Xceedance and Oasis LMF Offer On-Demand Exposure Analysis Services for U.S. Earthquake, Flood, and Hurricane Catastrophe Models
BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — Xceedance, a global provider of strategic insurance consulting and technology, and the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF), today announced the availability of on-demand exposure analysis and results for three key U.S. catastrophe perils.
Read More...BriteCore and Xceedance Announce Strategic Partnership
SPRINGFIELD, MO, and BOSTON, August 17, 2020 — BriteCore, a leading provider of next-generation core software solutions for insurers, and Xceedance, a consulting, technology, and managed services company focused on property and casualty insurance, today announced that Xceedance has joined BriteCore’s growing partner ecosystem.
Read More...Xceedance Named as a Major Contender in the Everest Group Insurance Analytics and Insights (A&I) Third-party Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020
BOSTON, JULY 13, 2020 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, is pleased to announce that Everest Group, a leading research and consulting firm, has named Xceedance as a Major Contender in their report, Insurance Analytics and Insights (A&I) Third-party Services PEAK Matrix® 2020.
Read More...Xceedance Named as a Major Contender in the Everest Group Property and Casualty Insurance BPO Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020
BOSTON, May 11, 2020 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, is pleased to announce that Everest Group, a leading research and consulting firm, has named Xceedance as a Major Contender in their report, Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance BPO Services PEAK Matrix® 2020.
Read More...Xceedance and Xemplar Partner to Advance Mobile Capabilities for Insurance Organizations
BOSTON and WAYNE, PA, May 5, 2020 — Xceedance and Xemplar Insights today announced a strategic partnership to bring innovative, mobile-based insurtech solutions to global property/casualty insurance markets.
Read More...Xceedance Joins Duck Creek Partner Ecosystem, Offering P&C Insurers Worldwide Expertise in Global Implementation of Duck Creek Products
BOSTON, March 31, 2020 — Duck Creek Technologies announced today that it has expanded its Partner Ecosystem program through a new relationship with Xceedance.
Read More...Xceedance Partners with Input 1 to Provide an Innovative Policy Administration, Billing and Payments Solution for Program Administrators and Managing General Agents
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., March 24, 2020 — Input 1, a digital billing services and payment solutions provider, and Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, today announced a strategic partnership.
Read More...Xceedance Launches Life Insurance and Reinsurance Consulting Practice, Centered in Liechtenstein
LIECHTENSTEIN, March 3, 2020 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, today launched its life insurance and reinsurance practice and announced the establishment of an office in Liechtenstein to serve life re/insurance markets.
Read More...Novidea Partners With Xceedance to Expand its Solutions and Capabilities for the Insurance Broker Market
LONDON, February 4, 2020 — Novidea, the data-driven insurance distribution platform, today announces its new partnership with Xceedance a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, that will allow Novidea to increase its global reach and services.
Read More...Xceedance Acquires Activer Solutions
BOSTON, January 21, 2020 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, today announced the acquisition of Activer Solutions
Read More...Xceedance Wins ‘Technology Partner of the Year’ Award
LONDON, September 27, 2019 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, 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...Xceedance and Oasis LMF Announce On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services
LONDON, September 8, 2019 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, announces the availability of On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services, using the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF).
Read More...Xceedance Qualifies as Finalist in Insurance Times Technology and Innovation Awards 2019
BOSTON, July 25, 2019 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions has qualified as a finalist in the Insurance Times “Tech and Innovation Awards 2019.”
Read More...Blue Zebra Insurance Deploys the MGA Agility Suite from Xceedance
BOSTON, June 3, 2019 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, today announced that Blue Zebra Insurance (Blue Zebra) has successfully deployed the company’s MGA Agility Suite to modernize policy lifecycle management processes.
Read More...AM Best to Host Webinar on How MGAs are Leveraging Insurtech to Transform Operations and Drive Business
OLDWICK, May 15, 2019 — A panel of insurance and technology professionals will examine the ways in which managing general agents and program administrators are leveraging technology to transform operations, respond to emerging risks, capitalize on market opportunities, develop innovative offerings, and reach new customers.
Read More...Xceedance Announces Global Availability of MGA Agility Suite
BOSTON, May 6, 2019 — Xceedance announced availability of the MGA Agility Suite, a new software and services offering for program administrators and MGAs. The company also disclosed a successful implementation of the MGA Agility Suite at Archipelago Risk Services.
Read More...Xceedance Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 3
BOSTON, February 11, 2019 — Certification reinforces the company’s commitment to quality in software development, maintenance, and quality assurance.
Read More...Xceedance Continues Business Growth and Geographic Expansion
BOSTON, December 4, 2018 — New clients and increasing demand for Strategic Operations Support (SOS) prompt enterprise growth.
