The Big Question: What should the (re)insurance market realistically expect to achieve at COP28 this year?
COP28 starts this week and it’s fair to say that it hasn’t…
The Big Question: does the market need to broaden its thinking on systemic cyber risk?
Cyber-attacks continue to be a relentless source of concern for business –…
Renewing renewables – an emerging risk challenge
The velocity of change for emerging risks poses major challenges for specialty…
AdvantageGo wins ACORD’s industry vanguard award
Continued investment, innovation and collaboration for Blueprint Two have led to AdvantageGo’s…
The Big Question: “How vulnerable are UK general insurers to a major cyber-attack?”
Stress testing, once the preserve of the banking and life & pensions…
The Exact answer for renewable energy exposures
Several insurance carriers requested AdvantageGo’s Exact exposure and portfolio management application be…
Reinsurers Need to demonstrate underwriting quality to attract cautious investors
To appeal to cautious investors, re/insurance carriers must distinguish themselves from the…
Ecosystem Q&A: A Conversation with VIPR’s David Sweet
AdvantageGo is excited to partner with VIPR to include its best-of-breed solution…
The Big Question: Is rising climate litigation a challenge or opportunity for the (re)insurance industry? With Matt Harrison, Casualty Head of Technical Sales at Gallagher Re
Against the backdrop of the build-up to the COP28 conference in the…
Ecosystem Q&A: Zywave’s Rob Stavrou and AdvantageGo’s Ian Summers
As part of a series of ongoing interviews with AdvantageGo’s Ecosystem partners,…
Has the London Company Market Bounced Back from the Uncertainties of the Brexit Era?
Scroll back only 18 months and the prognosis from certain quarters for…
Ecosystem Q&A with ACORD’s Chris Newman
As part of a new series of interviews with AdvantageGo’s Ecosystem partners,…
Exploring DORA: Operational Resilience in Insurance
With the cost of cyber-crime now widely reported as a whopping 0.8%…
The Big Question: How are reinsurers approaching cyber risk in the run up to the Monte Carlo Rendezvous? With Daniel Carr, head of Cyber, Ariel Re
The demand for cyber insurance shows little sign of slowing down and…
What do you see as the key current threats in terms of cyber risk? With Paul Bantick, Global Head of Cyber Risks at Beazley
Seemingly not a day goes by without news of a new cyber-attack…
The Big Question: Are insurers up to speed with the arrival of autonomous vehicles? With Pete Allchorne, partner at law firm DAC and vice president of FOIL
The first half of 2023 has seen a significant step forward with…
Something exciting and new – AdvantageGo hosts an event on their new Ecosystem
Partners, clients, prospects joined AdvantageGo for a glamorous evening event in London…
The Big Question: Has there been a fundamental shift in attitude to renewables in Australia? With Will Hiller, Underwriter, GCube
The time for renewables has come. A recent report by the International…
The market of last resort? Giving London market insurers a data edge
London market insurers have become much more selective in the risks they…
Triage focus: Time is our most valuable commodity
Triage is used in many contexts, from emergency first aid to insurers’…
AdvantageGo’s Ecosystem: One relationship to manage in a crowded tech market
Taking better-informed underwriting decisions is a common aim for digital transformation projects….
The Big Question: Autonomous vehicles – a challenge or opportunity for the industry?With Rebecca Marsden, VP of Risk and Insurance, Oxa
The growth of artificial intelligence continues to be a subject of intense…
The Big Question: Are state-sponsored cyber-attacks now excluded across the Lloyd’s market? With Piers Tuggey, Head of Cyber, Chaucer
There can be little debate that cyber (re)insurance is one of the…
The Big Question: How can insurers support business in the shadow of rising insolvencies? With Alexia Parmentier, Global Head of XoL, Allianz Trade
As the world emerges from the COVID pandemic, global firms have faced…
Pyramid – New Insights in Exposure Management
Embedded into AdGo’s platform, Pyramid provides additional decision intelligence analytics to better…
The Big Question: What will be the fallout of the energy crisis for transformation to a greener future?
