Kirk Maddern joins Verisk as strategic advisor

Verisk welcomes Kirk Maddern as an independent strategic advisor, supporting our digital strategy and market engagement initiatives.

In this newly created role, Kirk will work closely with senior stakeholders across broking, underwriting and market organisations, provide independent insight, facilitate strategic discussion and help advance key initiatives including digital distribution and AI enablement.

Kirk brings more than 35 years of experience across the global insurance industry, providing him with a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the industry. A former COO of a major specialty carrier, he has extensive leadership experience and longstanding involvement in London Market modernisation initiatives, including in board-level governance roles.

Kirk will also serve as the external chair and facilitator of the forums we are creating to help shape industry dialogue and accelerate digital transformation across the insurance market. The forums have been established to gather insight to inform product strategy and better support clients as they navigate an increasingly digital marketplace.

His appointment reinforces Verisk's position as a neutral convener across the insurance ecosystem, bringing together brokers, carriers and market bodies to address shared challenges and opportunities. Through his independent perspective and facilitation, Kirk will help foster more effective collaboration and support industry-wide progress on digital transformation.

The appointment helps realise our ambition to lead industry conversations on the future of insurance, including digital distribution, artificial intelligence and evolving operating models. As part of this work, Kirk will help establish and guide structured market forums creating opportunities for senior leaders to exchange ideas, identify priorities and generate actionable insights.