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Underwriting

Data and technology are changing the way that insurers underwrite. Improved catastrophe models and new technology for algorithmic underwriting are helping to make the day-to-day lives of underwriters easier.

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March 15, 2026
The tax playbook for insurance and insurtech 
In this episode, Robin Merttens moderates a panel with Tessa Wardle of QBE, Emily Stanford of Gallagher and Jonathan Spry of Envelop Risk, recorded live at the InsTech London event Some lead, others follow: Smart underwriting and broking strategies for 2026.
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March 8, 2026
Portfolio underwriting in 2026
In this episode, Robin Merttens moderates a panel with Tessa Wardle of QBE, Emily Stanford of Gallagher and Jonathan Spry of Envelop Risk, recorded live at the InsTech London event Some lead, others follow: Smart underwriting and broking strategies for 2026.
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February 22, 2026
Building the modern MGA
In this episode, Robin Merttens sits down with Frank Perkins, CEO and Co-founder of inari, to explore what it really takes to build and scale a modern MGA in 2026.
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February 20, 2026
The golden age of underwriting and how to reach it
In this webinar, Matthew Twist of Concirrus, Piers Williams of Diesta and Lisa Rowe of Specialty MGA UK explored what a “golden age of underwriting” looks like on the ground.
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February 8, 2026
Automated underwriting: a pioneer’s perspective
Featuring perspectives from Marek Shafer of Vave, Tom Squires of AEGIS London and Jonathan Spry of Envelop Risk, this episode explores three early movers in automated underwriting sharing hard-earned lessons from building digital underwriting propositions that have survived real market cycles.
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January 23, 2026
Europe exposed: Modelling, markets and the next generation of cat risk
This webinar brought together leading voices in risk modelling, insurance markets and policy development to examine how Europe can better anticipate, quantify and manage these growing risks.
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January 22, 2026
The coastline is moving: Is your model keeping up?
Storm surge remains one of the hardest perils to underwrite with confidence. In this webinar hosted with Ocean Ledger, who focus on the underlying coastal drivers of storm surge, and KatRisk, we explored how you can use up-to-date standardised, scalable data inputs alongside established models to reduce uncertainty and improve risk selection.
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January 11, 2026
Bringing the joy back to underwriting
In this episode, Robin Merttens is joined by Andy Yeoman, CEO of Concirrus, to unpack how a key player in marine insurance tech has reinvented itself as a core platform provider for the specialty market, and what that transformation says about where the industry is heading.
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January 4, 2026
Showing the world how to revolutionise modelling
Matthew Grant is joined by David Wood, Managing Director at JBA Risk Management, and Jochen Papenbrock, Head of Financial Technology (EMEA) at NVIDIA, to explore how accelerated computing is unlocking new ways to simulate and manage flood risk.
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December 10, 2025
Lessons from 2025’s major catastrophe events
Leading catastrophe risk experts analysed 2025's major catastrophe events and discussed what they reveal about model performance, global risk correlations, and evolving hazard patterns. Learn practical lessons for strengthening catastrophe risk management and model governance.
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December 7, 2025
Reinventing risk engineering with AI
In this episode, Robin Merttens is joined by Jack Miller, CEO and Co-founder of nettle, to explore how generative AI is being applied to one of insurance’s most complex and resource-constrained challenges: risk engineering.
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November 30, 2025
What it takes to scale insurtech across markets
Richard Gunn, President & CRO at hyperexponential, joins Matthew Grant to discuss the company's UK-to-US expansion and evolution into a decision infrastructure provider. He shares insights on winning American clients, navigating cultural differences, and how AI is reshaping underwriting.