Bishop Street Underwriters Expands Partnership with Kalepa to Support London-Based MGAs Avid and Landmark

Kalepa, the leader in Professional Grade AI for insurance underwriting, today announced an expanded agreement with Bishop Street Underwriters to support Avid Insurance Services and Landmark Underwriting, two London-based MGAs within Bishop Street’s growing global portfolio.

Bishop Street first partnered with Kalepa in 2024 to support underwriting quality and execution across its MGA operations. Building on positive results from its initial deployment, Bishop Street is expanding its use of Kalepa to support scalable underwriting operations across programs and geographies.

Avid Insurance Services specializes in niche UK classes including construction, social housing and leasehold, equine, and more, while Landmark Underwriting focuses on Professional Indemnity, D&O, Property, PVT, GL and Marine risks, written through its London hub for policyholders across the globe. Both organizations will leverage Kalepa to bring greater speed and profitability to underwriting decisions by surfacing risk-critical insights and delivering a clearer, decision-ready view of each submission - helping underwriters make better decisions across diverse markets and risk profiles.

Kalepa’s Professional Grade AI is purpose-built for insurance underwriting teams and supports the end-to-end underwriting process. The platform automates submission intake, intelligently triages risks, embeds rating capabilities, and centralizes risk-critical information from diverse sources - enabling faster, more confident decisions and stronger portfolio performance.

“As Bishop Street continues to scale its portfolio of MGAs it is critical that our underwriting technology scales with us,” said Chad Levine, CEO of Bishop Street Underwriters. “Kalepa has delivered significant value for Bishop Street and expanding the platform to Avid and Landmark allows us to extend that success - bringing greater accuracy, efficiency, and underwriting discipline across our businesses as we grow.”

“Operating across multiple international markets requires strong underwriting fundamentals and efficient execution,” said Sitki Gelmen, Landmark Underwriting Group CEO and Co-Founder. “Kalepa provides a superior foundation for evaluating risk while supporting the complexity of global underwriting operations. Combining Landmark’s niche expertise with Kalepa’s world-class AI will allow us to accelerate growth and provide superior service to the top broking houses worldwide.” 

"Being privy to the success Kalepa has achieved with other Bishop Street companies, we are extremely excited to deploy the platform at Avid," said Stephen Gibson, Chief Executive Officer of Avid Insurance. "We are deeply committed to underwriting excellence and to empowering Avid’s expert underwriters with the very best solutions. We're confident Kalepa’s AI will help our teams to outperform and will bolster our continued growth in the UK market."

“It has been a pleasure partnering with the Bishop Street team to help them grow gross written premium while maintaining underwriting discipline,” said Daniel Hillman, COO and Co-Founder of Kalepa. “We look forward to replicating that success with Avid and Landmark by equipping their underwriters with the insights needed to make consistently strong decisions across their international operations.”

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About Kalepa

Kalepa is the leader in underwriting AI for commercial and specialty insurance. Its Professional-Grade AI platform helps underwriting teams make faster, more consistent decisions by delivering decision-ready risk insights, automating key workflow steps, and embedding intelligence directly into existing underwriting processes. 

Founded in 2018, Kalepa is trusted by leading insurers to strengthen underwriting discipline, improve risk selection, and drive profitable growth across complex commercial portfolios. 

Kalepa was recognized as part of the 2025 AIFinTech100 and has been named to FinTech Global’s InsurTech100 for four consecutive years. The company is backed by IA Ventures, Inspired Capital, and leaders in technology and financial services. Learn more at www.kalepa.com or press@kalepa.com.

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About Bishop Street Underwriters

Bishop Street Underwriters, a RedBird Capital Partners portfolio company, seeks to partner with Managing General Agents (“MGAs”) as well as niche underwriting teams. Bishop Street aims to combine their best-in-class (re)insurance executive team's vision with RedBird’s strong track record, expertise and network in the financial services sector to build a differentiated platform that is uniquely positioned to capitalize on secular growth tailwinds in the industry. For more information, please go to www.bishopstreetuw.com.

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