News / Events

Xceedance expands its onshore footprint in the U.S. and Canada with the acquisition of Activer Solutions – a U.S.-based strategic service partner to the property and casualty insurance industry. Read More... Managing General Agents (MGAs) used to be specialist wholesalers, but now they’re being seen in a new light. A group of industry experts participated in a roundtable discussion on the future of the MGA. Read More... Jarno Seegers, associate vice president, business development at Xceedance, comments on the role 5G technology will play in helping insurers better harness IoT and telematics data to build innovative products, create operational efficiencies, and deliver superior value to policyholders. Read More... Justin Davies, senior vice president and region head – EMEA, discusses four ways re/insurance organizations can retool their businesses with insurtech and explains each of their advantages and downsides. Read More... Xceedance is recognized as a “Top 10” underwriting service provider in Insurance CIO Outlook, a media platform in which CIOs, CTOs, IT leaders, and other decisionmakers share insights and perspectives on the insurance industry. Read More... Prashant Tekchandani, vice president for the insurance operations and claims units at Xceedance, discusses how next-generation technologies such as blockchain, advanced analytics, and RPA are transforming insurance claims processing and adjudication. Read More... Stephen Browne, region head – Australia and New Zealand and Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance, spoke with Insurance News about the role Xceedance can play in enabling digital transformation, optimizing operations, and driving critical business outcomes for insurance organizations in Australia. Read More... For its engagement with the London-based MGA, Archipelago Risk Services, Insurance Times recognized Xceedance as the Business Partner of the Year (Silver Award) at the Insurance Times Awards 2019. Read More... Intelligent Insurer, a leading publication serving the global re/insurance market, released a list of 100 insurtech companies with the potential to drive transformation for the risk transfer industry. Xceedance and ChainThat are featured in the “Insurtech: Hot 100” list from Intelligent Insurer. Read More... Justin Davies, senior vice president and region head - EMEA, discusses “insurservices” as an effective strategy to deploy business and intelligent technology resources with the support of industry-focused, managed services providers — to help bolster cost-efficiency and the revenue-generating priorities of insurance organizations. Read More... Justin Davies, senior vice president and region head – EMEA at Xceedance, emphasizes the need for efficiency in the London re/insurance market and shares insights about technology trends helping to improve efficiency and lower expenses for reinsurers. Read More... George Freimarck, managing director – Europe at Xceedance, discusses how reinsurers are focusing investments on technology and innovation – encompassing business process management (BPM), analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain — to drive significant business outcomes and competitive differentiation. Read More... Xceedance has been selected as the ‘Technology Partner of the Year – Software Platform’ winner in the 2019 Insurance Times Tech and Innovation Awards program. Read More... Manish Khetan, chief strategy officer at Xceedance, discusses how insurance organizations can drive successful modernization programs by adopting a pragmatic approach closely aligned with their strategic business objectives. Read More... In an interview with The Insurer at Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte-Carlo, Travis MacMillian, chief business officer, emphasized the role of Xceedance as a strategic resource for insurance organizations. Read More... At the 63rd edition of Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous (RVS), Xceedance board member Uday Virkud spoke with The Insurer about on-demand cat modelling services on the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework - and the value of the offering for the industry. Read More... In a conversation with Intelligent Insurer at RVS 2019, George Freimarck, managing director - Europe at Xceedance, discussed how the company is reimagining traditional service provider models, addressing challenges its clients face in specific markets. Read More... Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance, discusses steps insurers can take to boost the ROI of artificial intelligence (AI) – from tackling dirty data to building a culture of innovation. Read More... Xceedance launches the MGA Agility Suite, and announces U.K. MGA Archipelago Risk Services has deployed the next-generation insurtech offering to sell and service its personal lines coverages and package policies. Read More... Rachita Nahata, associate vice president of underwriting at Xceedance, discusses how re/insurers can move forward along the data analytics maturity curve to boost decision making. In this article, she presents four use cases and areas of the insurance lifecycle in which data analytics and mastery are strengthening operations. Read More... Jarno Seegers, associate vice president, business development at Xceedance, spoke