BEAZLEY DIGITAL
“ Winning the market is very important , but providing that true omni-channel experience , giving the client choice , is the really exciting part of what we ' re offering ”
JAMES WRIGHT HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY , BEAZLEY DIGITAL that relies on Microsoft ’ s Azure cloud infrastructure . “ Endava ’ s engineering team have been able to very quickly scale that operation up , so we can provide numerous products and services via API .”
Under the bonnet , Beazley Digital ’ s products leverage Verisk ’ s Sequel Rulebook , a robust rules engine into which the insurer inputs its underwriting rules , logic , rating and documents . It ’ s something Wright needs to do , but partnering with Sequel goes beyond necessity .
“ Sequel also have an ambition to move and digitise a broader part of the market ,” he explains . “ To do that they ' ve got this concept called the Sequel Hub , which we ’ re a partner of , and that allows us to put products into a one-to-many environment , allowing lots of brokers to access our products . The reason we really love that is that it is starting to bring some standards to our industry .” This product is surfaced to brokers under the MyBeazley brand , an evolving broker trading portal already on the market in four countries that illustrates where Wright ’ s division is headed . MyBeazley provides brokers with access to 14 products , providing instant insurance quotes and terms they can feed back to clients . It is an immensely customisable portal that Beazley has been developing for several years .
“ MyBeazley has been built in a very clientcentric way ; we haven ' t just taken the Sequel rulebook product off the shelf ,” says Wright . “ Over the past three years it has been heavily customised , specifically from broker feedback , and as a result of that is being very well received by brokers . We ’ re even attracting underwriting talent as a result of having a system of that nature , and the plan
56 January 2023