Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the creation of a Group Analytics function and the appointment of Nick Betteridge as Group Chief Analytics Officer.
Betteridge is a member of the Canopius Group Leadership Team and reports to Neil Robertson, Group Chief Executive Officer.
The newly created role of Group Chief Analytics Officer brings the Group’s AI, data science, machine learning, analytics and pricing capabilities together under a single executive leader and takes effect on 1 October 2026.
Betteridge has spent the past 15 years at Canopius and has served as Group Chief Actuary since 2018.
Canopius said Betteridge’s appointment reflects its ambition to put analytics and AI at the centre of how the firm underwrites, manages claims and makes decisions across its four regions.
The Group’s approach to AI is business-led rather than technology-led, with a focus on business problems worth solving and applying AI where it demonstrably improves outcomes, while keeping a ‘human in the loop’ on material decisions. For clients and brokers, this is intended to deliver faster response times, quicker claims payments, sharper risk selection and better products and service.
Robertson commented, “The winners over the next decade will be those who successfully harness the power of AI and data, and we intend to lead that change rather than follow it. We are scaling strongly and performing with consistency and discipline, and this is the moment to build on that momentum by putting real focus and investment behind data, analytics and AI as enablers of our next phase of growth.”
Betteridge said, “This is a hugely exciting moment for Canopius. We have built solid data foundations, and we now have the opportunity to apply AI and analytics in ways that make a real difference to how we underwrite, price business and serve our clients. The way we will win is not by chasing the most complex technology, but by understanding the business problems we want to solve and using AI to solve them well.”
Canopius also announced that Rhiannon Seah will be promoted to Group Chief Actuary, succeeding Betteridge and assuming Group-wide accountability for the actuarial function, including reserving and capital. Seah will report to Gavin Phillips, Group Chief Financial Officer.