with Insurance Post about the harmful effects of using bad data while implementing machine learning and AI in critical processes across the insurance value chain (see page 4 of this roundup article). Read More... David Edwards, chief executive officer of ChainThat, a strategic partner of Xceedance, led a real-time trial of the company’s first-of-its-kind blockchain-based insurance exchange in Bermuda. The demonstration for 80+ industry executives showcased how a reinsurance deal can be executed leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT). Read More... Blockchain specialist ChainThat, a strategic partner of Xceedance, launches the Bermuda Insurance Exchange, the industry’s first risk and capital exchange driven by distributed ledger technology (DLT). Read More... ChainThat, an innovative blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) provider, introduces and demonstrates the Bermuda Insurance Exchange — expected to drive savings and workflow efficiencies for brokers, cedants, and insurers. Read More... In a conversation with Insurance Post, Prateek Vijayvergia, vice-president of technology and application services at Xceedance, emphasized how new-age intelligent technologies can deliver cost advantage to insurers and improve policyholder experience (see page 2 of this roundup article). Read More... George Freimarck, managing director – Europe at Xceedance, discusses how MGA-in-a-box solutions can help startup or established MGAs swiftly build out a tailored, adviser-driven sales and service engine. Read More... Justin Davies, region head – EMEA at Xceedance and Vikas Acharya, chief operating officer of ChainThat, draw attention to the proliferation of partnerships between insurance organizations and insurtech providers, elucidating a change in mindset where insurtechs are seen as enablers, not as imminent threats (see pages 2 and 3 of this roundup article). Read More... Justin Davies, EMEA region head at Xceedance, discusses the impact of disruptive technologies and insurtech on traditional insurance operations, and provides actionable insights and partnership models for re/insurers looking to achieve digital maturity. Read More... In an interview with the Royal Gazette (Bermuda), ChainThat CEO David Edwards discusses his company’s focus on leveraging blockchain and distributed ledger technologies to allow every party involved in a re/insurance contract — including for example, brokers, insurers, reinsurers, and a settlement bank or other parties in the insurance value chain — to simultaneously and securely access and act upon the same transactional data and status. Read More... According to Justin Davies, EMEA region head at Xceedance, the insurance industry continues its efforts to harness rapidly-evolving technology, including AI, robotics, and blockchain. But re/insurers do not need to act as technology incubators. Instead, Davies observes, they can depend on expert support from smart operations and insurtech partners to deploy intelligent automation for product and process optimization, and for superior service delivery. Read More... In a recent Best’s Review “Issues & Answers” interview, Xceedance chief technology officer Amit Tiwari offers insights into how re/insurers can leverage insurtech and strategic operations support (SOS) to eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies in underwriting, policy service, claims processing, and data management. Read More... At the Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting in October, George Freimarck, managing director – Europe at Xceedance, commented on pan-industry collaborative efforts to harness the full potential of blockchain. Read More... InsurTech start-up and Xceedance strategic partner ChainThat has been shortlisted by the London Market Target Operating Model (TOM) in a blockchain claims pilot. Read More... As the reinsurance industry gears up to drive efficiency through blockchain adoption, ChainThat CEO David Edwards elucidates how distributed ledger platforms will help create business value for diverse industry participants. Read More... In an interview with Intelligent Insurer, Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance discussed why Strategic Operations Support (SOS) is a highly viable and logical methodology and successor to traditional business process outsourcing. Read More... Arun Balakrishnan, CEO and Justin Davies, EMEA region head at Xceedance, spoke with globalreinsurance.com about how innovation driven by technologies such as AI, Blockchain, and OCR is transforming traditional business workflows. Read More... ChainThat CEO David Edwards traces the evolutionary trajectory of insurance blockchain solutions from pilot projects to current, production-ready offerings expected to deliver significant savings and efficiency to re/insurers worldwide. Read More... How can reinsurers solve pertinent business challenges, including rising operating cost, inefficient processes, increasing M&A activity, legacy enterprise applications? By leveraging advanced technology, according to Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan — who provides a wide-ranging perspective in an interview with re-insurance.com. Read More... From accelerating adoption of intelligent technologies — such as AI and RPA — to delivering outcome-driven strategic services, Xceedance chief business officer Travis MacMillian explains what sets the company apart. Read More... Xceedance senior vice president of consulting Sachin Kulkarni discusses Adaptive Target Operating Models and the company’s scientific approach to driving operational transformation and process optimization across the insurance business lifecycle. Read More... In a Best’s Review “Issues & Answers” conversation, Xceedance chief business officer Travis MacMillian discusses how mutual insurers can leverage Strategic Operations Support (SOS) to better protect capital, streamline business processes, and accelerate growth. Read More... Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance discusses the relative roles of industry expertise, human capital, and technology in insurance operations. He notes that as intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation evolve and becomes more adaptable to processes, insurers will find new ways for their people to contribute more fruitfully. Read More... Justin Davies, head of EMEA at Xceedance, and David Edwards, chief executive officer of ChainThat, comment on mutually beneficial partnerships between reinsurers and insurtech startups which can significantly transform the reinsurance market. Read More... In a Best's Review “Issues & Answers” interview, CEO Arun Balakrishnan discusses how Xceedance provides strategic operations support (SOS) to specialty-lines insurers, helping them to resolve complex operational challenges and harness new revenue streams. Read More... In a roundup article, Rajesh Iyer, head of data sciences at Xceedance, shares a few thoughts on how intelligent technologies can augment data-driven decision making across the claims handling process. Read More... Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan explains why the company teamed up with ChainThat, a leading insurance blockchain solution provider, to harness the potential of distributed ledger technology and help drive efficiency for its global clients. David Edwards, ChainThat CEO also describes using blockchain smart contracts to revolutionize re/insurance markets. Read More... Xceedance and ChainThat co-hosted a blockchain symposium in Bermuda, providing a platform for leading re/insurance companies to explore ways in which the technology can create significant business value. COO Vikas Acharya discussed how ChainThat blockchain-based proprietary solution has demonstrable capabilities to drive operational efficiencies for re/insurers. Read More... At the recent 'Bermuda on Blockchain' event in Hamilton, Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan emphasized the need for collaboration by the entire re/insurance ecosystem to unleash the full potential of blockchain technology across the industry’s value chain. Read More... The well-attended and successful Xceedance-ChainThat blockchain symposium in Bermuda on June 7 covered the ways in which blockchain technology can help insurers reduce inefficiencies, streamline processes, and improve expense ratios. Expert panels discussed the capabilities of blockchain to remove frictional costs and act as an enabling platform for coordination between parties, while providing data certainty. Read More... Insurance CIO Outlook, a leading insurance technology publication, announced the ‘Top 10 Blockchain Solution Providers' for 2018. ChainThat, a strategic partner of Xceedance, featured on the list and has been recognized for its innovative Insurance Blockchain Framework that powers robust enterprise collaboration solutions. The framework seamlessly integrates with existing policy administration systems and enables re/insurance consortiums to experiment, fail-fast, and develop sophisticated trading relationships. Read More... RPA and AI promise to deliver significant business benefits and cost savings for re/insurers, but intelligent technologies should not be viewed as an all-encompassing solution to achieve those objectives. Xceedance board member, John Begley, explores why insurers should identify IT use cases that complement the company's growth and culture, and consider pilot projects before fully investing in enterprise-wide implementations of smart automation. Read More... David Edwards, CEO of ChainThat — a strategic Xceedance partner and blockchain pioneer — joined a panel discussion at the 2018 Global Insurance Symposium. As noted in this roundup article, the panel focused on the role of blockchain in insurance operations, and examined insurer adoption challenges in integrating blockchain solutions and core systems. Read More... Drawing on industry research, Manish Khetan, chief strategy office at Xceedance, reviews how insurers can maximize current and future investments in BI and analytics — by attending to data quality, strengthening abilities to analyze and act on insights derived from internal data, and vetting potential new data sources and partners to improve the overall customer experience. Read More... According to John Begley, a member of the Xceedance board of directors, re/ insurers must look for technology to do more than just cut costs. Emerging technologies such as robotics must be carefully synchronized to enhance business operations and service delivery. Under those conditions, cost savings and improved profitability are an inevitable