Read More...Xceedance and ChainThat Add Staff to Accommodate Global Growth
BOSTON, October 2, 2018 — New-business growth, plus increasing demand for strategic operations support, prompt hiring.
Read More...Xceedance and ChainThat Host Blockchain Innovation Symposium in Bermuda
BOSTON and LONDON, May 31, 2018 — Xceedance and ChainThat, a pioneer in blockchain technology for the re/insurance industry, are co-hosting an insurance blockchain symposium on June 7 (1pm) at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Read More...Xceedance Appoints Travis MacMillian Chief Business Officer
BOSTON, January 8, 2018 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, and data sciences, has named Travis MacMillian as the company’s chief business officer.
Read More...Xceedance Makes Multi-Million Dollar “Series A” Investment in ChainThat, an Insurance Blockchain Specialist
LONDON, November 14, 2017 — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology and data sciences, today announced a multi-million dollar “Series A” equity investment in ChainThat , a London-based blockchain specialist organisation serving the re/insurance industry.
Read More...Monalisa Samal Inducted in 2017 Class of Influential Women in Re/Insurance
BOSTON, September 25, 2017 — Xceedance is pleased to announce Monalisa Samal has been inducted into the 2017 class of the “Influential Women in Re/Insurance” program, sponsored by Intelligent Insurer.
Read More...Xceedance Expands Managed Services Portfolio to Include Bermuda Insurance Market
BOSTON, May 31, 2017 — Following its recent incorporation in Bermuda, Xceedance today announced an expansion of its industry-focused consulting and managed services to support re/insurance organizations domiciled in Bermuda.
Read More...Xceedance Joins AAIS as Associate Member
BOSTON, April 19, 2017 — Xceedance is pleased to announce that the company has joined the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) as an associate member.
Read More...Xceedance Launches Insurance Operations Centre in Krakow, Poland
LONDON, December 5, 2016 — Xceedance today announced the launch of an operations centre in Krakow, Poland.
Read More...Xceedance Appoints Rajesh Iyer Senior Vice President – Head of Data Sciences
BOSTON, November 15, 2016 — Xceedance today announced the appointment of Rajesh Iyer as senior vice president – head of data sciences.
Read More...Xceedance Establishes London Office
LONDON, October 24, 2016 — Xceedance has established an office in London to serve the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market.
Read More...Xceedance Welcomes George Freimarck as Vice President of Business Development
BOSTON, May 31, 2016 — Xceedance announces George Freimarck, vice president for marketing and business development.
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Xceedance and the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework announce the availability of on-demand exposure analysis and results for U.S. earthquake, flood, and hurricane perils. Read More... 
Justin Davies, senior vice president and country leader – EMEA at Xceedance, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the role of managed services providers in handling key processes and ensuring superior business continuity for the re/insurance industry. Read More... 
As part of a roundup article, Michael Parcelli, senior vice president of global solutioning and process consulting at Xceedance, comments on how E&S carriers, brokers, and agents can better maintain their offerings by leveraging insights into policyholder behavior. Read More... 
Stephen Browne, Xceedance vice president and country manager – ANZ, highlights how the insurance industry can emerge stronger and more resilient as it adapts to the new business environment. Read More... 
Stephen Browne, vice president and country manager – ANZ at Xceedance, spoke with insuranceNEWS.com.au about how the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the need for insurers to revisit and redefine their operational models and drive technology adoption, boosting resilience in a potentially unstable business environment. Read More... 
Xceedance and BriteCore announce a strategic partnership to deliver new digital capabilities to P&C insurers, enabling them to better serve policyholders and eliminate costly legacy processes. Read More... 
Justin Davies, senior vice president and country leader – EMEA, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the London insurance market towards enterprise-wide digital transformation to enable a robust remote working environment. Read More...
Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan shares his views on leadership and operational productivity — as the business world continues to adjust to the “new normal” conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More... 
Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance, looks at how changing technologies are requiring modern MGAs to follow a “jack-of-all-trades” mindset by wearing many hats and leveraging multiple competencies. Read More... Sachin Kulkarni, country leader - North America at Xceedance, discusses robust, comprehensive risk management practices that insurance organizations can adopt to better assess climate-related risks. Read More... Dron Jaroria, vice president of technology and core systems at Xceedance, explains how insurance organizations can leverage agile low-code/no-code technologies to upgrade legacy applications and augment prevailing underwriting, claims and billing processes quickly and cost-effectively. Read More... 
Prateek Vijayvergia, senior vice president of technology and core systems at Xceedance, discusses how insurance organizations can manage global data effectively by reimagining data technology stacks, breaking apart existing data siloes, and cultivating relationships with new third-party data providers. Read More... Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance, explains why insurers must ensure their digital capabilities and IT landscape are resilient to face challenges and meet business continuity requirements in crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...
