About IVY
Disciplined underwriting,
modern approach
We believe the best underwriting outcomes come from combining deep market knowledge with rigorous data analysis and clean, efficient processes.
Our Approach
IVY Underwriting was built on a simple premise: specialty insurance deserves better. Better risk selection, better data infrastructure, and a better experience for the brokers and capacity partners we work with.
We focus on lines where technical underwriting skill, combined with geospatial analytics, catastrophe modelling, and enriched submission data, creates a genuine edge. Our products span property, political violence, and cyber, each built with clear appetite, transparent terms, and efficient processes.
Technology enables us to move faster, assess risk more precisely, and maintain discipline at scale. But the foundation is underwriting judgment, informed by data, not replaced by it.
What we stand for
Underwriting First
Every product starts with a clear underwriting thesis. We write risks we understand deeply, with appetite we can articulate precisely.
Data as Foundation
Geospatial analytics, third-party data enrichment, and catastrophe modelling inform our decisions. We augment expertise with evidence.
Broker Partnership
We exist to serve brokers and their clients. Speed, clarity, and consistency are baseline expectations, not aspirations.
Transparency
Clean policy language, clear coverage intent, and honest communication. We don't hide behind ambiguity.
Scalable by Design
Our technology infrastructure is built to handle volume without sacrificing the quality of individual risk assessment.
Continuous Improvement
We monitor, learn, and iterate. Portfolio performance, broker feedback, and market intelligence all feed back into our process.
Leadership
Founder
Chris Maddison
Founder
Chris founded IVY Underwriting to bring together his expertise in technology and insurance. With a background spanning enterprise technology architecture, data infrastructure, and insurance operations, he identified an opportunity to build a specialty underwriting platform where technical capability directly improves underwriting outcomes.
At IVY, Chris leads both the strategic direction and the technology platform development, ensuring that data-driven processes, geospatial analytics, and modern infrastructure underpin every underwriting decision. His approach centres on the belief that the best specialty insurance is produced when deep market knowledge meets rigorous analytical capability.
Let's work together
Whether you're a broker, capacity provider, or industry partner, we'd welcome a conversation.
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