firm serving the Iberoamerican insurance sector through a digital magazine, content library, professional events, consulting, and training for insurers, brokers, and insurtechs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insurance Industry Professional Services & Media

NAICS

Other Insurance Related Activities (52429)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Insurance Literacy (Health, Auto, Home, Life) (EDAAAJAF)

Keywords

• Insurance industry consulting
• Insurtech events and festivals
• Insurance professional training
• Insurance brokerage M&A advisory
• Insurance media publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Getxo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Events: COI designs and organizes professional events including Insurance World Challenges (largest insurtech festival in Southern Europe), Brunch Business workshops, and custom private events for insurance sector companies. Revenue is generated through event ticketing and sponsorship.
2. Strategic Consulting: Advisory services covering digital transformation, strategic planning, marketing plans, commercial action plans, and M&A advisory (acquisitions, mergers, and absorptions of insurance companies and brokerages).
3. Digital Training and E-Learning: Online and in-person training programs including mandatory insurance training (Groups B and C), specialized courses for sales professionals, and digital transformation programs for insurance professionals.
4. Communication and Content: Publishing of digital magazine, monographs, and reports for insurance professionals. Revenue supported by sponsors and possibly advertising.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Community of Insurance (COI) is a B2B professional services and media company for the insurance sector that operates a digital magazine, a monograph library, a professional networking platform, and flagship industry events (Insurance World Challenges and Brunch Business). It also delivers strategic consulting, M&A advisory for insurance companies and brokerages, and digital/e-learning training programs to insurance professionals across Spain and Latin America.

Product overview

Community of Insurance operates as a communication and knowledge management company for the Iberoamerican insurance sector, organized around four main activity areas: Communication (digital magazine and library), Knowledge Management, Consulting, and Professional Events. The core product portfolio includes Magazine Digital COI with over 40 monographic publications and 60+ contributors, the weekly newsletter, Insurance World Challenges (annual insurtech festival), Brunch Business private events, strategic consulting services, digital transformation services (Digital Insurance Transformation by COI), and e-learning/training programs. The affiliated Insurtech Community Hub platform extends their innovation focus by connecting insurtechs with corporations. The company positions itself as the insurance sector's meeting point and reference site for professionals across Spain and Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Insurtech Community Hub: Insurance innovation and digital transformation hub for the Iberoamerican market
• Insurance World Challenges

Products and services

• Magazine Digital COI Digital opinion magazine publishing approximately 5 articles weekly on insurance sector topics, featuring over 60 contributors sharing content across the professional insurance community network in Spain and Latin America.
• Biblioteca COI (COI Library) Insurance document library containing over 40 monographic publications and thematic reports created by experts, oriented toward practical professional application for insurance followers and clients.
• Newsletter Semanal COI Weekly digital newsletter summarizing the most important publications, sent to subscribers summarizing insurance sector developments.
• Insurance World Challenges Annual insurtech festival and startup competition, considered the largest insurance ecosystem event in southern Europe, bringing together insurers, brokers, insurtechs, and investors to share sector challenges through innovation and technology.
• Brunch Business Private business meetings for analyzing business models with insurtechs, brokers, and insurance companies in a professional environment, designed for networking and business growth opportunities.
• Consultoría Estratégica (Strategic Consulting) Strategic consulting services specializing in insurance with over 30 years of experience, including identification of value propositions, strategic plans, digital marketing plans, commercial action plans, and mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies and brokerages.
• Formación Digital y E-learning Digital training and e-learning services specializing in insurance digital transformation, including mandatory insurance training (Groups B and C), specialized courses for sales personnel, and digital transformation programs for professionals.
• Insurtech Community Hub Iberoamerican insurance hub that promotes and drives digital innovation in the insurance sector, connecting insurtechs, corporations, organizations, universities, and investors to accelerate digital transformation.

