The We Are InsurTech Women Podcast
Oct 28, 2026 · 22 min · 15 segments
Maariyaah Afzal loved underwriting. But too much of her day was spent on spreadsheets and admin, taking time away from the risk analysis she enjoyed. After leaving insurance, travelling and…
Melissa CollettHostSo I was on the grad scheme with them for many years and then progressed in my career, became an underwriter.
And then I was poached to join a company called Inigo, which at the time was a startup.
But they had $800 million of funding, so not a traditional startup by any means.
They were a syndicate, and I was there for a number of years before I decided to leave.
During that time, I was traveling across South America, which was really incredible.
So I thought I'd take the opportunity, you know, having having taken a little little bit of time away from insurance.
And, yeah, after I retrained as an engineer, I decided to combine the two worlds, I sort of missed insurance, I missed London.
And at that point, you know, I'd grown so much in kind of this new space that I was in, in the tech world, AI was really starting to take off.
So I was on the grad scheme with them for many years and then progressed in my career, became an underwriter.
And then I was poached to join a company called Inigo, which at the time was a startup.
But they had $800 million of funding, so not a traditional startup by any means.
They were a syndicate, and I was there for a number of years before I decided to leave.
During that time, I was traveling across South America, which was really incredible.
So I thought I'd take the opportunity, you know, having having taken a little little bit of time away from insurance.
And, yeah, after I retrained as an engineer, I decided to combine the two worlds, I sort of missed insurance, I missed London.
And at that point, you know, I'd grown so much in kind of this new space that I was in, in the tech world, AI was really starting to take off.
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