Xceedance partners with Xemplar Insights to provide technology capabilities for insurance organizations looking to adopt innovative, mobile-based insurtech solutions, and user-based insurance (UBI) products. Read More... 
Amit Tiwari, chief operating officer at Xceedance, explains the challenges of enabling business continuity plans in the face of a global pandemic and moving an international workforce of well over a thousand people to work from home in just over two weeks — while still addressing the daily needs of a global portfolio of clients. Read More... Manish Khetan, chief operating officer at Xceedance, discusses five practical ways in which re/insurance organizations can accelerate return on investment (ROI) in insurtech strategies and initiatives. Read More... Xceedance joins the Duck Creek Technologies Partner Ecosystem, offering P&C insurers worldwide expertise in the global implementation of Duck Creek products. Read More... Xceedance partners with Input 1 to provide an innovative policy administration, billing, and payments solution for program administrators and managing general agents. Read More... 
In a point-of-view roundup article, Amit Ranjan, chief administrative officer at Xceedance, comments on how insurance organizations can alleviate personnel shortage challenges by making their talent-acquisition strategies more flexible and expansive. Read More... 
Novidea recently announced its partnership with global strategic consulting and managed services provider, Xceedance. Alex Zukerman, chief revenue officer at Novidea, spoke with Insurance Business about combining Novidea’s broker management platform with the insurance lifecycle services and expertise of Xceedance. Read More... The Xceedance life insurance and reinsurance practice based in Liechtenstein offers a range a services — including strategic consulting, product development, actuarial services, sales strategy, Solvency II Pillar 1-2 support, reinsurance optimization, and legacy transformation. Read More... 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 are planning to participate in the events listed below, many of which are now virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For upcoming live events, and with the safety and wellbeing of our team as a priority, Xceedance participation will be based on public health guidelines for social distancing and assembly, as well as on company policies for domestic and international travel.
To learn how Xceedance can support and strengthen your insurance operations, please email us to arrange a discussion.
Duck Creek vFormation ‘20
June 2020 | Virtual
vFormation ‘20 is a virtual thought leadership forum designed to keep carriers from around the globe connected to the industry expertise and cutting-edge technologies they need to run their business in today’s digital world.
FinTech & InsurTech Digital Congress
July 6 - 7, 2020 | Virtual
This event covers industry trends in the development of technology in the financial and insurance sectors including blockchain technology, chatbot implementation, AI, machine learning, and more.
SAV Annual General Meeting 2020
August 28, 2020 | WebEx
The SAV is the professional association of Swiss actuaries that promotes actuarial mathematics and related areas such as financial mathematics and enterprise risk management and their expert application, as well as representing the professional interests of actuaries.
Insurance Business Awards 2020
September 4, 2020 | Sydney, Australia
The Insurance Business Awards define excellence in the insurance profession, recognizing leading companies and individuals for their outstanding achievements over the past 12 months.
2020 WSIA Annual Marketplace
September 13 - 16, 2020 | San Diego, CA USA
Attended by approximately 5,000 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 insurtech event offers unparalleled access to the most comprehensive gathering of tech entrepreneurs, investors, and insurance industry incumbents from across the globe.
In2Risk 2020
October 8 - 10, 2020 | Washington, DC USA
The Institutes CPCU Society’s In2Risk 2020 features practical knowledge, experiential learning, and structured networking opportunities. The event is where go-getters who seek to build their careers and contribute to their companies go to make valuable connections, interact with authorities in the field, and gain the skills to tackle new challenges.
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.
Women in Insurance Spring Luncheon
October 22, 2020 | Sydney, Australia
The spring luncheon provides professional women in the insurance and finance services industry with a networking forum to discuss current topics.
DKM 2020
October 27 - 29, 2020 | Dortmund, Germany
The DKM is a two-day event where global players as well as niche providers and start-ups will present their products and services to give attendees a comprehensive overview of the industry.
DIA Amsterdam 2020
October 28 - 29, 2020 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
DIA Amsterdam draws 1,300+ attendees from 50+ countries and all 6 continents to discuss the most effective way to enhance your digital strategies, improve current processes and accelerate innovation.
Insurance Innovators USA
October 29 - 30, 2020 | Nashville, TN USA
A carrier-led conference experience where the hottest topics in the industry are covered by those changing insurance as we know it.
InsurTech North
November 9-10, 2020 | Toronto, Canada
InsurTech North provides attendees with an essential avenue to connect with forward-thinking experts in all key sectors important to profitable long-term growth – incumbents, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, incubators, regulators, and advisors.
DAV Autumn Conference 2020
November 16 - 17, 2020 | Munich, Germany
The DAV Autumn Conference supports professional training, the exchange of expertise and the networking of members. The focus of the meeting is on new trends and future topics as well as dealing with the core questions of the actuarial practice.
