Algorithmic Underwriting

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.

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.

Jonathan Spry, CEO and co-founder of Envelop Risk, joins Robin Merttens for a deep dive into how data science, AI and portfolio-level modelling are transforming cyber reinsurance.

In this panel discussion from InsTech’s Outpace. Outprice. Outperform event, Robin Merttens leads a conversation with four senior experts on the future of the market and the forces that could reshape it.

During this panel from InsTech's Enhanced Underwriting event, leaders from Vave, AEGIS London and Envelop Risk discuss what actually works when building and evolving automated underwriting strategies.

In this session from InsTech’s Enhanced Underwriting event, senior underwriters from Tokio Marine Kiln, QBE and Canopius share how they’re approaching growth, automation and market cycles through technology and partnerships.

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.

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.

In this episode, we speak with Todd Rissel, CEO and co-founder of e2Value, an independent company that has spent the last 25 years helping insurers and homeowners understand the real cost of rebuilding property, and the wider economic forces shaping those numbers.

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.

In this session from InsTech’s Enhanced Underwriting event, speakers from InsurX, AJG, AXA XL and Beazley reveal what’s working in digital broker facilities, why data quality and flexibility matter, and how platforms are changing underwriting economics.

In this InsTech panel, industry leaders share how they're cutting costs, boosting efficiency and unlocking capacity through real-time trading platforms and smarter data integration.