Tom Squires
Insurance executive at AEGIS/Opal with a background in property who led digitalisation of US property surplus lines products, overseeing platform re-platforming and distribution via brokers and MGAs.
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Feb 8, 2026 • 15min
Automated underwriting: a pioneer’s perspective (393)
Marek Shafer, Vave leader in cyber underwriting; Tom Squires, AEGIS/Opal insurance executive who digitised US property products; Jonathan Spry, Envelop Risk co-founder building AI-driven underwriting. They discuss where automation actually adds edge, why complex risks often benefit most from algorithmic approaches, platform and data discipline lessons, and how generative AI and specialist underwriters reshape underwriting workflows.
