Bishop Street Underwriters has expanded its partnership with AI-powered underwriting solutions specialist Kalepa to support its London-based managing general agents (MGAs), Avid Insurance Services and Landmark Underwriting.
The two companies initially collaborated in 2024 to improve the underwriting quality and execution of insurance platform MGA’s business.
Based on the positive results from the initial deployment, Bishop Street is expanding the use of Kalepa to support scalable underwriting across programs and geographies.
“As Bishop Street continues to expand its MGA portfolio, it is critical that our underwriting technology scales with us,” said Chad Levine, CEO of Bishop Street Underwriters. “Kalepa brings tremendous value to Bishop Street and extending the platform to Avid and Landmark allows us to expand on this success – bringing greater accuracy, efficiency and underwriting discipline to our business as we grow.”
Avid Insurance Services specializes in niche categories in the UK including construction, social housing and lettings, and equine insurance. Landmark Underwriting operates from central London and specializes in global professional indemnity, D&O, property, PVT, GL and maritime risks.
Both MGAs will leverage Kalepa’s platform, which is designed to help underwriters make better decisions by improving the speed and profitability of underwriting decisions by delivering key risk insights and providing a clearer, decision-ready view of every submission.
Kalepa’s professional-grade AI is purpose-built for insurance underwriting teams, supporting the end-to-end underwriting process. The platform automatically receives submissions, intelligently classifies risks, embeds ratings capabilities and centralizes key risk information from disparate sources, enabling faster, more confident decision-making and stronger portfolio performance.
Sitki Gelmen, CEO and co-founder of Landmark Underwriting Group, commented: “Doing business in multiple international markets requires a strong underwriting foundation and efficient execution.
“Kalepa provides an exceptional foundation for assessing risk while supporting the complexities of global underwriting. Combining Landmark’s niche expertise with Kalepa’s world-class artificial intelligence will allow us to accelerate growth and deliver premium services to the world’s top brokerage firms.”
“Knowing the success Kalepa has had with other Bishop Street companies, we are very pleased to be deploying the platform at Avid,” said Stephen Gibson, CEO of Avid Insurance. “We are deeply committed to underwriting excellence and delivering the best solutions to Avid’s dedicated underwriters. We believe Kalepa’s artificial intelligence will help our teams excel and support our continued growth in the UK market.”
Daniel Hillman, chief operating officer and co-founder of Kalepa, said: “It is a pleasure to work with the Bishop Street team to help them increase total written premiums while maintaining underwriting discipline.
“We look forward to replicating this success together with Avid and Landmark, providing their underwriters with the insights they need to make continued strong decisions across their international businesses.”
