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21 dispatches · 2007 to 2026

Media coverage of CatX, Catamaran, Cactus, and related work in insurtech and alternative capital.

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▶ Exclusive: CatX and Cactus Merge in Bermuda Insurance Software Deal · The Insurer TV↗

The Insurer TV covers the CatX and Cactus merger, forming Bermuda's largest insurance software company and the launch of Cactus Risk Studio.

▶ CatX's Altier: "Insurance is this quirky, interesting thing that no one really pays attention to" · The Insurer TV, Young Meteors↗

Benedict Altier featured on The Insurer's Young Meteors series, discussing his path into insurance and the vision behind CatX.

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Predicting the Insurability of Prediction Markets · Carrier Management↗

Benedict Altier quoted extensively on how prediction markets could provide a new layer of capacity for catastrophic risk, offering real-time pricing and continuous price discovery for insurers.

CatX CEO Explains Unique Offering, Fresh from Cactus Merger · Intelligent Insurer↗

Benedict Altier advocates that carriers should leverage the platform as a third option when overcommitted to certain lines of business, enabling them to source third-party investors.

Prop Traders Pursuing Private ILS Opportunities Beyond Nat Cat · The Insurer↗

Benedict Altier discusses how proprietary trading firms are expanding into private ILS opportunities beyond natural catastrophe risk.

CatX and Cactus Merger Unveiled at Rendez-Vous · The Royal Gazette↗

Two Bermuda-based insurance technology companies combine to form Cactus Risk Studio, the largest insurance software company operating from Bermuda.

CatX Partners with Cactus to Enhance Risk Analytics, Execution · Bermuda Re↗

The combined platform processes over $500 million in insurance premiums and aims to modernize insurance operations through AI-driven analysis and transparent transaction execution.

CatX to Merge with Cactus, Double-Down on AI Powered Risk Decisions and Exchange · Artemis.bm↗

CatX merged with Cactus to launch Cactus Risk Studio, an integrated platform leveraging AI to help brokers, insurers, risk managers, and investors analyze and transact risk.

The Gen-Z Fliers Obsessed with Maximising Their Air Miles · The Spectator↗

Benedict Altier featured among Gen Z frequent fliers who strategically maximize airline miles and points through gamified travel booking.

CatX Unveils AI-Powered Platform to Streamline Parametrics for Investors · Artemis.bm↗

CatX launched its AI-powered Catamaran Parametric platform, guiding users step-by-step through risk identification and analysis across perils including hurricanes, droughts, earthquakes, and temperature events.

CatX's Catamaran Integrates Verisk's Model to Attract Capital into ILS · Reinsurance News↗

CatX integrated Verisk's catastrophe risk analytics into Catamaran, allowing investors to directly access Verisk's models for detailed ILS risk analysis and benchmarking.

Re/Insurance Marketplace CatX Launched Catamaran, AI-Powered Tool · Beinsure↗

Coverage of CatX's Catamaran launch, an AI-powered tool for creating and analyzing reinsurance submissions with feedback on investor interest and indicative pricing.

CatX Launches Catamaran AI, Provides Feedback on Investor Interest & Pricing · Artemis.bm↗

CatX unveiled Catamaran, an AI-powered tool that creates and evaluates reinsurance submissions while delivering rapid feedback on institutional investor interest and indicative pricing.

CatX Unveils AI-Powered Reinsurance Submission Creation & Analysis Tool · Reinsurance News↗

CatX introduced Catamaran for creating and analyzing reinsurance submissions, enabling brokers and underwriters to develop structured submissions with AI-powered data extraction.

Our Favorite Startups from YC's Summer 2023 Demo Day · TechCrunch↗

CatX featured in TechCrunch's coverage of Y Combinator's Summer 2023 Demo Day, highlighting the most promising startups from the cohort.

Y Combinator-Backed Insurtech CatX Raises £2m · UKTN↗

CatX, founded by Oxford graduates Benedict Altier and Lucas Schneider, secured $2.7 million in seed funding to build a marketplace connecting insurers with capital providers.

Alternative Reinsurance Capital Exchange Start-up CatX Raises $2.7m Seed Round · Artemis.bm↗

CatX raised $2.7 million in seed funding from Silicon Valley VCs and angel investors to build its digital catastrophe and parametric risk exchange platform.

Risk Exchange Start-up CatX Accepted Into Y Combinator Accelerator · Artemis.bm↗

CatX was accepted into the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator program to build out its capabilities as a digital exchange for catastrophic and parametric risk.

A Quacking Invention from Teenage Trio · Hereford Times↗

Benedict Altier and two fellow teenagers created a high-tech duck capable of detecting pollution in open waters.

Monmouth Pupils' High-Tech Duck Can Detect Sea Pollution · South Wales Argus↗

Coverage of a trio of Monmouth School pupils who built a duck-shaped device to detect pollution in the world's open waters.

Fencing Keeps You Super Fit · BBC Newsround↗

Benedict Altier reports on fencing as a CBBC Newsround Press Packer, covering the sport and why it keeps you fit.

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