outcome. Read More... ITAPro asked several influencers, including Xceedance, what the insurance industry has focused on recently and what the future holds. In response, George Freimarck, head of the Americas region at Xceedance, talks about blockchain implementation as a hot topic for the industry in the near future. Read More... One outcome of the rapid pace of change in insurance is a tipping point in resource and workforce management, where the traditional BPO model is no longer strategically viable. Arun Balakrishnan, CEO of Xceedance introduces Strategic Operations Support (SOS) — a partner/service provider relationship which unifies profound insurance expertise, dexterous support in core insurance functions, and multifaceted understanding of emerging technologies — to improve the business proficiency of insurance organizations. Read More... Amit Patil, senior manager of underwriting services at Xceedance, was selected by Reactions Magazine as a ‘Rising Star’ from a pool of worldwide applicants under the age of 30 representing leading re/insurers and service providers. The Reactions feature recognizes young and rising professionals in the global insurance industry facing a talent crunch as the current generation of insurance specialists retire or move on. Read More... According to Amit Patil, underwriting manager at Xceedance, in the next five to ten years, the InsurTech movement and intelligent technologies will likely drive insurance organizations to operate very differently than today. That’s because the fundamentals of the insurance business model are being disrupted by a technology-driven revolution transforming the way re/insurers do business, interact with policyholders, and process multifaceted data about risks and exposures. Read More... According to Marek Kaszczyc, vice president and head of Poland operations at Xceedance, re/insurance organizations need to meet the exacting new standards of GDPR in a timely and cost-effective manner. With just three months left before GDPR goes into effect, many regulators have not yet issued guidelines. There is still time to get the compliance process on track. Companies do have a bit of breathing space — but they must use it wisely. Read More... Xceedance CTO Amit Tiwari discussed re/insurance operations in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, which is underlined by the influence of new and advanced technology that is accelerating change across the global risk transfer industry. Read More... Marek Kaszczyc, vice president and head of the Xceedance managed services team in Poland, reviews the fundamentals of adopting robotic process automation (RPA) in insurance operations. He notes RPA can establish greater process precision and efficiencies for insurers, but also highlights potential pitfalls if RPA is not well implemented. Read More... Xceedance CTO Amit Tiwari surveys the wave of intelligent technology in insurance — a trend that offers access to greater volumes and accuracy of data, the feasibility to leverage automation for repetitive tasks, and the potential to create more intuitive and efficient systems for managing insurance operations and complex transactions. Read More... Kaushik Gohain and Prateek Vijayvergia discuss the outlook and possibilities for insurance operations and knowledge workers in the era of intelligent technology. Read More... The partnership of Xceedance and ChainThat enables the two companies to drive the adoption of blockchain in re/insurance by developing and applying decentralized technology, data/analytics, and consulting services. Read More... As pioneers in blockchain, distributed ledger technologies and smart contracts, Xceedance and ChainThat have partnered to provide secure online transactional services tailored for re/insurance processes, and to develop blockchain products for the commercial, specialty and reinsurance markets. Read More... According to Marek Kaszczyc, vice president and head of the Xceedance managed services team in Poland, adoption of blockchain in the insurance industry, requires insurers to embrace a broader view of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) — beyond its financial characteristics. Despite initial skepticism, examples of blockchain use are emerging and insurers are starting to pay more attention. Read More... Collaborating with the right strategic managed services partner is a good option to reinforce the forward-looking skills and tools required for change management and operational transformation. Read More... Re/insurers, and brokers are increasingly turning to experts for support in handling a growing array of vendor models, and to better manage their exposure. Read More... Justin Davies and Amit Tiwari explore the rise of InsurTech, what the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) means for the insurance industry, and what insurers can do to better to achieve operational productivity and success amid wide-ranging changes. Read More... Monalisa Samal, vice president of the catastrophe and exposure management unit at Xceedance, is featured in the fourth annual “Influential Women in Re/Insurance” edition of Intelligent Insurer, an international recognition program featuring “female executives excelling in, and changing, the risk transfer industry.” Read More... In a roundtable discussion, four