Amrit Santhirasenan is the Co-founder and CEO of hyperexponential (hx), a leading analytical technology company revolutionizing how financial institutions make decisions with limited and fragmented datasets—especially within specialty insurance. At the heart of hx’s offering is Renew, a cutting-edge SaaS platform that empowers insurers to rapidly build and deploy advanced pricing models, streamlining decision-making in a world that demands speed, accuracy, and innovation.
With a background in both actuarial science and computer science, Amrit brings a rare blend of technical depth and strategic vision to the insurance space. Before founding hx in 2017, he spent over a decade in the Lloyd’s and London Markets, including a formative period in Canada where he established and led the actuarial function for Catlin’s Canadian operations. Most recently, Amrit served as Head of Pricing and Analytics at Tokio Marine Kiln, where he built the company’s first-ever technical pricing team—comprising actuaries, data scientists, and developers—and transformed it into a business-critical function supporting over £1.5 billion in gross written premium.
Amrit is widely recognized for challenging traditional thinking in insurance pricing, promoting a modern, tech-enabled approach that makes analytics accessible, intuitive, and impactful for underwriters and actuaries alike. His work is grounded in a belief that better tools, built by those who deeply understand the problem space, can reshape an entire industry.
Whether championing new pricing methodologies, leading cross-functional teams, or advising peers on digital transformation, Amrit is committed to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in insurance through smarter, faster, and more transparent decision-making.
Amrit Santhirasenan was a keynote speaker at our InsurTech NY 2025 Spring Conference, discussing “Build vs. Buy in the Next Era of Technology”.