ANZIF General Insurance Breakfast 2020
December 2, 2020 | Sydney, Australia
At this event a panel of insurance experts discuss the current market, explore issues and opportunities, and discuss what the future holds. This breakfast brings together over 400 insurance professionals and provides the perfect platform to network and connect with the insurance community.
DIGIN
December 7 - 9, 2020. | Austin, TX USA
The insurance industry is changing fast, and your practice is transforming along with it. From digital strategies to the tools that can bring them to your market, DIGIN is where the future of digital insurance takes shape. Join the best minds in the business to explore the most innovative tech and cutting-edge ideas driving the industry forward.
ANZIIF 2020 Reinsurance Rendezvous Conference
March 10 - 12, 2021 | Terrigal, NSW
The conference provides attendees with the most up-to-date and thought-provoking market developments and insights. Featuring panel discussions and presentations from industry leading professionals, attendees will hear about emerging trends, where the market is heading and the future of the reinsurance industry.
Duck Creek Formation ’21
March 22 - 24, 2021 | Orlando, FL USA
Duck Creek Formation 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.
Webinar: On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services for Three Major U.S. Perils — Earthquake, Hurricane, and Flood
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Noon - 1 p.m. ET
In a complimentary AM Best webinar sponsored by Xceedance, a panel of experts will discuss the technical advances of three key U.S. peril models (Earthquake, Hurricane, and Flood) and describe pioneering, on-demand risk- and loss-analysis services, based on those models. Webinar participants will gain perspective on cost-effectively pricing key U.S. catastrophe risks with more confidence, using a combination of advanced models and associated on-demand services in conjunction with the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework. Read More...
Orchestrating Technology Transformation in Commercial Insurance: Part 2
August 20, 2020 | Ashish Lall
In his next blog, Ashish Lall, vice president of corporate strategy at Xceedance, explains why hyper-automation across insurance operations is positioned well to deliver cost efficiency, time savings and significant increases in productivity. Read More...
Orchestrating Technology Transformation in Commercial Insurance: Part 1
August 14, 2020 | Ashish Lall
Ashish Lall, vice president of corporate strategy at Xceedance, discusses how advanced business automation platforms and rapid technology adoption can deliver high broker-underwriter engagement, more so in the social distancing age. Read More...
Accelerating the ROI of Duck Creek Implementations
August 12, 2020 | Naveen Sharma
As a Systems Integrator to both new and existing Duck Creek customers, Xceedance offers a broad range of development and testing accelerators, as well as frameworks for Duck Creek products — enhancing efficiency and enabling standardization during implementations. Read More...
Managing Hurricane Season in the New Normal
July 15, 2020 | Matt Piaseczny
Matt Piaseczny, vice president of insurance operations at Xceedance, discusses how U.S. states and insurers will need to recalibrate their response to hurricanes in the 'new normal' COVID-19 environment. Read More...
A New Normal: Perspectives For Insurance Organizations
May 19, 2020 | George Freimarck
As the world starts to open up again, George Freimarck, vice president and managing director - Europe at Xceedance, takes a look at what the world may be like after the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Drawing insights from a recent survey of 30 leading German insurance industry executives, George explores the challenges and what’s ahead for insurers. Read More...
Three Ways Insurers Can Enhance Policyholder Value
May 14, 2020 | Sachin Kulkarni
Sachin Kulkarni, senior vice president and country leader - North America at Xceedance, discusses how insurance organizations can drive technological and operational improvements to deliver superior business continuity and seamless policyholder experience — especially during black swan events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...
Insurance Industry Demonstrates Resilience in the Face of a Global Pandemic
April 13, 2020 | Manish Khetan
According to Manish Khetan, chief operating officer at Xceedance, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is straining the insurance industry, well beyond the scope of workforce health considerations; and global insurance organizations are showing resilience and resourcefulness in the face of new and expanded business risks. Read More...
Uncharted Waters for Insurance Operations
March 23, 2020 | Amit Tiwari
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe and companies invoke business continuity programs, Amit Tiwari, CTO at Xceedance, reflects on the state of insurance operations — both for policyholders and other stakeholders, as well as for internal functions. Read More...
Reflections on Hiring Talent From Outside the Insurance Industry
March 17, 2020 | Amit Tiwari and Amit Ranjan
Xceedance chief operating officer Amit Tiwari and chief administrative officer Amit Ranjan discuss the ways in which insurance organizations can embrace talent from outside the industry, and emphasize how flexible and expansive talent acquisition strategies help create superior business value. Read More...
Xceedance Recognized at Insurance Times Awards 2019
November 22, 2019
Xceedance has won the Silver Award in the Business Partner of the Year category at Insurance Times Awards 2019 for its engagement with Archipelago Risk Services in London. Read More...
