19 February 2026
Intellegri Appoints Former AIG Global Head of Analytics Gero Michel as Non-Executive Director and Senior Actuarial Adviser
LONDON – Intellegri, the pioneer of Bayesian risk modelling for the insurance industry, today announces the appointment of Gero Michel to its Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director and Senior Actuarial Adviser.
Dr. Gero Michel brings more than 30 years of global leadership experience across insurance, reinsurance, and enterprise risk management. He has held senior executive roles at AIG, AIG Re, Aon, Chaucer, Hannover Re, Montpelier Re, RMS and Willis, most recently as Chief Risk Officer of Mythen, and previously as Global Head of Underwriting Analytics at AIG and CRO and Head of Risk Analytics at AIG Re.
Earlier, he served as CRO of Montpelier Re’s Bermuda platform, working closely with thefounding team’s previous venture, Sciemus, the pioneering satellite MGA. He is widely recognised for his expertise in portfolio optimisation, capital allocation, catastrophe modelling and enterprise risk governance, with leadership experience spanning Bermuda, Europe, North America and Asia. Dr. Michel holds a PhD in Geoscience and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School General Management Program. His appointment comes as Intellegri accelerates the commercialisation of its sovereign-grade risk technology.
Andre Finn, Chief Strategy Officer and founder of Intellegri, commented on the appointment:
“Transferable learning is everything to us. We are applying the scientific precision developed for national security - capabilities used to solve problems as complex as the COVID R-number or the search for MH370 - directly to insurance capital.
Today, too many executives are effectively driving without a fuel gauge, relying on hindsight and single-point estimates that leave them blind to the tail. The Big Hypotheses Model changes the mathematics entirely. It delivers a ‘glass box’ view of uncertainty, enabling a shift from static guesswork to real-timei nsight. Having Gero on board confirms that this is not just a better model, but a commercially imperative shift. We can now unlock capital trapped by uncertainty, particularly in the legacy and run-off sectors where we will focus first.”
Intellegri’s proprietary Big Hypotheses Model (BHM) was developed over more than a decade by Professor Simon Maskell and a multidisciplinary team at the University of Liverpool. Backed by over £44 million in research investment, the technology has established a globally recognised capability in Bayesian modelling and is now being commercialised through Intellegri, which became a University spin-in company in June 2024.
Commenting on his decision to join Intellegri, Gero Michel said:
“I am excited to join Intellegri because they have cracked a problem the market has long considered unsolvable: delivering computationally viable Bayesian modelling at scale. Having worked with this team before, I know their capacity for innovation. The industry is ready to move beyond black-box models and decades-old methodologies. Intellegri’s approach provides materially improved insight into risk and portfolio dynamics, enabling insurers to forecast and optimise capital needs with a speed and precision that was previously impossible.”
About Intellegri
Intellegri provides Certainty for Uncertainty. By applying defence-grade Bayesian intelligence to insurance capital, Intellegri enables insurers and reinsurers to model complex and uncertain systems in real time. The Big Hypotheses Model (BHM) was developed over more than a decade by Professor Simon Maskell and a multidisciplinary team of over 80 computer engineers, data scientists and mathematicians at the University of Liverpool. Intellegri is a University spin-in, with the institution as a founding shareholder. Backed by over £44 million in research investment and validated on 332 US insurance portfolios, the BHM delivers superior accuracy, speed, and actionable insight at competitive cost.
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