OCTOBER 2, 2025 | NASHVILLE, TN – Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC (“Velocity Risk”), the Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN) managing general underwriter that focuses on specialty property insurance solutions for coastal and catastrophe-exposed commercial properties across the United States, has been recognized as a winner of the Datos Impact Awards in Insurance for Best Data & Analytics Innovations. Datos Insights’ annual Impact Awards program recognizes innovations leading the industry and pioneering new and disruptive financial services products and capabilities.

Velocity Risk earned recognition for its innovative work on Catamatic, developed in collaboration with Federato Technologies, Inc. Catamatic is a proprietary AI-powered underwriting platform that harnesses advanced data and analytics to assess catastrophe risk and enable smarter, faster decision-making. By integrating real-time external hazard data, proprietary exposure analysis, and dynamic risk selection tools, the platform equips underwriters to operate with precision, speed, and scale. The Insurance Technology Impact Awards are determined by the Insurance Technology Research Council—a network of roughly 300 carriers—who vote to honor the most transformative solutions across the industry.

“Winning the Datos Insights 2025 Insurance Technology Impact Award for Best Data & Analytics Innovations underscores Velocity Risk’s leadership in insurance technology,” said Jake Rothfuss, CEO of Velocity Risk. “By applying data, AI, and advanced analytics, we turn complexity into clarity by empowering faster decisions and smarter outcomes. This recognition validates our strategy of setting the pace for the industry and shaping its future.”

The Datos Insights case study, which highlights how the Velocity Risk – Federato solution is redefining property risk management in the specialty insurance market, further illustrates the collaboration’s impact. “Federato is proud to team up with Velocity Risk on Catamatic, delivering technology with built-in decisioning that empowers underwriters to make better, faster, data-driven decisions,” said Will Ross, CEO & Co-Founder, Federato. “This recognition reflects the impact that’s possible when innovative underwriters leverage AI-native, outcome-oriented technology to solve real industry challenges.”

“This award celebrates more than technology; it honors a mindset. Velocity Risk and Federato approached underwriting transformation with shared urgency, creativity and trust. Their work proves that when underwriters embrace AI not as a tool but as a strategic ally, they can unlock extraordinary efficiency, elevate decision quality and reshape what’s possible in risk selection,” said Chris Eberly, Practice Director, Insurance at Datos Insights.

The full Datos Insights case study can be accessed via Insurance Technology Impact Awards Case Study Compendium 2025.

About Velocity Risk Underwriters

Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC (“Velocity Risk”), a tech-enabled 50 state E&S specialty property insurance managing general agent, is a leading provider of risk management solutions with a focus on delivering tailored specialty insurance coverage for complex commercial exposures. Through strategic trading partnerships and a commitment to innovation, Velocity Risk offers industry-leading service and risk solutions for its clients and trading partners. The firm has over 150 employees across five U.S. locations: Nashville (headquarters), Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, and Dallas. For more information, please visit velocityrisk.com.

About Ryan Specialty

Founded in 2010, Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN) is a provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers. Ryan Specialty provides distribution, underwriting, product development, administration, and risk management services by acting as a wholesale broker, managing general underwriter, and managing general underwriter with delegated authority from insurance carriers. For more information, please visit ryanspecialty.com.

About Federato Technologies, Inc.

Federato Technologies, Inc. (“Federato”) is the only AI-native platform that spans the full policy lifecycle and changes the way insurance work gets done. Better decisioning is built-in, not bolted on; your unique portfolio goals, strategies, rules, and appetite are part of the workflow, so underwriters win the right deals, faster. From the moment a submission hits an underwriter’s inbox, AI is put to work, triaging submissions with a focus on high-appetite business, delivering real-time feedback on the portfolio, and consolidating workflows into a single proven system. Federato drives better business outcomes. Learn more at federato.ai.

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