Xceedance and ChainThat Featured in Intelligent Insurer’s Insurtech: Hot 100 List
October 29, 2019
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...
Actuarial Practice: Unearthing the Data Gold Mine for Insurers
August 29, 2019 | Neelaakshi Piplani, ACAS
Neelaakshi Piplani, an associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and manager, actuarial services at Xceedance, discusses how actuaries challenge existing approaches to risk analysis and reimagine insurance concepts to accommodate dynamic and emerging business forces. Read More...
MGAs: Accelerating Digital Transformation in Insurance
July 29, 2019
MGAs (Managing General Agents) used to be seen as specialists, operating as wholesalers for particular lines, specialty lines, or programs. But now they’re being seen in a new light, and they’re creating new possibilities. Read More...
Technology is the Future of Underwriting
June 25, 2019 | Rachita Nahata
Rachita Nahata, associated vice president at Xceedance, discusses ways in which intelligent technologies are helping re/insurers to boost underwriting capacity and ensure quality time is spent on pricing the “right” risks. Read More...
Viewpoints on Insurtech and Service Provider Models
June 6, 2019
The re/insurance industry’s workforce challenges, the proliferation of intelligent technologies, and the acceleration of digital transformation are among the discussion points in a wide-ranging Q&A with John Begley, a member of the Xceedance board of directors. Read More...
Webinar – Transforming MGA Operations
May 7, 2019
A panel of insurance and technology professionals will examine the ways in which managing general agents and program administrators are leveraging technology to transform operations, respond to emerging risks, capitalize on market opportunities, develop innovative offerings, and reach new customers. Read More...
Strategic Operations Support: The Boardroom Connection
May 2, 2019 | Anthony Iatesta
Anthony Iatesta, associate vice president and business development executive at Xceedance, discusses the ‘then and now’ of business process outsourcing (BPO) in insurance organizations. He stresses an evolving boardroom focus towards strategic operations support from insurance-focused partners — who encompass in-depth domain knowledge, leading-edge insurtech and data sciences expertise, and diverse experience across the industry’s value chain. Read More...
Insurtech: It’s About People, Process, AND Technology
April 29, 2019 | Kaushik Kanu Gohain
Kaushik Gohain, vice president at Xceedance, examines the role of technology in transforming insurance operations. He emphasizes an “insurtech-plus” approach in which a focus on people and processes enhance the value and impact of emerging and intelligent technologies. Read More...
Forget Technology and Dated Business Practices – Today’s Persistent Legacy Concern is Leadership
April 9, 2019 | Marek Kaszczyc
Marek Kaszczyc, vice president and head of Poland operations at Xceedance, explains why traditional, hierarchical styles of leadership can be counter-productive to the development and retention of an emerging, technology-savvy talent pool in the re/insurance industry. Read More...
Managed Services for Operational Flexibility
April 4, 2019 | Justin Davies
Justin Davies, senior vice president and EMEA region head at Xceedance, outlines factors driving demand from Lloyd’s syndicates to use managed services providers — who can provide flexibility to adjust staffing support, depending on prevailing business needs. Read More...
Expertise on Demand
April 1, 2019 | Anthony Iatesta
Anthony Iatesta, associate vice president and business development executive at Xceedance, discusses how specialist service providers can deliver business agility to re/insurers and MGAs/MGUs through expert support, smart automation initiatives and out-of-the-box technology solutions. Read More...
Managing Change – Part Two: Ensuring Change for the Better
February 12, 2019 | Travis MacMillian
In a previous post, Xceedance chief business officer Travis MacMillian reflected on how re/insurers can better manage change on the journey to achieving their strategic business objectives. In this post, he provides more perspective on navigating transformation, particularly with respect to distribution channels, technology, and communications. Read More...
Managing Change: You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
February 1, 2019 | Travis MacMillian
Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance, outlines change-management challenges facing the insurance industry, examines the need for enhancing business agility, and suggests constructive ways for re/insurers to manage change while supporting sustainable growth. Read More...
Alice, the Cheshire Cat, and the Importance of Strategic Direction
October 31, 2018 | Tashi Singal
Tashi Singal, senior consultant at Xceedance, suggests the establishment of direction-determining objectives is a critical step in strategic planning, but adaptability and course correction are also vital. Read More...
The Fallacy of Best Practices
September 21, 2018 | Tashi Singal
Tashi Singal, a senior consultant at Xceedance, discusses why insurance consultants should not exclusively rely on industry benchmarks which prove to be self-limiting in more ways than one. Read More...
Analysis Versus Analytics
August 31, 2018 | Amit Ranjan
Amit Ranjan, EVP of global service delivery at Xceedance, reflects on how insurance-expert consultants can combine data analytics techniques with business interpretation to help re/insurers customize their target operating models and improve performance. Read More...
