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VUW.ai Press Pack

Reshape Insurance. Back Brokers. Follow Smarter.

Who We Are
VUW.ai is a new breed of MGA — a algorithmic follow market built on actuarial science, AI, and behavioural insight. We underwrite smarter, so brokers can place faster, capacity can respond instantly, and insurers can follow the best risks in real time.
We don't replace brokers. We back them.

What We Do

VUW.ai provides smart follow capacity via API-connected decisioning, integrated seamlessly into platforms like Whitespace. Our model is designed for modern underwriting — digitised, data-enriched, and dynamically optimised.

Fully automated risk selection & pricing
Real-time appetite matching
End-to-end digital journey — no rekeying
Embedded broker behavioural insights
Fully integrate with Whitespace and other leading platforms

How We're Different

We're not just another underwriting platform — we're what comes next.
Feature
Traditional MGA
VUW.ai
Broker-first
Real-time API decisioning
End to end Whitespace integration
Behavioural underwriting
No manual rekeying

Leadership

Meet our full team and learn more about their backgrounds.

Caspar Murphy

CEO
Leading the vision for intelligent underwriting in the London Market

Christopher Leglu

Chief Underwriting Officer
Operational excellence and business development

Nicholas Thurlow

Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Driving market strategy and growth initiatives

Richard Inman

COO & CTO
Architecting the technology that powers intelligent follow capacity

Next-Generation Capacity Deployment Model

Multi-class, programmatic capacity deployment across Whitespace and API-integrated platforms
Flexible line sizes, geographies, and attachment points to support broker-led placement
Sandbox testing, and rapid prototyping with trusted partners
Dynamic, data-enriched risk selection grounded in actuarial, underwriting, and behavioural science
Always-on portfolio feedback loops for real-time optimisation and capital efficiency

Based In London, UK

Embedded in the heart of the Lloyd's and international insurance markets.

Key Business & Integration Partners

Whitespace
Inari
Vertus Labs
Diesta

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Founding story & boilerplate

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Founding Story

VUW.ai was founded by Caspar Murphy and Chris Leglu in response to a growing gap in the market: a need for truly intelligent, programmatic underwriting that enhances—not disrupts—the way brokers and carriers work.

From the outset, the founders brought with them deep experience from outside traditional insurance. Caspar's background in bond trading instilled a core belief in portfolio discipline, diversification, and capital efficiency—principles often talked about in insurance, but rarely executed at speed or scale. Chris's career in operational and insurance leadership ensured a rigorous focus on compliance, structure, and real-world delivery. Together, they saw an opportunity to apply cross-sector thinking to build an MGA for the future.

What began as a bold vision is now a fully operational MGA, supported by a senior team spanning underwriting, data science, regulatory affairs, and distribution. By combining actuarial logic with behavioural science and AI, the team has created a platform that doesn't just automate underwriting—it thinks like an underwriter and acts like a trader.

We're not trying to replace humans. We're building a MGA that leverages technology to make faster, better-informed decisions—one that can scale across classes, geographies, and distribution models.

VUW.ai is where capital discipline meets algorithmic speed. It's smarter follow, designed for today's global market.

CONTACT

Nicholas Thurlow

Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer