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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 20, 2025
From risk to resilience – MSCI on climate models, regulation and opportunity
In this panel from InsTech's October evening event, Kyra Gibhardt from MSCI explores the practical use of climate models, the role of regulation and the opportunity in carbon and nature-based markets.
November 20, 2025
Evaluating catastrophe models in insurance – what works and what’s changing
This panel from InsTech's October evening event, explores how multi-model platforms, transparent tools and new thinking are reshaping how risk is priced, selected and managed.
November 20, 2025
Underwriting in action: Real-world Agentic AI use cases
As insurers move from experimentation to execution with agentic AI, the focus is now on real-world implementation. In this webinar with Send, we explored how autonomous, agent-based systems are being embedded into live underwriting workflows, and what it takes to turn pilots into measurable results.
November 16, 2025
Redesigning underwriting for the specialty market
In this episode, Robin Merttens sits down with Haris Khan and Arved Pohlabeln, co-founders of Novee, to unpack what’s broken in specialty underwriting — and how AI is finally in a position to fix it.
November 13, 2025
The science missing from catastrophe modelling – a start-up perspective
In this panel from InsTech's October evening event, Paige Roepers, CEO & Co-Founder of Ocean Ledger, explains how start-ups are reshaping catastrophe modelling by integrating environmental data, coastal ecosystems and natural defences into how we define vulnerability.
November 11, 2025
How niche catastrophe models are changing insurance risk
In this panel from InsTech's October evening event, we explore the rise of new providers like Fathom and Reask and their growing role in flood, wildfire and climate risk modelling.
November 9, 2025
The case for certainty and real-time insight in insurance
In this episode, Matthew Grant sits down with Jonathan Rake, CEO of Risk Data Solutions at Swiss Re, to explore how a major reinsurer is building data and analytics as core capabilities beyond traditional risk‑transfer.
