Press, in full
21 dispatches · 2007 to 2026Media coverage of CatX, Catamaran, Cactus, and related work in insurtech and alternative capital.
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.
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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