senior executives consider how insurance organizations are implementing emerging technologies and data resources — to drive meaningful transformation and innovation in insurance operations. Read More... CEO Arun Balakrishnan shares insights on blockchain technology and how it can help to transform and manage the way insurers deal with rapidly increasing data sources in insurance operations. As blockchain gains traction in the industry, Arun discusses its potential to improve data security, accuracy and continuity. Read More... CEO Arun Balakrishnan discusses how insurance companies will become customer-centric, how personalized risk assessment will be possible in the wake of IoT, and how managed service partners will ease the operational pressures in the next 10 years. Read More.. Amit Ranjan highlights the benefits of industry-dedicated consultative partners for insurance-managed services in the fast-evolving environment of the “next industrial revolution.” Read More.. Manish Khetan and Amit Tiwari examine the challenges insurance organizations face in adopting emerging technologies, and how industry-focused managed services partners can help bridge the gap of expertise and operational timeliness. Read More.. Leading Indian publication Yourstory.com throws light on the journey of Xceedance, from being a start-up to thriving globally as a service provider for the insurance industry. Read More.. CEO Magazine identifies Xceedance as a "Great Place to Work" and members of the leadership team describe how Xceedance focuses on developing future leaders. Read More... Extending services in the Bermuda market is integral to the efforts of Xceedance to enhance the international scope and proximity of its consulting and managed services capabilities. Read More... CEO Arun Balakrishnan discusses the rapid advancements in technology and RPA, along with some perspectives on transformation and change for insurance operations. Read More... As a lesson for how Blockchain can be internalized and implemented, the insurance industry can look at the measured way in which cloud was evaluated, rejected, and then slowly adopted. Read More... Xceedance has joined the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) as an associate member. AAIS is a national advisory organization that develops policy forms and rating information used by more than 700 property/casualty insurers. Read More... The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is transforming the way people, businesses and machines work together. Justin Davies, region head – EMEA, provides some interesting observations on how the insurance industry is ripe for disruption during the unfolding 4IR. Read More... Xceedance is identified as one of the fastest growing startups in India. CEO Arun Balakrishnan and members of the Xceedance leadership team describe a unique journey of growth and innovation as an industry-focused managed services provider. Read More... The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) combines the Internet of Things and the Internet of Systems, from which cyber-physical systems (CPS) are emerging. Rajesh Iyer, head of data sciences at Xceedance, discusses how edge computing and scoring models can align with 4IR principles in the business of insurance. Read More... Company of the Year (P&C Insurance): The rapid and ongoing growth of Xceedance is solid confirmation of the company's business and managed services strategy. Read More... Property/casualty insurance technology provider Xceedance has opened an office in Krakow, Poland, and hired a former Aon executive to run it as vice president and country manager. Read More... Xceedance launches an operations center in Krakow, Poland. Read More... With rates squeezed and investment returns wafer thin, what options do insurers and reinsurers have for growth? Read More... The traditional “analog” domain of insurance is no longer acceptable or productive. We have definitively entered the age of digital commerce. And it is fast reshaping the insurance landscape, just as it has in many other industries. Read More... Xceedance…offers services for re/insurance companies critical in a fast-changing market, ranging from accounting services to the creation of complex data models and artificial intelligence programmes that allow businesses to price their transactions correctly. Read More... Xceedance establishes a dedicated data sciences and services team to create strategic data products and analytic tools. Read More... Data sciences is becoming increasingly prevalent in the insurance industry, mobilizing insurers to leverage internal, external, structured and unstructured data to inform strategic decisions. Read More... Insurance technology provider Xceedance has expanded once again with the hire of a new head of data sciences. Read More... Xceedance is seeing a very strong demand from re/insurers to improve operational efficiencies whilst reducing their costs, by partnering with managed service providers. Read More... Through the London office, Xceedance works with brokers and re/insurers to launch new products, drive lean operations, implement cutting-edge technology and leverage analytic capabilities. Read More... How does an insurance business transition to operating successfully and efficiently in the new world of work? Read More...

Xceedance representatives will attend a wide range of international insurance conferences in 2020. Our event schedule is posted below.

Connecting at these industry venues is a great opportunity to explore how Xceedance can support and strengthen your insurance operations. Please reach out via contact@xceedance.com to arrange an onsite discussion, and we look forward to meeting you.

InsTech – Future of Payments in Insurance

January 21, 2020 | The Steel Yard, London, UK

This event will feature discussions around recent innovations in the payment space, particularly how virtual credit cards are being used in the claims process and finally, examine the value of anonymized payments data to provide insights into customers and their claims.

RAA Cat Risk Management Conference 2020

February 25 - 27, 2020 | Orlando, FL USA

The conference is an invaluable networking opportunity, where attendees meet and interact with leading global experts from the industry—reinsurers, insurers, researchers, commercial modeling companies, regulators—and discuss the future of catastrophe risk management.

Insurance Innovators: USA

March 30 - 31, 2020 | Nashville, TN USA

The event provides a platform where America’s most senior executives from leading insurance carriers come together. It is a one-stop shop to build relationships and gather information on the latest trends and innovations.

Formation ’20

April 14 - 16, 2020 | Orlando, FL USA

The event features inspiring keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities with thought leaders from around the globe, enabling attendees to gain valuable insights from the largest insurtech ecosystem available to carriers today.

2020 TMPAA Mid-Year Meeting

May 4 - 6, 2020 | Tampa, FL USA

The 2020 Mid-Year Meeting provides access to more than 60 program carriers, elite service providers, the London Markets, reinsurance support, program development and distribution resources, and a myriad of networking opportunities.

Oasis Conference 2020 - The good, the bad and the ugly

June 10 - 11, 2020 | London, UK

The OASIS annual conference is a forum for modelling experts to discuss and enhance models for better estimating and managing natural catastrophe risks.

Oasis Conference, in collaboration with the Swiss Re Institute

July 1, 2020 | Zurich, Switzerland

The OASIS conference, with over 100 attendees from the DACH region and a number of exhibitors, focuses on issues facing the CAT community.

Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous

September 12 - 17, 2020 | Monte Carlo, Monaco

The Rendez-Vous de Septembre brings together the major players in the world reinsurance markets in Monte-Carlo.

In2Risk™ – The Institutes/CPCU Society Annual Meeting

October 8 - 10, 2020 | Washington, D.C. USA

The CPCU Annual Meeting is an educational conference for insurance and risk management professionals. Featuring practical knowledge, experiential learning, and structured networking opportunities, the event is a blend of interactive learning and invaluable peer-to-peer sharing for thousands of CPCUs and insurance leaders.

2020 WSIA Annual Marketplace

September 13 - 16, 2020 | San Diego, CA USA

Attended by approximately 5,050 professionals from the United States and Great Britain in 2019, the WSIA Annual Marketplace is widely recognized as the premier event for the wholesale, specialty and surplus lines industry.

InsureTech Connect 2020

September 21 - 23, 2020 | Las Vegas, NV USA

The world’s largest insuretech event offers unparalleled access to the most comprehensive gathering of tech entrepreneurs, investors and insurance industry incumbents from across the globe.

Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting 2020

October 18 - 22, 2020 | Baden-Baden, Germany

The Baden-Baden meeting is a key event for reinsurance professionals from across the globe. The meeting provides an opportunity for cedants, brokers, and re/insurers to discuss industry trends and the renewal of reinsurance contracts.

20th Annual TMPAA Summit

October 19 - 21, 2020 | Scottsdale, AZ USA

The annual summit is dedicated to meeting the unique challenges of program administration.