The global energy crisis will have long-standing consequences as well as its…
Flexibility will be why Blueprint Two succeeds
Work on Blueprint Two continues, and the market feedback loop is tremendously…
Catastrophe risk in focus: a single view of risk
Product strategist Simon Fagg addressed the Cat Risk Summit, demonstrating AdvantageGo’s single-pane-of-glass…
The Big Question: What do you see as the top emerging risks for business in 2023 and why are they important? With Kate Corby, Emerging Risks Manager, AXA XL
This week we are delighted to focus on an area, which has…
Proven Insights for a Seamless Underwriting Workbench Implementation
Greater underwriting agility and adapting to the evolving insurance market are key…
The Big Question: What is the most effective way of reducing exposure to transition risk? With Joseph Noss, senior director in the WTW Climate and Resilience Hub
A phrase that crops up with increasing frequency these days is that…
The Big Question: What role can the insurance industry play in the journey to net-zero? With John Scott, head of Sustainability Risk for Zurich Insurance Group.
Rarely does a day go by when the fight against climate change…
The Big Question: ‘How do we determine the level of climate risk and how are companies adapting to a carbon neutral future?’ With Ming Li, global head of Catastrophe Modelling, Acrisure Re
This has been a truly appalling week, given the devastating earthquakes in…
Will 2023 be less risky for business? With Carolina Klint, Risk Management Leader, Continental Europe, Marsh
2023 began with the publication of several new reports, which all point…
How does the industry identify and mitigate tomorrow’s emerging risks? With Catherine Dixon, Chief Underwriting Officer, Allianz Insurance
The world is becoming a far riskier place. Munich Re has put…
Can the risk market in the UK facilitate sustainable construction? With Oliver Schofield, director, Lignum Risk Partners
These are exciting times for the construction market. In 2021, the UK…
How does the industry respond to the growing risks of urbanization? With Victor Kuk, head of P&C Reinsurance, SID Asia, Swiss Re
This month has seen the world’s population surpass 8 billion for the…
How can Asia best manage what are likely to be testing 2023 renewals? With George Attard, CEO Asia Pacific, reinsurance solutions at Aon
Asia remains a vital region for the world’s (re)insurers. For decades the…
Is the new tag of the Property, Casualty & Cyber market – rather than the P&C market – now justified?
With Anthony Cordonnier and Erica Davis, Global Co-Head of Cyber, Guy Carpenter…
WILL BLUEPRINT TWO BE THE LONDON MARKET´S BIG BANG MOMENT?
“I was used to the hustle and bustle, the crowd on the…
Can ART deliver much needed security as traditional capacity remains challenged?
As the discussions around the 1 January 2023 renewals intensify, there is…
WILL BROKERS REQUIRE GREATER INNOVATION AT RENEWAL AS REINSURERS CHANGE APPROACH?
The 1 January renewals are expected to see a further hardening of…
London has opportunity to take the lead on transition to renewable future? With Andrew George, Global Head of Energy and Power, Marsh Specialty
The successful transition to a sustainable energy future has been identified as…
Can the (re)insurance industry strike the right balance on the transition to net zero? With Dave Matcham, CEO, International Underwriting Association
This week’s Big Question is based on a challenging conundrum for the…
Should the London Market welcome the Financial Services and Markets Bill? With Caroline Wagstaff, CEO, London Market Group
Last week the UK government unveiled a bill it says is designed…
Do COVID and climate concerns trigger growing parametric interest?
With Megan Linkin, senior parametric natural catastrophe underwriter and Cole Mayer, senior…
Has economic recovery put a new strain on the global supply chain?
With Isabelle Therrien, IUMI Cargo Committee Chair and SVP, Canada, Falvey Cargo…
A Day in the Life of a Future Underwriter – Reality or Fantasy?
As insurers increasingly incorporate algorithmic underwriting in the underwriting process, how will…
Optimizing Underwriting Decision-making for Climate-Related Catastrophes
Escalating climate change represents a threat to the global economy and a…
How data partnerships can open up fresh underwriting opportunities
Billed as Europe’s largest Insurtech conference, Insurtech Insights, recently held in London,…
Is London the centre of the marine world?
