Innovation intelligence brief

buzzvault

Pure InsurTechProperty insurance

Start-up

Personal item catalogue and home insurance. Partners with MunichRe. Built on the blockchain.

What became of it

2026 evolution

Completed · Medium confidence · Last verified 2026-10-17

Status: Discontinued

As catalogued

Home-contents insurance combined with a personal item inventory app, built by the Buzzmove team with Munich Re capacity and blockchain-based record keeping.

2026 reality

Buzzvault Limited (UK, 10961333; SIC insurance agents and brokers), incorporated in September 2017, was dissolved on 1 June 2021. gobuzzvault.com now redirects to an unrelated website.

What changed

The product was wound down; the operating company was dissolved in 2021 with no successor product found.

What remains distinctiveAnalysis

An example of the 2017-2018 blockchain-for-insurance wave; inventory-based contents cover proved hard to scale.

Key milestones

2017-09-13 Buzzvault Limited incorporated.[1]
2018-02-21 Signed a long-term strategic deal with Munich Re's Digital Partners unit for capacity; inventory-based home insurance due to launch in Q3 2018.[3]
2021-06-01 closureBuzzvault Limited dissolved.[1]

Third taxonomy

InsurTech Evolution (2026)

Company status: Discontinued
Strategic evolutionchange: Wound down
Business model (2026): B2C direct
Insurance value chain: Distribution & sales Claims Customer engagement
Technology evolution: Blockchain / DLT Digital channel
Market positioning: MGA / program administrator
Innovation maturity: Discontinued
Current relevance: Historical significance

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Open questions

Whether Buzzvault was an MGA or an appointed representative is not confirmed; 'mga' is tentative.
The fate of the parent Buzzmove business and of the Munich Re partnership was not researched (search rate-limited).
Whether buzzvault insurance actually launched to customers after the planned Q3 2018 date was not confirmed; the blockchain 'asset vault' claim is the company's own description.

REVIEW · Verified incorporation and 2021-06-01 dissolution via Companies House and the February 2018 Munich Re Digital Partners capacity deal via Insurance Edge (added as milestone and source). No classification changes.

Research sources (3)

[1] BUZZVAULT LIMITED (10961333) · Companies House · regulatory
[2] gobuzzvault.com (redirects to unrelated site) · Observation · 2026-10-17 · observation
[3] Buzzvault Partnership with Munich Re on Home Insurance App · Insurance Edge · 2018-02-21 · press

Documented evidence

Evidence gallery

5 ASSETS

Webpage
What you own
Switch on and off
Protection status
Claimbot

Research interpretation

Taxonomy position

Classification paths, as catalogued, connect this example to the original insurance digitalization research models.

Value Network (2017)

Customer Network Promotion › TC11 Distributing insurance digitally › Mobile distribution
Digital Infrastructure Operations › TC1 Establishing digital service provisioning and distribution infrastructure › Digital transactions and processing
Digital Infrastructure Operations › TC1 Establishing digital service provisioning and distribution infrastructure › Mobile app portal
Digital Service Provisioning › TC4 Offering services digitally › Digital claim submission and notification
Digital Service Provisioning › TC4 Offering services digitally › Digital policy administration and adjustments
Insurance Service Development › TC7 Developing services that fulfil customer needs › Situational product, on demand

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