Underwriting

Founded in 1863, Swiss Re is one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies and is well known for its innovative use of technology, data and willingness to address global issues like climate change. Head of Property & Speciality Solutions Gianni Biason joins Matthew on Podcast 109 ...

We’re back talking directly to a senior executive from a major reinsurance company about their views on innovation and what they see as the industry’s major challenges. Andres Webersinke, Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Life/Health at Gen Re, joins Matthew on Podcast 108 ...

One of the most effective uses of data and analytics in insurance is to prevent fraud both at the point of underwriting and from claims. Jeroen Morrenhof founded FRISS in 2006 and today the company has over 180 implementations of its technology around the world. Identifying potential ...

What are the key strategic innovation themes at Swiss Re? Robin Merttens talks to Ruta Mikiskaite, Head of Client Solutions, P&C UKI, about the company’s key areas of focus, why it has joined InsTech London, and what sort of companies ...

A qualified actuary, Amrit Santhirasenan co-founded hyperexponential, or hx for short, in 2017 after becoming frustrated by the lack of available tools to build and run his models when he was Head of Pricing and Analytics at his previous employer.   hx went on to become ...

Matthew talks to James about what drew him to insurance and the challenge of bringing change and new technology to the underwriting of large and complex risks. Liberty Mutual is the world’s fifth-largest property & casualty insurer. James Slaughter is responsible for ...

Bevis Tetlow returned to his roots in technology earlier this year, joining Imaginera as CEO, having spent 13 years as a reinsurance underwriter for Hiscox. Prior to leaving Hiscox, Bevis was chair of North American underwriting for Hiscox and Bermuda, as well as Head of Underwriting ...

A great way to get attention as an insurtech start-up is to find a new area of risk to model, particularly when the founders have a deep history in insurance, analytics and technology. The founders of Describe Data are Michael Crawford, Gerard de Vere and ...

Graham Elliott describes Azur as a “Managing Digital Agency” (MDA). He founded the business in 2015, providing High Net Worth insurance for clients of UK brokers, in partnership with AIG. Matthew Grant and Graham talk about the challenges of becoming a full digital insurer and other ...

This week’s podcast features edited highlights of Matthew chatting on stage with leading figures from AIG, Cytora, WhenFresh and Polar Capital at our live event in The Steelyard. Everyone’s talking about AI, but what’s really going on? Questions we asked included how ...

In this episode, Matthew Grant discusses the challenges in building a cyber model for insurance pricing and portfolio management with Pascal Millaire, CEO of CyberCube over from the US visiting his UK office.   CyberCube was launched in 2018 as a spin-out from Symantec. ...