Ian White

Ian White is a consultant, startup advisor, and three-time founder/CEO with 30+ years building data-centric products in financial services, insurance, logistics, and information-intensive industries. He specializes in sourcing unconventional data from unexpected sources to power advanced risk analytics that deliver superior predictive insights and transformative risk management. officehours+2

I lead a data-driven consulting practice for startup MGAs, carriers, brokers, and insurtechs—accelerating market entry, designing insurance programs and alternative risk transfer structures, building telematics/AI data strategies, and supporting fundraising; representative clients include Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Acrisure, Motive and RB Jones. officehours+2

I incubate MGA programs by partnering with carriers and capacity providers, leveraging expertise in distribution, underwriting, compliance, analytics, loss control, and claims to assemble world-class teams anchored by data strategy and technology alignment, integrating actuarial science and advanced analytics to validate mitigation and enable precise underwriting, pricing, compliance, and portfolio decisions. officehours+2

Previously I founded Koffie Financial, a trucking insurtech MGA that raised institutional VC, scaled to dozens of employees, wrote $40M in premium while maintaining underwriting profitability, and was sold to Acrisure in 2024; earlier I built Urban Mapping (sold to Pitney Bowes in 2015) and worked at Thasos Group turning mobile data into real-time economic indicators for institutional investors. future-of-insurance+3

Named a top #50insurtech influencer, I write on insurtech, data, and mobility, speak at events, appear on podcasts, and produce InsurTech Hot Bites videos on LinkedIn. MBA from Babson College, BA from McGill University. Based in New York and always happy to connect with people working on interesting initiatives. dld-conference+2