Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
A first-generation entrepreneur with over decade of experience building and scaling global businesses in the property and casualty insurance industry. Founded Xceedance in 2013, which has since grown into a leading provider of AI and technology-enabled insurance solutions serving more than 350 clients across North America, EMEA, and Australia & New Zealand. The business has been built with a focus on domain expertise, disciplined execution, sustainable profitability, and long-term value creation. Growth has been driven through early investment in deep insurance talent, development of proprietary digital and AI capabilities, and the expansion of trusted, long-standing client partnerships across underwriting, claims, policy administration, and analytics. Under his leadership, Xceedance has scaled to a global workforce of 5,500+ professionals, and operations spanning 13 countries. In parallel, he is an active seed investor in 30+ startups globally and a strong advocate for
- Founded and scaled Xceedance into a global insurance services and consulting firm supporting insurers, reinsurers, and MGAs across North America, Europe, and Asia. - Built and led a multi-thousand-employee organization delivering services across underwriting support, claims operations, policy administration, analytics, and technology-enabled delivery. - Expanded the firm’s capabilities beyond traditional services to include data, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions embedded into core insurance workflows. - Led multiple strategic initiatives including acquisitions, global expansion, and operating model redesign to support long-term, scalable growth. - Established Xceedance as a long-term partner to insurance carriers by combining domain expertise, technology, and execution at scale rather than point solutions. - Oversees corporate strategy, capital allocation, senior leadership development, and client relationships across global markets.
Have set up the india insurance operations of Berkshire Hathaway Inc right from JV incorporation to a 100 member team. The India operations is in the business of distributing retail insurance products like Car insurance using direct channels like the Internet (www.BerkshireInsurance.com) and Tele-sales.
Have raised funds from angels and corporate for setting up internet business in the following area - Aggregation and sale of Online Insurance - Lead generation for other financial products like loans, credit cards etc Also provided software and consulting services for setting up internet business in - Shopping and Ecommerce: Built a website called Lootstreet.com which was a platform for shopping online using bargaining - Online classified website called Bolcitybol.com
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