June 29, 2025
Underwriting in 2025: digital platforms, broker models and insurer strategy explained
In this episode, we share a live panel discussion from our Enhanced Underwriting event. The conversation begins with a basic question what exactly are “portfolio solutions”? and opens up into a broader exploration of how insurers are adapting to new forms of delegated authority.
June 24, 2025
Enhanced Underwriting: How the London Market is turning theory into practice
On 23 April 2025, InsTech hosted a packed event exploring a central question for the future of specialty insurance: how far can Enhanced Underwriting take us and what will it take to get there? Attendees heard from speakers across six sessions, drawing insights from underwriters, brokers, tech leaders and market transformation experts.
June 8, 2025
Broker and carrier insights: new market opportunities using data and digital technology
In this special episode of the InsTech podcast, recorded live at our event “The growth of Enhanced Underwriting — the opportunity and the role of technology in realising it”, Robin Merttens is joined by Clyde Bernstein from Aon, Hayley Spink from Chaucer and Ed Howkins from Artificial.
May 18, 2025
Digitising risk trade: the future of wholesale broking
In this episode, Robin Merttens is joined by Sasa Brcerevic, Head of Portfolio and Delegated Strategy at Aon, and Ed Howkins, Chief Growth Officer at Artificial Labs. Together, they explore the evolving dynamics of wholesale broking.
January 19, 2025
Keeping it cool with a fresh $20m
Robin Merttens speaks with Alex Haar, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Parsyl, about the company’s impressive growth, their $20M Series C funding and the advanced technologies powering their solutions.
July 10, 2024
The new data-first market for brokers and carriers – from digital placement to Smart Follow
Missed out on the latest InsTech evening event or just want a refresher? No problem! Watch the six full panels filmed live at the event featuring speakers from Placing Platform Ltd, Artificial, WTW, Howden, Lloyd's, Apollo, Deloitte, Munich Re, Novidea, Ki Insurance, Beazley and Lloyd's Market Association.
March 26, 2024
From data to decision: how insurers are using underwriter workbenches in 2024
The experience of early adopters has proven that underwriter workbenches can make insurance companies more productive.
February 22, 2024
Quotech: underwriting technology built by underwriters
InsTech’s Ali Smedley recently sat down with Guillaume Bonnissent, Founder and CEO at Quotech, to discuss why he decided to build the Quotech platform, how the company works with new data sources and its latest exposure management module.
May 24, 2022
A beginner’s guide to underwriting workbenches: a digital solution for the augmented underwriter
Underwriting workbenches represent an opportunity for insurers and MGAs to increase their competitive edge by automating administrative processes, augmenting data sets and increasing regulatory compliance.