We recently attended and exhibited at the Marine Insurance London conference, and…
AdvantageGo Ingestion – Digitisation through application specific integrations
April 2022 marks the release of AdvantageGo’s Ingestion product – our first…
Reducing the Underwriting Cycle Time
Underwriting is coming under a lot of pressure for change, especially during…
You don’t need good technology
‘We need to focus on digital transformation’ – said at some point…
Party like it’s 2009
On June 28, 2009, Stephen Hawking famously held a party for time-travellers…
Three Key Elements Every Underwriting Platform Must Have
Underwriting market dynamics are forcing changes on the traditional Risk/Portfolio Underwriters role…
What do insurance leaders think about technology?
It’s no surprise that technology is transforming the insurance value chain and…
Leverage the Power of New Technology for Maximum Impact & Efficiency
Internal tech adoption, inflexible legacy systems, and a need to balance automation…
How Insurtech is going to save Capitalism
Capitalism hasn’t been getting such a good rap lately, has it? Or…
Managing Trade Credit Risk Through Innovative Technology
Although 2021 so far has signaled a quick economic turnaround compared to…
Building the Right Book of Business for Sustainability
On average, businesses spend five times more to acquire a new customer…
Advantagego Recognised In The 4Th Annual Insurtech100 2021 List
We are delighted and proud to announce that AdvantageGo has made it…
The importance of location risk scoring
Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana marshland coast 60 miles south of Central…
Data for Data’s Sake Doesn’t Work
Remote working caused by the pandemic has seen the industry’s perception shift…
From ‘what?’ to ‘what if?’ Why you should come back to insurance
Dear Dave, It’s great to hear from you again. I’m sorry to…
Mitigating exposure risk through multi-dimensional view of probabilistic losses & deterministic exposures
We are living in unprecedented times. The negative impact of climate change…
Don’t be left zigging when the market is zagging
As recently as two years ago, wise heads within the insurance market…
Rocking the Boat – Data & Analytics in the Marine Insurance Industry
Earlier this year, I hosted a virtual panel session in partnership with…
Key Reinsurance Trends for 2021 and Beyond
What are some of the key trends in today’s reinsurance industry, and…
If you’re not listening to your customers, your competitors definitely are
You must listen to be truly customer centric. Do you know what…
Michael Hockney, MBE & Chairman of The Lord Mayor´s Big Curry Lunch
As this year’s The Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch had to evolve…
A day in the life of a future underwriter
I log on and the Assistant has three code reds to look…
Probabilistic and deterministic modeling for a data-driven, analytical underwriting approach
The world of insurance has always relied on historic data, models, and…
Underwriting workbench: Operational business implementation and agile “in live” change through low-code/no-code tools
In this, the fourth in my series of blogs (part 1, part…
We are at the tip of a technological renaissance
“When I think about the pandemic and post-pandemic, it really was an…
The Risks of Doing the Same Thing
When we move around our industry to a different role and a…
The Pandemic’s Operational Impact On Reinsurance Underwriting
In this blog (the third in a series of four – part…
Rise of the Invisible Brokers
I do love the history of predictions, particularly ones that are dire…
Maintaining an Even Keel through Data & Analytics
Last week, I attended the virtual roundtable All Aboard for Data Analytics,…
Driving competitive advantage through (Re)Insurance Risk and Exposure analytics
In May 2018, McKinsey & Company wrote a well-regarded piece titled: “Breaking…
Are Partnerships Really Made In Heaven?
Unless you have an unlimited budget and have decided to build everything…
Operational attributes and competitive benefits of underwriting workbenches for reinsurers
In this blog, I will delve into the operational attributes and benefits…
Running a Tight Ship Through Data and Analytics
Last week, I attended the virtual roundtable All Aboard for Data Analytics,…
Data And Algorithms – Alchemy Or Science?
I’ve just finished a great book. It’s called How to Make the…
Unleashing productivity in the front and back-office
“Our goal is that by 2025, we’ll write $1bn of GWP.” These…
What is an underwriting workbench & why have they become so important to Insurers & Reinsurers?
