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Tlyfe and Eleos Life partnership brings embedded insurance protection to UK Renters
In a first for the UK rental sector, Tlyfe (powered by OpenBrix) has partnered with digital insurer Eleos Life by adding embed life and income protection directly into its tenant app. Instead of navigating complex websites or lengthy forms, renters can now complete a fully digital sign-up in minutes, with no paperwork and instant decisions.
In a move set to redefine how renters access financial protection, Tlyfe, the innovative tenant lifecycle app now has a strategic partnership with Eleos Life, the UK-based digital life and income protection specialist. The collaboration aims to make essential insurance products more accessible, affordable, and seamlessly integrated into renters’ everyday digital experiences.
Eleos’s technology-led approach allows insurance to fit naturally into users’ digital ecosystems. Through low-code, plug-and-play API integrations, it has provided a compliant insurance solution that requires minimal setup or regulatory burden. This ensures Tlyfe can enhance its user offering while Eleos extends its reach to a historically underserved demographic PRS tenants.
As part of the partnership, Tlyfe users who take out Eleos life or income protection will also gain access to a suite of wellbeing services at no extra cost. These include 24/7 online GP access, mental health counselling, and physiotherapy, all benefits designed to promote holistic care and everyday peace of mind.
For Tlyfe, which already helps tenants manage everything from deposits to utilities in one app, the integration of insurance adds a new layer of value and convenience. Renters, who are often less likely to hold insurance compared with homeowners, can now protect their income and loved ones without friction, directly from an app they already trust.
In many ways this tie up reflects the future of protection, connecting with new tenant customers on the tlyfe app, where they already are, making essential protection easier to understand, easier to buy, and easier to use.
The collaboration embodies the next generation of embedded insurance — protection that’s accessible, digital, and human-centred. It’s another step forward in bridging the insurance gap for millions of renters across the UK.
Andrew Stanton, Proptech-X Analysis
‘From a Proptech perspective, this partnership demonstrates the growing convergence between property technology and financial wellbeing. Renters make up a huge segment of the UK population — a group traditionally underserved by financial services. By embedding protection products directly within the tenancy journey, Tlyfe and Eleos are not only simplifying access but also building financial resilience into the rental ecosystem.’
‘This move also signals a broader trend: the era of embedded value. Just as OpenBrix enabled tenants to manage deposits and credit, Eleos now allows them to insure their income and lives without leaving the app. This frictionless integration gives both companies a competitive edge — Tlyfe strengthens user loyalty and engagement, while Eleos extends its reach into a new, digitally native market.’
This could well be a blueprint for how Proptech and Insurtech converge — delivering protection not as a hard sell, but as a natural, value-added service woven into everyday digital living. It’s a smart alignment of mission and technology that has the potential to make renters not just better housed, but better protected.’
Andrew Stanton Executive Editor – moving property and proptech forward. PropTech-X
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