2010
February
UK Website
iCarhireinsurance.com, our first retail website, goes live. It remains our flagship website.
December
Awards Finalist
We are finalists in the LinkedIn European Business Awards in the 'Best start-up of the year' category.
Timeline
June 2009
Born
Halo Insurance is launched and we set about becoming the industry leader for car hire excess insurance
2011
March
Car club
We launch our Car Club Excess Insurance product.
April
German Website
Germany is open for business with the launch of leihwagenversicherung.de.
July
Van Hire Excess
Excess Insurance for Van hire is added to our roster of products.
November
Renewals Website
A dedicated website for our renewal customers, renewals.icarhireinsurance.com, goes live.
2013
January
Times Top 50
Our website, iCarhireinsurance.com , is ranked at No. 43 in The Times' "Top 50 Travel Websites" feature.
June
Holland and Spain
Both Holland (www.huurautoverzekering.com) and Spain (www.aseguramicochedealquiler.es) join our family.
July
Award Winner
We win the British Insurance Awards 'Insurance Start-Up Award'.
December
Award Winner/Consumer Champion
We win the WebAward for 'Standard of Excellence' in both the Insurance and Travel categories We're Listed in The Guardian newspaper as 'consumer champions'.
2014
January
United States and France
We continue to expand with the launch of websites in the United States (insuremyrentalcar.com).
April
Best Company for Excess Insurance
Our U.K. website iCarhireinsurance.com, is name checked as best company to buy excess insurance from by The Independent newspaper.
2015
April
Mobile Website
We launch the mobile-friendly version of iCarhireinsurance.com.
July
iCarhire App
We join the wonderful world of apps, available on both Apple iTunes and Android's Google Play.
2016
July
GAP Insurance – our 2nd vertical!
InsuretheGap.com is born. Ready to bring justice to the GAP Insurance market sector and show car dealerships a new force in the market (InsuretheGap.com).
September
Award Winner
Insurance Times Tech & Innovation Awards, received "highly commended" in the Insurance App of the Year for our award winning iCarhireinsurance native mobile app.
November
Award Winner
2016/17 European Business Awards, crowned UK National Champions in the Business of the Year €0-€25M category. Strong growth, product innovation and long term balance made us a clear choice in the European business community.
2017
March
New Family
We are acquired by Cover-More and Zurich! Cover-More is a global specialist and integrated travel insurance, medical assistance and employee assistance provider. For more, visit the Cover-More Group Limited website. Zurich Insurance Group, is one of the world’s leading multi-line insurers! For more, visit the Zurich website.
April
Zurich completes acquisition of Cover-More
Zurich Insurance Group completes acquisition of Cover-More to become top three global travel insurance provider. Read more on the Zurich website.
Italian Website
We could not resist offering our products in Italian and to lovely Italians! Assicurazioneautonoleggio.it.
Mobile Website
We launch the mobile-friendly version of Insuremyrentalcar.com for the USA market.
August
USA 2.0
Product Innovation takes centre stage at Halo. Our new and improved LDW rental car insurance product is on Insuremyrentalcar.com It offers new covers in both our Daily and Annual policies. It’s also live in 45 states!
2018
February
Australia
It’s happening Down Under! Halo Australia commences trading and it’s a beauty! Check out our new look website and product Rentalcarprotection.com.au.
April
Ireland
Kiss us, we’ve launched in Ireland! Our apologies. We should have done this a long time ago.iCarhireinsurance.ie Irish forever!
May
We’ve gone Widget!
Launch of our car hire insurance transactional widget on Travelsupermarket.com and Zurich.co.uk. Buying our product has never been easier!
2019
July
Lloyds Bank National Business Awards
Finalist for Customer Experience & Loyalty Award.
August
Widget expansion
We launch our car hire insurance widget with the UK's leading mobility brand RAC!
InsuretheGap.com news
We’ve launched of our GAP Insurance products on the UK’s leading price comparison website, Moneysupermarket! The Future is GAP!
October
Ernesto Suarez named Cover-More UK CEO.
Ready to accelerate the growth of the Cover-More brand in the UK, launching new travel insurance and related services. Watch this space!
