hyperexponential (hx) are delighted to announce that leading insurer, Canopius, is the latest of a growing number of specialty insurers and reinsurers to adopt the Renew platform.

Canopius partners with hyperexponential to implement Renew for new and improved pricing models

In this month's Machine Learning blog, Jonathan Bowden, hx Senior Model Developer, explores some ways we can create "fake" data to validate ideas for potential models. Keep reading to learn more.

Solving the machine learning data challenge: How well can you fake it?

See how underwriters leveraging data-driven triaging to save time and make smarter business decisions more efficiently.

Data-driven triage for specialty insurers and its value to underwriters

See how underwriters are leveraging data-driven triaging to save time and make smarter business decisions more efficiently.

We are excited to announce the appointment of Fiona Talbot as Chief Financial and Operations Officer at hx. Read more.

hx appoints Fiona Talbot as Chief Financials and Operations Officer

hx appoints Fiona Talbot as Chief Financial and Operations Officer

Meet Nitesh Patel, a Platform Engineer at hx. Nitesh joined hx over 100 days ago, has completed his onboarding, and is already settled in and making a notable impact on his team. Today, he's sharing his experience so far in this blog. Keep reading to learn more.

Onboarding like no other: The first 100 days at hx for a Platform Engineer

Jonathan Bowden, hx Senior Model Developer, discusses the adoption of Machine Learning in the Insurance and Insurtech industries, some challenges actuaries may face, and potential solutions for the future.

Machine Learning Models: How can actuaries do more with AI?

Welcome to the hx Machine Learning Blog Series! 🎉  

Every month, we'll share an insightful piece discussing Machine Learning (ML) technologies and their impact on businesses, specifically in the Insurance and Insurtech industries.

Check out our first blog by Jonathan Bowden, hx Senior Model Developer, discussing the adoption of Machine Learning in the Insurance and Insurtech industries, some challenges actuaries may face, and potential solutions for the future.

We recently attended the MGAA 2022 conference in London. Here's our recap of the key talking points from the event and action items for all MGAs and other members of the insurance industry. Keep reading to learn more!

MGAA Conference 2022 Recap

We sat down with hx Customer Success Lead, James Lubbock, on his thoughts on Customer Success in the Insurtech industry and his experience in his role at hx so far. Keep reading to learn more!

Customer Success and Insurtech: A Winning Combination

hx Customer Success Lead, James Lubbock, shared his thoughts on Customer Success in the Insurtech industry and his experience at hx so far. Read more.

We are excited to announce that Tom Clark (previously hx Chief Technology Officer) will be assuming a newly established position of Field CTO, reporting to Richard Gunn, Chief Revenue Officer. Read more.

hx appoints former CTO, Tom Clark in newly created Field CTO position

hx appoints former CTO, Tom Clark to newly created Field CTO position

Lloyd's recently launched their 'Principles of Doing Business,' outlining the responsibilities of all managing agents. This blog covers our summary of the new principles and includes a guide on how to stay compliant.

The impact of the Project Rio and the Lloyd's Pricing Maturity Matrix on specialty insurance pricing

Engineers spend a lot of time in their shells. A lot. Which means a lot of history, a lot of context in that history, and a lot of repeating yourself. However, there are a lot of ways to save time in your shell. Tim Whelan breaks these ways down.

Manipulating the past (or unix shell histories)

We’ve all been there. You’ve been running some commands. You switch focus away from your terminal. You come back, and your terminal is full of crap you’re not interested in anymore. “Get this out of my sight”, you think. clear you type. Problem solved. Oh, but wait!

Technical Hacks: Yes, Please Clear My Terminal

When you find multiple occurrences of the same error in your code, the thought of manually correcting every instance is daunting, this is where a regular expression (regex) saves me time.

A Regex Saved Me Enough Time To Write A Blog Post About It

hyperexponential (hx) are delighted to announce that leading Lloyd’s syndicate, AEGIS London, is the latest of a growing number of specialty insurers and reinsurers to adopt the Renew platform.

AEGIS has partnered with hyperexponential to implement Renew as their new pricing platform.

Winter was coming. The nights were drawing in. The energy crisis meant we couldn’t heat our homes, and Omicron meant we couldn’t leave them. What comfort could we find in these dark times? It’s a good thing Advent of Code was coming around.

hx did Advent of Code 2021

Our team is constantly coming up with unique ways of automating processes with Renew. This week we look at the awesome hack developed by Pat to assign breakout rooms for our weekly team breakfast in SpatialChat.

Hacking SpatialChat breakout rooms in Renew

Our team is constantly coming up with unique ways of automating processes with Renew. This week we look at the awesome hack developed by Pat, our Senior Backend Engineer, to assign breakout rooms for our weekly team breakfast in SpatialChat.

