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Episode: Underwriting Intelligence: From Fighting PDFs to Building the Future of Risk with Maariyaah Afzal
Description: Join Maariyaah Afzal, Founder and CEO of Silas Insurtech, for a fascinating look at the intersection of deep domain expertise and cutting-edge technology. Maariyaah spent years in the trenches at AIG and Lloyd's of London, experiencing firsthand the frustration of spending more time fighting emails and PDFs than analyzing risk. In this episode, she shares her journey of pivoting from underwriting to software engineering to build the solution the industry desperately needed: an AI-driven platform that turns complex documents into structured, decision-ready insights.🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: ✓ The turning point: Moving from a Lloyd...