London, UK – December 17, 2025 – ISARR has successfully completed Lloyd’s Lab Cohort 15, the prestigious 10-week accelerator program for insurance innovation. During the program, ISARR validated the CORTEX engine’s ability to automate complex geopolitical risk assessments for SRCC, Political Violence, Terrorism and Active Shooter/Assailant lines—delivering 80%+ time savings for underwriters and brokers across Lloyd’s market.
Transforming Intelligence into Action
The Lloyd’s Lab program focused on solving a critical market challenge: insurance professionals are drowning in geopolitical intelligence but starving for time. Traditional risk intelligence platforms deliver reports that require hours of manual analysis. The CORTEX engine takes a fundamentally different approach—transforming intelligence from reports you read into automated workflows that act.
Working directly with underwriters and brokers at Lloyd’s syndicates, ISARR validated significant workflow improvements:
- Crisis Response: Reduced from 8 hours to 30 minutes (87% time reduction)
- Policy Comparison: Reduced from 2 days to under one hour
- Renewal Evidence Compilation: Reduced from 450 hours to 24 hours per season
- Multi-location Risk Assessments: Reduced from 3-4 days to 4 hours
The CORTEX Engine Difference
Built on a foundation of 2.5 million (growing daily) AI-transformed incidents, validated by our global/local experts, the CORTEX engine delivers building-level precision risk analysis in 6-8 minutes. Using ISARR’s proprietary PoRA (Point of Risk Assessment) methodology, the platform provides:
- Automated exposure mapping during geopolitical crises
- Automated, dynamic and personalised client advisories with source citations
- Evidence-based renewal documentation
- Real-time portfolio monitoring with audit trails
- Personalised risk assessments on a button press
“The intelligence quality has always been there,” said Nick Beale, Founder of ISARR. “What Lloyd’s Lab helped us validate is that the market doesn’t need more reports to read—they need systems that eliminate the manual work. CORTEX automates data compilation so that underwriters and brokers can focus on judgment and client relationships.”
Lloyd’s Lab Experience
Lloyd’s Lab provided access to senior underwriters, brokers, and risk managers across the Lloyd’s market, enabling ISARR to validate workflows with real market participants. The program’s structured feedback and mentorship from industry leaders proved invaluable in refining the CORTEX engine’s capabilities to address genuine market pain points.
“The Lloyd’s Lab team and our mentors challenged our assumptions with honest, constructive feedback,” added Beale. “The Lloyd’s market itself was incredibly generous with its time, and far more welcoming to newcomers than we expected. This collaborative environment was essential to building something the market actually needs.“
What’s Next: Q1 2026 Pilot Program
Following successful validation at Lloyd’s Lab, ISARR is launching its Q1 2026 pilot program. The company will work with 2-4 selected syndicates and broking firms to prove the CORTEX engine’s time savings in production environments.
Pilot participants will receive:
- 90-day pilot at reduced pricing
- The ability to define their own reports and design
- Dedicated implementation support
- First access to new features and workflows
- Opportunity to shape product direction
Applications for the pilot program close January 31, 2026. Organisations writing SRCC, Political Violence, Terror, or Crisis Management lines are encouraged to apply.
About Lloyd’s Lab
Lloyd’s Lab is Lloyd’s of London’s flagship innovation program, supporting early-stage InsurTech companies to develop solutions that address real market challenges. Since its launch in 2018, Lloyd’s Lab has supported over 100 InsurTech startups through its intensive 10-week accelerator program.
About ISARR
ISARR delivers workflow automation for geopolitical risk, purpose-built for Political Violence, Terrorism, SRCC, and Crisis Management lines. The CORTEX engine combines expert-validated intelligence with sophisticated automation to transform complex assessments from days to minutes. Lloyd’s Lab Cohort 15 graduate.
For more information about the Q1 2026 pilot program, contact the team on: cortex-program@isarr.com