What Are Adaptive Target Operating Models and Why Do Re/Insurers Need Them?
August 20, 2018 | Sachin Kulkarni and Kalpana Ganesh
Sachin Kulkarni, senior vice president, consulting services and Kalpana Ganesh, vice president, global insurance services at Xceedance, present a differentiated target operating model (TOM) approach for (re)insurers to thrive in the rapidly evolving market and technology landscape. Read More...
The Art of Expectation in Insurance Operations Consulting
August 14, 2018 | Deepak Ravindar
Deepak Ravindar, senior consultant at Xceedance, discusses why it is necessary to avoid jargon in the practice of consulting and set the right expectations for client stakeholders. Read More...
Claims Transformation to Reduce Operational Cost and Meet Policyholder Expectations
August 8, 2018 | Prashant Tekchandani and Prateek Vijayvergia
Xceedance practice leaders Prashant Tekchandani (Claims Operations) and Prateek Vijayvergia (Technology Applications), discuss a realistic and practical approach to achieving auto claims transformation, by focusing on technology augmentation, process reengineering, user experience optimization, and intelligent automation. Read More...
Insurtech Movers and Shakers — Through Benjamin Franklin’s Eyes
July 17, 2018 | Justin Davies
Justin Davies, vice president and region head for the EMEA region at Xceedance, makes a case for accelerating insurtech innovation to transform traditional business models, improve pricing accuracy, and enhance policy holder experience. Read More...
The Rise of Insurance Blockchain as a Driver of Superior Performance
June 15, 2018
At the ‘Bermuda on Blockchain’ event co-hosted by Xceedance and ChainThat, Arun Balakrishnan, the CEO of Xceedance discussed the role of insurance blockchain in reducing inefficiencies and achieving data-centricity. Read More...
Xceedance Turns Five – Re-living the Journey and Crafting the Future!
June 12, 2018 | Arun Balakrishnan
Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan traces the company's journey over the past five years, and presents a glimpse into the road map and strategy of the organization. Read More...
Let Me Hear Your Data Talk
May 29, 2018 | George Freimarck
The lack of standardized data management processes and the proprietary nature of data within the heavily regulated insurance industry has inhibited insurers from employing data science for driving growth, enhancing efficiency, and improving customer experience. George Freimarck, vice president, business development – Americas at Xceedance talks about the need for industry players to launch a focused effort to create protocols for the storage, handling, analysis, and disposal of data. Read More...
Shedding Light on Dark Data in GDPR Implementation
April 23, 2018 | Marek Kaszczyc
GDPR is fast approaching and re/insurers are looking for new ways to leverage customer data for improving service delivery and providing customized products. In this post, Marek Kaszczyc, vice president and head of Poland operations at Xceedance discusses how organizations can harness 'dark data' to drive significant business results while ensuring superior GDPR compliance. He also focuses on the crucial correlation between organizational culture and a successful GDPR implementation. Read More...
Blockchain Perspectives: Part 2
March 27, 2018
Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan and ChainThat CEO Dave Edwards talk about the future of blockchain in insurance. Read More...
Blockchain Perspectives: Part 1
March 23, 2018
Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan and ChainThat CEO Dave Edwards discuss the partnership of their two organizations and the evolution of blockchain in insurance. Read More...
An SOS for BPO: Part Four
February 22, 2018
In our previous post, we shared the ways in which Strategic Operations Support (SOS) relieves insurers of operational pressure across the entire insurance lifecycle. In this fourth and final post on SOS, we point out the ways in which SOS can help insurers view their businesses as franchises (in the sense of predictable repeatability, as detailed by Michael Gerber in his seminal book, The E-Myth Revisited ). Read More...
An SOS for BPO: Part Three
February 7, 2018
Strategic Operations Support (SOS) allows core insurance operational activities to be managed by a knowledgeable cohort, who also shares the accountability for outcomes. By adopting SOS, insurers can better control costs (and non-compliance penalties), improve operations and leverage up-to-date capabilities. They can gain focused industry expertise and professional objectivity to ensure competitive responsiveness, to optimize internal resources, and to devote their attention to generating revenue. Read More...
Into the Light with Data/Analytics
February 5, 2018 | Amit Ranjan
Amit Ranjan, EVP, global service delivery at Xceedance comments on a recent report by industry analyst firm Strategy Meets Action (SMA), “Data & Analytics in Insurance: P&C View Through 2020,” which provides a high-level overview of where the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry is today and where it is headed with data and analytics initiatives. Read More...
An SOS for BPO: Part Two
January 25, 2018
BPO allowed companies to concentrate on core, revenue-producing competencies by outsourcing the execution of the repetitive administrative functions of the back office. Strategic Operations Support (SOS) allows companies to employ insurance-specialist partners for core operational functions across the insurance lifecycle, while conserving time, resources, and operating costs. Read More...