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• InsureTech Community HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2025Community of Insurance co-organizes the Insurance World Challenge with InsureTech Community Hub. The event recognizes outstanding startup-insurer collaborations through awards such as the Seal Award 2025 for Best Partnership. Both entities share sponsors including Allianz, NTT Data, and Cambridge Mobile Telematics.
• Insurtech Hub MunichcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2022Insurtech Community Hub (linked to Community of Insurance) signed a collaboration agreement with Insurtech Hub Munich to work jointly on projects, exchange information and knowledge, and create an enriching ecosystem for members of both organizations. Insurtech Hub Munich is a non-profit organization designated as :hub by the German Federal Government and funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs.
• Río Uruguay Seguros (RUS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRío Uruguay Seguros operates the Aceleradora RUS (RUS Accelerator) in collaboration with Insurtech Community Hub and Digital Insurance LatAm, selecting insurtech startups for acceleration through mentoring and business model definition programs.
• Digital Insurance LatAmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital Insurance LatAm serves as co-accelerator partner with RUS and Insurtech Community Hub for the Aceleradora RUS program, providing expertise in insurance innovation and digital transformation to selected insurtech startups.
• AllianzminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAllianz sponsors the Insurance World Challenge, the flagship event co-organized by Community of Insurance and InsureTech Community Hub.
• NTT DataminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNTT Data sponsors the Insurance World Challenge, the flagship event co-organized by Community of Insurance and InsureTech Community Hub.
• Cambridge Mobile TelematicsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCambridge Mobile Telematics sponsors the Insurance World Challenge, the flagship event co-organized by Community of Insurance and InsureTech Community Hub.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• El Referente: El Referente is a Spanish-language media and events platform covering startups, innovation, and emerging technology. It is a relevant regional peer to COI as a Spanish media + events business targeting professional audiences, though operating in a broader startup/innovation niche rather than insurance specifically.
• Eventos del Seguro: Eventos del Seguro is a Spanish insurance industry event organizer specializing in broker and insurer conferences and awards. It is a directly comparable regional peer focused on in-person insurance events in the Spanish-speaking market, overlapping with COI's Insurance World Challenges and Brunch Business events.
• Digital Insurance LatAm: Digital Insurance LatAm is an insurance innovation media and community platform focused on Latin America, and a current COI partner on the RUS Accelerator. It is a directly comparable insurance media + ecosystem player operating in COI's Latin American extension geography.

Direct peers

• Insurance Journal: Insurance Journal is a long-standing US-based insurance trade media publication covering the property/casualty and broader insurance industry with news, analysis, and events. It is directly comparable to Community of Insurance as an insurance-focused media and events business, though at significantly larger scale and a different geography.
• Insurance Business America: Insurance Business America is a B2B media brand serving insurance professionals with industry news, magazine content, awards, and in-person events. It shares COI's model of monetizing an insurance professional audience across content, events, and lead generation, and is a relevant global benchmark for COI's business.

Broad incumbents

• Celent: Celent is a global insurance industry research and advisory firm that produces reports, events, and consulting services for insurers. It overlaps with COI's knowledge management, content publishing, and advisory functions but operates at a larger, more global scale focused on technology research.

Emerging players

• Coverager: Coverager is a US-based insurtech media and intelligence platform covering innovation in insurance with editorial content and market intelligence. It is a relevant digital-first peer to COI's Magazine Digital COI, focused on the same insurtech and digital insurance transformation themes.
• Insurtech Israel: Insurtech Israel is an industry hub and community organization that connects Israeli insurtech startups with global insurers and investors via events, content, and ecosystem programs. It is comparable to COI as a regional insurtech ecosystem organizer, though its underlying market (Israel/global) differs.
• Insurtech Hub Munich: Insurtech Hub Munich is a non-profit, German Federal Government-designated insurtech ecosystem hub, and a 2022 partner of COI's affiliated Insurtech Community Hub. It is comparable as an insurtech-focused community, events, and corporate-matching platform serving a regional market.
• InsurTech News: InsurTech News is an online media outlet covering global insurtech news, partnerships, and innovation. It is comparable to COI's digital magazine as an insurtech-focused content publication, though it lacks the events, consulting, and training pillars that COI has built.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/commuinsurance
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjbAs6ar9JKCtKEn5SrkA3g
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5265631
• Facebookfacebook.com/communityofinsurance

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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