Insurance Technology Diary Archive
Insurance data and technology commentary and news from Quotech Founder Guillaume Bonnissent.
Episode 59: A tale of two reasons
I guess I’m responsible for my son’s extraordinary ambitions about building motor cars. They began within the bounds of reason…
Episode 58: MGAs are the future
A recent bit of “thought leadership” about MGAs got me thinking about the structure and its future. Positioned as myth busting, the little…
Episode 57: AI learning curve-ball
I was fortunate and fascinated, nearly a decade ago, to meet Sir David Rowland, saviour of Lloyd’s. For readers who don’t know the name…
Episode 56: Codifying project performance
Hofstadter’s Law declares that IT projects will always take longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter’s Law into account.
Episode 55: Don’t start from here
Years ago I worked a stint as a PA underwriter at a big Lloyd’s syndicate. As I stepped into the class, one of the first things I was…
Episode 54: Treat(y) me right
I was lucky as a child to have a big enough back garden to practise le foot. Attentive maintenance of the grass and the earth below it was…
Episode 53: Box Clever
Last weekend my niece showed me a small carton with crazed character on the front. She was so excited. It was a blind-box Labubu…
Episode 52: Sassypants
When I was a kid, I loved the local garage. The smell of oil, the clank of heavy metal, and the naughty Pirelli calendar were thrilling to me.
Episode 51: Proper Turnoffs
Whilst on a train, I flipped open my laptop and launched a new Word document to write this edition of Insurance Technology Diary.