An SOS for BPO
January 10, 2018
When business models become antiquated — and when terms, abbreviations, acronyms, and buzzwords fail to keep up with the evolution of business and technology in industries like insurance — you have to create something new. That’s why we created and continuously perform Strategic Operations Support (SOS) to succeed the sinking of conventional Business-Process Outsourcing (BPO). SOS isn’t a distress signal. It’s a lifesaver for rapidly changing insurance operations. Read More...
Xceedance and ChainThat discuss blockchain on RETV
December 4, 2017
Reinsurance magazine’s “RETV” recently talked with Justin Davies, Region Head - EMEA at Xceedance and David Edwards, CEO of ChainThat, on the potential of blockchain and the creation of insurance marketplaces within the industry. Read More...
Beyond Hype. Blockchain Shifts up a Gear.
November 19, 2017 | Matthew Grant
Matthew Grant, founder of Abernite and partner with Instech London spoke with David Edwards, CEO of ChainThat and Justin Davies, head of EMEA at Xceedance — on how ChainThat and Xceedance will collaborate and leverage the potential benefits of blockchain to streamline risk transfer between insurers and their markets. Read More...
Blockchain Q&A
October 25, 2017 | Marek Kaszczyc
In a Q&A with Intelligent Insurer’s Baden-Baden Conference daily publication, Marek Kaszczyc, vice president and head of Poland operations at Xceedance discusses the evolution of blockchain in insurance and how this technology can improve transactional transparency, increase data security and reduce fraud. Read More...
Emerging Technology and IoT Q&A
October 23, 2017 | Justin Davies
In a Q&A with Intelligent Insurer’s Baden-Baden Conference daily publication, Justin Davies, vice president and regional head of EMEA at Xceedance explores the landscape of emerging technologies and the prospects for robotics and artificial intelligence to transform insurance operations by boosting productivity, reducing turnaround times and improving process accuracy. Read More...
Enhancing Operations with Managed Services Partners
August 25, 2017 | Manish Khetan and Amit Tiwari
Manish Khetan, chief strategy officer and Amit Tiwari, chief technology officer at Xceedance advocate the benefits of industry-focused managed services partners with examples of how such providers can help bridge the gap of expertise and operational dexterity for insurers seeking efficiencies and growth in the age of insurtech. Read More...
The Benefits of Industry-Dedicated Managed Services Providers in an Evolving 4IR Environment
August 21, 2017 | Amit Ranjan
Amit Ranjan, EVP, global service delivery at Xceedance, explains how the insurance industry today is on a whirlwind learning curve. He predicts that while insurtech business models have the potential to create meaningful disruption in the industry, they also create new challenges for a variety of insurance stakeholders. Read More...
Typists Are Obsolete: A Parable for Emerging Technology in Insurance
August 15, 2017 | Arun Balakrishnan
Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan explores the convergence of new technologies including AI, RPA and blockchain, and their potential to spur positive change, process optimization and growth for insurance organizations. Read More...
A Primer on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
July 31, 2017 | Marek Kaszczyc
With looming deadlines for General Data Protection Guidelines (GDPR), insurers are among companies worldwide gearing up to better safeguard data and meet the regulatory standards of GDPR. Marek Kaszczyc reviews key questions and procedures insurers should examine to optimize data protection and avoid significant penalties. Read More...
Are Underwriters Going the Way of Buggy Whip Salesmen?
July 14, 2017 | George Freimarck
A report by the Center for Business and Economic Research lists underwriting on the top ten list of occupations vulnerable to automation. But despite technology, experienced underwriters will continue to add value to insurance operations. Read More...
The Landscape of RPA in Insurance
July 06, 2017 | Gaurav Mathur and Vinay Sabharwal
Xceedance is exploring RPA to enhance the business processes of insurers, helping to reduce operational costs, gain efficiency and improve overall accuracy and customer experience. Read More...
Can the Lloyd’s Market Overcome the Lake Wobegon Effect?
June 30, 2017 | Justin Davies
The objective of the London Market Group’s Target Operating Model (TOM) is to ensure that risk assessment data is cleansed once and then distributed to all relevant parties, thus increasing efficiency, reducing duplication and costs and ensuring uniformity of information for the entire Lloyd’s market. Removing barriers to exposure data efficiency can only lead to an improvement in the market. Read More...
Data Precision and Timeliness Fuels Exposure Management
June 26, 2017 | Leo Lockwood
Exposure management is a vital part of the insurance industry’s service offerings. But the quality of risk data provided to underwriters is poor, with most submissions requiring significant enhancements. Even to achieve marginal gains, each part of the process needs to be examined and improved. Read More...
