Tech Talks Daily · 2026-09-09 · 28 min
What would happen if specialty insurance underwriters and risk capital providers could work from the same timely, detailed information? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Jeff Radke, CEO and cofounder of Accelerant, about the infrastructure behind specialty insurance and why his team chose to rebuild it around a data-driven risk exchange. Jeff has spent decades in reinsurance broking, reinsurance underwriting, and specialty insurance across New York, Bermuda, and London. That experience gave him a direct view of a process he describes as expensive, slow, and supported by weak data flows. Jeff explains that Accelerant backs independent underwriting specialists who focus on narrow areas of risk, from pickleball courts to New York brownstones. These teams need the regulatory ability to issue policies and the capital required to support them. Accelerant connects those needs through a shared platform that routes risks to insurance companies and distributes them across a group of capital providers. The economic argument is striking. Jeff says the traditional chain can consume about 40 cents of each premium dollar in expenses and overhead.
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