Bishop Street Underwriters has expanded its partnership with Kalepa, a specialist in AI-powered underwriting solutions, to support its London-based managing general agents (MGAs), Avid Insurance Services and Landmark Underwriting.
Both companies initially partnered in 2024 with the aim of enhancing the insurance platform’s underwriting quality and execution across its MGA operations.
Building on positive results from its initial deployment, Bishop Street is expanding its use of Kalepa to support scalable underwriting operations across programs and geographies.
“As Bishop Street continues to scale its portfolio of MGAs it is critical that our underwriting technology scales with us,” said Chad Levine, CEO of Bishop Street Underwriters. “Kalepa has delivered significant value for Bishop Street and expanding the platform to Avid and Landmark allows us to extend that success – bringing greater accuracy, efficiency, and underwriting discipline across our businesses as we grow.”
Avid Insurance Services specialises in niche UK classes, including construction, social housing and leasehold, and equine insurance. Landmark Underwriting, which operates from its London hub, focuses on global Professional Indemnity, D&O, Property, PVT, GL, and Marine risks.
Both MGAs will leverage Kalepa’s platform, aiming to improve the speed and profitability of underwriting decisions by surfacing risk-critical insights and delivering a clearer, decision-ready view of each submission, which in turn will help underwriters make better decisions.
Kalepa’s Professional Grade AI is purpose-built for insurance underwriting teams and supports the end-to-end underwriting process. The platform automates submission intake, intelligently triages risks, embeds rating capabilities, and centralizes risk-critical information from diverse sources – enabling faster, more confident decisions and stronger portfolio performance.
Sitki Gelmen, Landmark Underwriting Group CEO and Co-Founder, commented: “Operating across multiple international markets requires strong underwriting fundamentals and efficient execution.
“Kalepa provides a superior foundation for evaluating risk while supporting the complexity of global underwriting operations. Combining Landmark’s niche expertise with Kalepa’s world-class AI will allow us to accelerate growth and provide superior service to the top broking houses worldwide.”
“Being privy to the success Kalepa has achieved with other Bishop Street companies, we are extremely excited to deploy the platform at Avid,” said Stephen Gibson, Chief Executive Officer of Avid Insurance. “We are deeply committed to underwriting excellence and to empowering Avid’s expert underwriters with the very best solutions. We’re confident Kalepa’s AI will help our teams to outperform and will bolster our continued growth in the UK market.”
Daniel Hillman, COO and Co-Founder of Kalepa, stated: “It has been a pleasure partnering with the Bishop Street team to help them grow gross written premium while maintaining underwriting discipline.
“We look forward to replicating that success with Avid and Landmark by equipping their underwriters with the insights needed to make consistently strong decisions across their international operations.”