At the Movies: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and the Human Touch
June 23, 2017 | Deborah Grey
Artificial intelligence and robotics are inevitably tied to our future business and personal interactions. Yet, human intuition and expertise will remain key to leveraging the decision-making benefits that will emerge as a result of intelligent technology. Read More...
CEO Arun Balakrishnan Shares Thoughts on the Future of Blockchain Technology
May 18, 2017 | Arun Balakrishnan
Xceedance CEO Arun Balakrishnan recently provided some perspective on the potential of Blockchain in insurance markets.
Startup City Covers the Unique Journey of Xceedance
May 11, 2017
Startup City magazine highlights the emergence of Xceedance as a disruptor of traditional business service models in insurance.
Xceedance Expands Industry Reach with Two New Memberships
May 1, 2017
Xceedance joins Target Markets and NASSCOM to connect with global insurance program administration markets and with the technology/business service provider community in India.
Xceedance Becomes Associate Member of AAIS
April 20, 2017
Expanding its reach as an industry-focused strategic consultancy and managed services provider, Xceedance is delighted to join the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) as an associate member.
To Boldly Go...
March 22, 2017 | Sachin Kulkarni
I’m a Trekkie and a pretty obsessed one at that. If you are wondering what Gene Roddenberry’s extraordinary creation has to do with insurance, humor me and I’ll explain.
Coming to Grips with the 4th Industrial Revolution
March 9, 2017 | Justin Davies
The term “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR) first shot to prominence when it was the theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last year, and it was the subject of a short book by WEF founder Professor Klaus Schwab. It is an emerging buzz phrase among technologists, futurists, big data scientists and the digital cognoscenti. But to most people, it remains a relatively unknown concept.
Xceedance Sponsors a Leading CAT Risk Management Event
February 20, 2017
Xceedance is proud to be a silver sponsor of the CAT Risk Management & Modelling Europe 2017 conference at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London, March 1-2, 2017. Read More...
The 6i Data Sciences Maturity Framework
January 25, 2017 | Rajesh Iyer
Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to visit with a few hundred general managers (GMs) at mostly large insurance enterprises. While all were polite and patient, many expressed reservations when I tried to persuade them to make new, or deeper, investments in data sciences. Read More...
Xceedance Launches New Website
January 8, 2017
In an effort to better align our services with the insurance lifecycle and the needs of insurance organizations, Xceedance launched a new website. Read More...
Xceedance Targets a New Outsourcing Model
January 5, 2017
Reactions, one of the leading news outlets in the insurance industry, recently wrote a feature on Xceedance and its new outsourcing model. Read More...
Xceedance Featured in SiliconIndia
December 30, 2016
A blend of technical knowledge and insurance expertise has helped set Xceedance apart, according to a recent profile in SiliconIndia. Read More...
Xceedance Opens Operations Center in Poland
December 10, 2016
Xceedance announced the opening of a new operations center in Krakow, Poland, the latest in a series of international expansion steps to capitalize on new business opportunities around the world. Read More...
Technology Continues to Revolutionize the Insurance Industry
December 7, 2016 | Amit Tiwari
The insurance and reinsurance industries are awash with an enormous amount of data, much of which is not being utilized to improve the efficiency and profitability of business. Read More...
Davies Shares Thoughts on the Perpetually Soft Insurance Market
November 29, 2016
Justin Davies, newly appointed head of the EMEA region, recently shared his thoughts on the realities of a perpetually tough insurance market in an article for Global Re-Insurance. Read More...
Reversing the Standard FTE Staffing Model for Competitive Advantage
November 27, 2016 | Justin Davies
Until recently, traditional market wisdom was that insurance and reinsurance pricing moved in cycles. But the era of fairly predictable market cycles has expired with few believing it will return in a recognizable form. Read More...
Iyer Joins Xceedance as SVP, Head of Data Services
November 18, 2016
Rajesh Iyer has joined Xceedance as senior vice president - head of data sciences. Read More...
Supporting Insurance Transformation with Managed Services
November 9, 2016 | Arun Balakrishnan
Partnering with outside suppliers to improve their efficiency and save money is nothing new for insurance companies. Read More...
Xceedance Opens London Office
November 1, 2016
Xceedance recently announced the opening of its London office, a continuation of the company’s ongoing growth and commitment to expanding as a worldwide provider of insurance technology, analytics and consulting services. Read More...
Freimarck Joins Xceedance as Vice President of Business Development
October 30, 2016
The business development team at Xceedance was expanded in the summer with the addition of announce that George Freimarck as vice president of business development. Read More...
Xceedance CEO Shares Thoughts on Changing Trends in the Insurance Workplace
October 26, 2016
A while back, our CEO Arun Balakrishnan shared his thoughts with the Insurance Technology Association (ITA) on changing business and workplace trends in the insurance industry. It’s a timely topic, so we wanted to revisit it in our blog. Read More...