In this series of blogs, I will explore the use of Underwriting…
Reinsurers; are they keeping up in analytics with Insurers & is the Reinsurance industry ready – Part 2
In part one of this two-part blog, we looked at the analytics…
Reinsurers; are they keeping up in analytics with Insurers? – Part 1
Insights from a recent McKinsey Covid-19 impact survey across industry verticals show…
Digital Risk Reduction for Insurers
How is digital innovation changing the risk landscape for insurers? What has…
Cyber Never Had it So Good
Asking underwriters about rate adequacy is a fool’s errand. It’s like asking…
The Insurance Leaders’ Perspective
These are just some of the questions Tom Anderson, our Director of…
The technology making waves in the insurance Industry
If 2020 will be remembered in history books as the year of…
Bermuda roundtable: The evolution of exposure management on the island
Thomas Anderson, Director of Sales, US, AdvantageGo, recently moderated a virtual roundtable…
Under Promise And Over Deliver
Ask yourself this: How many doctors have had their reputations ruined by…
Why data-driven insights and process automation must be built on a Solid Foundation
Insights from an EY industry survey indicate that large commercial (re)insurance markets…
The enduring operational impact of the pandemic on Underwriting
The wholesale migration of the (re)insurance market to remote working nearly a…
Business agility by ‘do it yourself’ changes to your exposure management Systems
Giving carriers the ability to make software changes in-house without needing to…
Four critical areas to address for growth in 2021 and Beyond
With the 1.1 renewal season behind us, now is the perfect moment…
Exposure management operational performance issues
Covid-19 has been a game-changer, altering the context in which the market…
No Market for Blunderbusses
“Not now, I’m busy!” Anyone with school-age children will have made this…
Bermuda’s Roundtable event: Time to Shine in 2021
Bermuda’s reinsurance market seems to have it all for it to thrive….
Can the insurance industry rise to the challenge and get more scientific on risk?
AdvantageGo research reveals a lack of access to the latest and most…
The need to succeed
Let’s have a little insurance regulatory quiz. I’ll start you off with…
Smart Underwriting for the Analytics Generation
2020, so far, has been a year of incredible global upheaval and…
Blueprint Two Update: The road to revolution
On a recent Voice of Insurance podcast John Neal described the upcoming…
Managing run-off insurance policies through technology
In our latest vlog, Ruby Tyagi, Senior Technical Author, AdvantageGo, speaks about…
Portfolio Exposure Analysis with Billions of Locations Across Thousands of Cedants
With emerging markets expected to invest $2.2 trillion in infrastructure annually over…
Profitable Underwriting by controlling exposures end-to-end
Insurance coverage is being re-defined by customers’ needs, and in today’s climate…
Underwriting First for Underwriting Profitability
Lloyd’s announcement that it will consider combining its physical underwriting floor in…
Navigating the New Normal in the Insurance Industry – online survey
In this reset world, the majority of the global insurance market has…
How to Perform Under a Crisis?