We interview teammembers to find out what kind of person likes working at hyperexponential

What kind of person thrives at hx?

Whenever we speak to hx-ers, one of their favourite things about working here is the team we have built. We’re still growing rapidly, so we wanted to share some thoughts from our current employees about what makes a great hx-er!

Jadd, hx's Senior Backend Engineer, discusses his recent experience joining hx and going through our onboarding process

Three months of onboarding at hx as a Senior Software Engineer

Jadd, our Senior Backend Engineer, discusses his recent experience joining hx and going through our onboarding process

Three months of onboarding at hx as a Senior Backend Engineer

Head of Ops Laura Wynch shares why she joined the hx team

The same challenge, from a new perspective: My first three months at hx

Laura, our Head of Operations, tackles her motivations behind joining hx and looks at some of the overlaps between her working life before and after insurtech

Featuring wee-new and a modified version of Hollow Knight which shares data with Renew

Our wrap up of the hx summer hackathon

We dive into the highlights of our summer hackathon, including wee-new (a small embeddable version of Renew) and a way of using the platform game Hollow Knight to feed data into insurance models in Renew.

A wrap up of the hx summer hackathon

Learn more about Lucy and her role in our Talent & Community team

Lucy Szypula joins the hx team as Talent Partner

We check in with new joiner Lucy Szypula, who is joining the Talent & Community team as Talent Partner

Welcome to the team, Lucy Szypula!

We welcome Alex to the team as our first Project Manager

Welcome to Project Manager Alex Catterall

We've worked hard to build a team of caring, enthusiastic and intelligent individuals at hx, and we're excited to announce that Alex Catterall is the latest member of that team.

Welcome to the team, Alex Catterall!

Sanctions Search provide insurers with the ability to demonstrate that client screening regulations are being met

Sanctions Search joins Renew Connect as a data partner

The latest addition to the Renew Connect ecosystem is Sanctions Search, who provide insurers with the ability to demonstrate that client screening regulations are being met.

hx welcomes new data partner Sanctions Search to Renew Connect

hx welcomes HazardHub on board, offering comprehensive US property risk data to better enable risk-based pricing in Renew

HazardHub joins Renew Connect ecosystem

We want to offer the best data and insights to our customers through partnerships in our Renew Connect ecosystem. This month we welcome HazardHub on board, offering comprehensive US property risk data to better enable risk-based pricing in Renew.

Renew Connect welcomes HazardHub to the ecosystem

Amrit Santhirasenan, CEO of insurtech start-up hx and host of the Startup Dads podcast, joins payment and fintech podcast PayPod to explore what mathematical modelling has to offer fintech

hx CEO Amrit talks finance and mathematical modelling with fintech podcast, PayPod

As technology improves, the possibilities for fintech applications are nearly endless. Amrit Santhirasenan, CEO of hx and host of the Startup Dads podcast, joins payment and fintech podcast PayPod to explore.

hx CEO Amrit talks finance and mathematical modelling with PayPod

Learn about the cool things we worked on this hackthon, including feeding sensor data into live insurance models

The first hx hackathon of 2021

The first hackathon of 2021 saw us burn an arduino sensor, reverse engineer algorithms, automate breakout rooms and even weigh the benefits of unicorn animations for kanban boards. It was busy. Because we had so much fun, we wanted to share a roundup of the best bits of our first hackathon of the year. 

Our first hackathon of 2021

We are delighted to announce our latest arrival in Product Engineering…introducing Junior Engineer, Neel Chotai!

Welcome to the hx team - Neel Chotai

Welcom to the hx team, Neel Chotai!

We’ve put together Renew Labs. Housed on our platform, it’s filled with easy-to-follow guides for our customers so they can benefit from our experience in delivering models.

Introducing Renew Labs — easy to follow guides for our customers

Because our platform is built using open-source languages, the possibilities as to what you can do with it are endless. However, in insurance pricing there are some common things that our users want to build. Which is why we’ve put together Renew Labs. Housed on our platform, it’s filled with easy-to-follow guides for our customers so they can benefit from our experience in delivering models. The instructions enable anyone to make truly bespoke pricing models, without needing to reinvent the wheel each time. This forms part of our commitment to comprehensive training and ongoing support.

