04/06/2026
We've made a jersey for Tour de InsurTech 2026. And it is, without question, the loudest, brightest piece of kit any insurance event has ever produced.
We commissioned it from Johan "Hasie" Johnston of Hasie & The Robots, a South African artist Cyclingnews calls one of only a handful in the world in this niche. Hasie isn't an artist who happens to do cycling commissions. He's a cyclist who happens to be one of the best illustrators around. He rides daily. He draws what he sees on rides. His brand motto is, quite literally, "Good Bye Boring."
His CV reads accordingly. Custom frames for Titan Racing. Saddles for SDG. Helmets, shoes, socks, jerseys for half the cycling industry. Murals for some of South Africa's most creative studios. And now, this.
Look closely and you'll spot Gigi, our giraffe and Genasys mascot since day one. Hasie didn't just paint her in. He reimagined her as Robo Gigi, a digital, robotic version of the mascot. A nod to how the world we work in has gone almost entirely digital while the spirit of what we do hasn't changed. We didn't ask him for that. He worked it out, and delivered it.
Andre Symes, our Group CEO and a proud South African, on the commission:
"We didn't want a kit that looked like every other corporate event jersey. We wanted something riders would be proud to wear, and a community proud to ride in. Bringing Hasie in felt like the right call for so many reasons, and the fact that he sent back Robo Gigi without us asking tells you everything about how much he understood the brief. He's nailed it. Now we need the riders. Tour de InsurTech is going to be one of the highlights of the insurance calendar this year, and a Hasie original is our way of saying thanks for being part of it."
You can't buy this jersey. You can only earn it.
๐ต Sign up for Tour de InsurTech 2026
๐ก Pick a stage. Or all five. London, Tunbridge Wells, Chester, Bath, Reading, 14th to 18th September
๐ฃ Ride alongside Andre Symes, Ed Gaze, Rich Tomlinson, Michael Lewis, and a roster of insurance and insurtech people you'll genuinely enjoy spending the day with
๐ด The jersey is on us when you sign up
One more thing. We've got a special guest leading out the Chester stage. They've asked us to keep it under wraps for now. If you ride that one, you're not going to forget it.
Sign up here ๐ https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0vTHrQ0