I read a quote somewhere that said, “Life is unpredictable, and you…
Weather the Storm of the Turbulent Times
The credit risk insurance market will most likely face its biggest challenges…
Reigniting The Global Economy Through The Insurance Industry
Working in the global insurance industry and developing exposure management solutions for…
AdvantageGo Business Continuity and COVID-19
Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the COVID-19 virus, particularly…
‘Go Deliver Online’ – The principles and practices of successfully delivering projects remotely
With over 25 years’ experience providing insurance software solutions to global insurers,…
AdvantageGo’s Customer Engagement Philosophy
In our latest vlog, Bhavna Vasudeva, Senior Project Manager, talks about AdvantageGo’s…
AdvantageGo’s Run for Charity – 2020 London Marathon
This year, AdvantageGo will have a team of runners participating in the…
Complexities in managing high volumes of data
In this video, Pankaj Batra, Product Strategist at AdvantageGo talks about the…
Code to Customer (C2C) philosophy
In this video, Ajay Jain, Senior Vice President, Global Delivery, explains AdvantageGo’s…
AdvantageGo named a “Hot 100” Insurtech Firm by Intelligent Insurer magazine
AdvantageGo is proud to announce that is has been included in the…
Enhancing an underwriter’s judgement and ‘gut feel’
In this short video by John Racher, Head of UK Operations and…
How sanctions regimes can affect insurers
In his second vlog, Richard Jefferies, Insurance Client Manager, Northdoor, examines how…
The Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch 2019
Michael Hockney, MBE and Chairman of the Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch…
A digital foundation to support the future of underwriting
In our newest vlog, Ramesh Yadav, Product Manager for Underwriting, AdvantageGo, answers…
Insurance Technologies giving a Competitive Edge
In our latest vlog, Richard Jefferies, Insurance Client Manager from Northdoor, one…
Guest blog: Driving change thoughtfully
Based on the central aim of remaining globally competitive and attractive for…
Fusing the ‘art of underwriting’ with technology
In this short video, Ramesh Yadav, Product Manager for Underwriting, AdvantageGo, discusses…
Automate simple underwriting tasks without sacrificing the Art of Underwriting
With painful underwriting processes underway at many major global carriers, The Insurance…
Are you managing your digital ops team to deliver operational efficiencies? – Part 2
In Part 1, I looked at the project management view of the…
Are you managing your digital ops team to deliver operational efficiencies? – Part 1
Market and economic conditions, as well as responses to globalisation and automation…
Can Computer Vision do wonders for the insurance industry?
We are living in a world of autonomous vehicles, health tracking sensors,…
Cyber Risk and Sanctions – known unknowns
Today’s world is digitally driven, and the odds of facing a cyber-attack…
The Underwriting Decision at the Right Time: Implied Knowledge
I had my leaking shower replaced recently. Thought you might like to…
Underwriters of the Future
Earlier this month, I participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Intelligent…
Part 3 – Code to Customer Series: The Insurance Industry and Our Role
In my first blog, I introduced our C2C philosophy, and in the…
The Power of Together: Creating a Partner Ecosystem for Insurers And Re-Insurers
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to…
Part 2 – Code to Customer Series: Applying the C2C Philosophy
In my previous blog, I outlined the Code to Customer (C2C) philosophy….
Part 1 – Code to Customer Series: Where did all the developers go?
Any CEO worth their salt should take a moment to consider which…
Why managing trade credit risk is now more important than ever
As I write this, Brexit is again dominating the news headlines, as…
A Delivery Methodology fit for the Vatican
Patience is worn thin these days across most walks of life. If…
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad
Hi, I’m Papori Dutta, a software engineer at AdvantageGo, working in the…
Digital Dexterity and the Underwriter
In this very moment, as my own changing face exhibits the indignity…
Big ideas for a small island
I’ve just returned from the second annual Global Reinsurance Innovation and Insurtech…
Fortune favours the bold
The message from industry leaders at last week´s Insurance Insider London Market…
Sanctions: How robust is your business compliance process?
Sanctions. What are the chances of your company being fined for breaching…
Visualising Your Treaty Portfolio Of Billions Of Locations In Real-Time
As we approach the end of 2018, for many, thoughts turn to…
Q&A with Eugene Brien, Head of Business Development, AdvantageGo
Eugene Brien, Head of Business Development, AdvantageGo speaks about the high-level goals…
Memories of IASA 2018
Here are some highlights from our participation at this year’s IASA in…
It’s a little bit country, I’m a little bit rock’n’roll
With dependable regularity the IASA conference comes around each June marking another…
Can Insurtech help maintain underwriting discipline in a hardening market?
Back in the eighties when I first entered the Lloyd’s insurance market…
Insurance Day London Market Awards
Yesterday evening, the 17th ‘Insurance Day London Market Awards’ were held at…
Innovation and Insurtech on an island in the sun
This week I will be heading to Bermuda to attend a new…
When You Need to Innovate, You Need to Collaborate
Believe it or not there was once a time when Apple was…