Carbon Underwriting, a new approach for the market
Carbon Underwriting Limited (Carbon) is a specialist, independent, class agnostic Managing General Underwriter (MGU) writing to a mix of third party capacity and its own Syndicate CBN 4747.
Carbon set out in 2018 with a mission to transform the world of delegated underwriting and with a vision to set a global benchmark. We are a dynamic company and recognise the importance of embracing modern technology to deeply enrich our offering. We have pioneered a game-changing, bespoke approach using an open underwriting model where data drives improved underwriting performance creating superior analysis and fluidity of portfolio management. This is administered through our in-house technology ecosystem, Graphene.
Latest insights
Carbon Underwriting Further Expands Underwriting Expertise with Duo of New Hires
London: 2 March 2023 – Carbon Underwriting Limited (Carbon) the specialist, independent managing general underwriter (MGU), announces ...
‘A day in the life’ of a Data Services Associate with Sophia Johnson
Sophia Johnson joined Carbon in the spring of 2021 as Data Services Associate and she recently took a timeout to tell us about her ...
Let’s talk about the never-ending world of Machine Learning
The setup of Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) opens doors to untapped potential of our data models when put in the hands of our talented ...
Foundation To A Great Vision – Behind the Scenes of Start-up Product Development
Nav Dhuti, Data Engineer at Carbon, looks at how Graphene is developing in the light of venture capitalist and author Guy Kawasaki’s mantra ...
A Tale of Data Heroes
Nav Dhuti, Data Engineer at Carbon, looks at how Graphene is developing in the light of venture capitalist and author Guy Kawasaki’s mantra ...
The inside view, with Mark Oldroyd, Head of Data Architecture, Graphene
Mark joined Carbon in November 2020 as Head of Data Architecture. In this interview, Mark talks about what attracted him to the business, ...
Leadership Transition as Carbon Underwriting Positions for Further Growth
Nick Tye, currently Active Underwriter Syndicate 4747 and Director Carbon Underwriting, is also promoted to CEO of Carbon, while current CEO ...
Enhancements, expansions and evolution – it’s all happening in insurance
Carbon Underwriting Founder and CEO Stephen Card, talks 2021 and shares his positive outlook for the industry.
Creating a business model for the future London market
The Insurance Network’s recent webinar Creating a business model for the future London market delivered an interesting and lively debate on ...
Carbon Syndicate 4747
Carbon Syndicate 4747 at Lloyd’s began underwriting on 1st July, 2020, and provides Carbon with its core capacity. This is supplemented by long-term relationships forged with other Lloyd’s, global Insurance and reinsurance markets and gives us the ability to structure capacity solutions for clients across a wide range of risks and domiciles.
Graphene
Graphene is Carbon’s technology ecosystem presenting both qualitative and quantitative data in a manner that encourages superior analysis and management of coverholders and their underlying portfolios. The cutting edge platform is fully scalable and facilitates sharing of underwriting conclusions through its portal with the coverholder, full distribution chain and uniquely Carbon’s follow markets. This transparency removes the need to reanalyse data, lowering human resource requirements which in turn leads to a reduction in market-wide expense.
Update
As the Carbon team grows and has matured, we are updating our website and branding to reflect our commitment to our core principles of:
- Equality
- Fairness
- Environmental responsibility
Our new branding recognises these values and will reflect them more fully as we complete the rollout of the full functionality so, please watch this space for further updates and news!
