From paper to platform: how leading firms are powering digital underwriting
Discover how Marsh, AXA XL, Verisk and Whitespace are using digital tools, structured data and automation to modernise underwriting. In this InsTech panel, industry leaders share how they’re cutting costs, boosting efficiency and unlocking capacity through real-time trading platforms and smarter data integration.
Panelists:
- Anthony Siggers, Digital Leader – Marsh Specialty UK
- Simon Squires, Head of Market Transformation – UK & Lloyd’s, AXA XL
- Lee Timms, Head of Scaling and Integrations – Whitespace Software
- Christopher Spencer, Director of Underwriting Solutions – Verisk
- Moderator: Robin Merttens, Executive Chairman – InsTech
What you’ll learn:
- How brokers and carriers are reducing costs and admin by 35%+
- Why emails and documents are being replaced by structured data flows
- How digital platforms enable instant capacity, follow automation and low-friction placement
- Real-world innovations already in use across AXA, Marsh and Whitespace
- The strategic role of data in modern underwriting transformation
- What’s next: dynamic portfolios, hybrid underwriter-data scientist roles and API-led trading
