October 26, 2025
How to leverage AI and third-party data in catastrophe modelling
In this special episode of the podcast, originally hosted by Indico Data’s Unstructured Unlocked, Matthew Grant, CEO of InsTech, joins Tom Wilde and Michelle Gouveia to discuss how insurers are harnessing third-party data and AI to make more informed, efficient underwriting decisions.
October 19, 2025
What are we still missing in catastrophe modelling?
In this episode, a panel from InsTech’s The Future of Catastrophe Risk event, explored the limitations of current catastrophe models and how the insurance industry can evolve its approach to risk.
October 5, 2025
Hurricanes and climate change: are we ready for a Cat 6?
In this episode, Ruth Petrie chairs a live panel discussion with Emma Watkins, Chris Weller and Tom Philp to explore how leading voices in catastrophe risk are challenging long-held assumptions about extreme weather, preparedness and what it means to be “modelled”.
September 28, 2025
Modelling the future of reinsurance
In this episode, Matthew Grant sits down with Matthew Eagle, Head of Global Model Solutions and Advisory at Guy Carpenter, to explore how one of the industry's most respected voices sees the future of modelling, capital management and advisory in reinsurance.
August 7, 2025
Hurricanes and climate change: are we ready for a Cat 6?
In this panel from InsTech's July evening event, sponsored by Inigo, speakers tackled one urgent question: What happens if we face a hurricane beyond anything we've seen before?
July 29, 2025
Bridging the gap – what are we missing?
In this panel from InsTech's July evening event, sponsored by Inigo, speakers explore the intersection of model assumptions and real-world uncertainty, and discuss how the industry can respond.
July 29, 2025
View from the top: from models to decisions
During this panel from InsTech's July evening event sponsored by Inigo, speakers explore how insurers and modellers support better decision-making in underwriting and risk management.
July 27, 2025
Underwriting weather: reducing uncertainty with claims-driven models
In this episode, Matthew Grant speaks with Matt Coleman, Chief Risk Officer at The Demex Group, a reinsurance MGA using a new modelled loss index to reshape how the market covers severe convective storms, one of the fastest-growing sources of weather-driven loss.
May 11, 2025
Seeing through smoke: geospatial intelligence at work
In this episode, Matthew Grant speaks with Will Bonner, Chief Operating Officer at McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), about how the company uses satellite data, open-source intelligence and human expertise to deliver early insights on catastrophic events.
April 16, 2025
Top 10 insurance trends so far in 2025
What defines a trend? Community shapes the zeitgeist, and at InsTech we sit at the heart of what's happening in the insurance network. So what do we see capturing your interest as a defining trend in the industry?
April 6, 2025
The first prediction engine for the Earth and everything on it
In this episode, Matthew Grant is joined by Sarah Russell, General Manager at Bellwether – a climate-focused moonshot from Google X – to explore why wildfires are the ideal proving ground for next-generation insurance analytics.
April 1, 2025
How the Myanmar earthquake shook Bangkok and exposed catastrophe risk gaps in insurance
In this episode of Exponential Risk TV, we explore how the 2025 Myanmar earthquake challenges catastrophe modelling, exposes gaps in construction-phase insurance, and reveals why far-field damage is becoming more relevant in disaster risk assessment.