Renew Connect offers seamless integrations for data insights, workflow management or pricing. This month we’re highlighting Addresscloud, whose detailed property data can be used to assess flood, fire or a whole host of other property related risk.

hx expands Renew Connect | welcomes Addresscloud on board

hx is on a mission to build a best-of-breed tech ecosystem for the insurance market. Renew Connect offers seamless integrations for data insights, workflow management or pricing. This month we’re highlighting Addresscloud, whose detailed property data can be used to assess flood, fire or a whole host of other property related risk. This information is available directly in the Renew platform, reducing the tedious administrative work and errors which can be made by switching between platforms.

hx expands Renew Connect, welcoming Addresscloud on board

Introducing CEO Amrit Santhirasenan's new podcast series, Start-Up Dads. Featuring interviews with industry leading entrepreneur parents and sharing lessons and advice.

A podcast for anyone juggling life as a parent and an entrepreneur

hyperexponential co-founder and CEO Amrit Santhirasenan looks back on what 2020 meant for hx

A look back on 2020 for hyperexponential

A different perspective on a different year

Sharing our most innovative and inspiring hacks from this quarters hackathon

Our wrap up of the hx Christmas hackathon

We host regular hackathons to inspire us to think differently about Renew, to try out new ideas and have fun as a team. We wanted to share the most interesting hacks and innovative ideas we came up with this December.

SecurityScorecard instantly identifies vulnerabilities, active exploits, and advanced cyber threats, giving insurers the key digital security data they need when building their pricing models in the Renew platform.

hx welcomes Security Scorecard to Renew Connect

Technology moves at an increasingly rapid pace, so it’s essential that insurers have an up-to-date picture of the cybersecurity risk in their portfolio. SecurityScorecard instantly identifies vulnerabilities, active exploits, and advanced cyber threats, giving insurers the key digital security data they need when building their pricing models in the Renew platform.

Renew is probably the most overpowered tool you could use to automate ISO requests, but we didn't let that stop us!

Automating ISO change requests — a lesson in reducing admin work

By partnering together, hx and INARI form a sophisticated end-to-end solution designed to support the modern underwriter, with seamless data integration improving efficiency and enriching underwriting with actuarial insights.

hx welcomes INARI to Renew Connect

INARI brings together Underwriting, Policy Administration, Risk Management, Compliance & Reporting under a modular and fully governed insurance platform. By partnering together, hx and INARI form a sophisticated end-to-end solution designed to support the modern underwriter, with seamless data integration improving efficiency and enriching underwriting with actuarial insights.

For insurers in need of detailed geographical insights, Insurdata offers highly accurate geo-coding without the need for manual surveys or online research

hx welcomes Insurdata to Renew Connect

For insurers in need of detailed geographical insights, Insurdata offers highly accurate geo-coding without the need for manual surveys or online research. By partnering with hx, customers can integrate this data into their pricing models with a few clicks.

It has been a long and complex process to find someone who can meet the high standards we set at hx. Today we’re proud to announce that we’ve found the perfect person for the job in Tom Clark.

Welcome to the new hx CTO - Tom Clark

A technology company is really only as good as its CTO. So, it has been a long and complex process to find someone who can meet the high standards we set at hx. Today we’re proud to announce that we’ve found the perfect person for the job in Tom Clark.

Welcome to the team — Tom Clark (CTO)

We examine why building an ecosystem of best-of-breed solutions is not the logistical nightmare many in the insurance market think it is, and how Renew Connect can help.

Introducing our preferred partner scheme - Renew Connect

Introducing our preferred partnership scheme, Renew Connect. Here we examine the reasons why building an ecosystem of best-of-breed solutions is not the logistical nightmare many in the insurance market think it is, and how Renew Connect can help your business.

Introducing Renew Connect

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With Renew, AEGIS London will be able to enhance and deploy a significant number of their pricing tools over the next 6 months, covering their main lines of business, promoting consistency, enabling detailed data reporting and helping maintain sustainable profit. 

Working with hx, AEGIS London will be able to enrich their pricing process with third-party sources connected into the Renew platform. Coupled with seamless integration into existing systems, this will drive a streamlining of the underwriting workflow, eliminating re-keying and leading to greater data driven underwriting. 

The next step on this journey is for hx to work with the AEGIS London team on model building using Renew, ensuring the team become self-sufficient, and accelerating the development and adoption of the platform across the business. The use of native python, which powers Renew, not only allows for rapid build and maintenance of the pricing tool landscape, but also provides a future proofed platform for AEGIS London to host further innovations in their pricing and underwriting. 

AEGIS has partnered with hyperexponential to implement Renew as their new pricing platform.

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Interested in finding out more about hx?

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Canopius partners with hyperexponential to implement Renew for new and improved pricing models

Solving the machine learning data challenge: How well can you fake it?

Data-driven triage for specialty insurers and its value to underwriters

AEGIS has partnered with hyperexponential to implement Renew as their new pricing platform.

Canopius partners with hyperexponential to implement Renew for new and improved pricing models