Imaginera Wins Financial Consultancy Award for Orca Platform

Software and consulting company Imaginera has received the Financial Consultancy Award at the Global FinTech Awards 2025.

 The event, which took place at FinTech Live: London 2025, recognised the company for its contributions to the insurance and reinsurance sectors. 

Specifically highlighted was Imaginera's Orca platform, a system designed to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of an insurance submission. 

Insurance Hindered by Administration Tasks

Orca was developed to address persistent challenges within the insurance market.

The company focuses on creating user-focused platforms for processing pricing and administering market submissions.

“Orca is specifically designed from the ground up to cater for the most efficient journey of a big-ticket submission through its complete life cycle.” said Viren Kataria, Chief Product Officer at the time. 

“It is designed to help global underwriting teams triage and prioritise their working day, do administration once and ensure their time is spent on accounts with the greatest profit expectation.” He continues. 

Client-Focused Markets Lead Growth 

The company’s model is built on a client-centric foundation. 

Hiring practices prioritise technical expertise and interpersonal skills to ensure teams can work effectively with clients. 

This commitment is deepened by putting the technical team through the same training as underwriters, giving them an understanding of the industry. 

Imaginera encourages all departments from developers to finance to be customer-focused. 

This approach is backed with consistent delivery and a focus on client success.

A dedicated Customer Experience Team was created with the sole focus of enhancing the service provided. 

Bespoke and Platform-Based Solutions

Following on through the customer-first approach, Imaginera provides a flexible approach that caters to the diverse needs of its clients. 

The company offers both bespoke development services and its off-the-shelf solution Orca, giving clients the freedom to align their technology strategy with their specific requirements, budget and timeline. 

For some clients Imaginera develops entirely unique solutions partnering with them to build systems that enhance how they run their business.

For others the Orca platform provides an efficient path to production with functionality already proven in the market.

Even within the platform model, the company delivers a bespoke experience.

Orca is highly configurable and Imaginera works with clients to adapt the system to their workflows. 

While the core product roadmap is centrally managed the company seeks and incorporates client feedback.

A flexible delivery model ensures every client receives a solution suited to their business.

This often enables clients to contribute functionality to the product shaping its future in ways that benefit the wider user base. 

Delivering Measurable Performance Gains

Imaginera delivers measurable value to clients by driving operational efficiency and enabling decision-making. 

The consultancy approach combined with the platform helps clients streamline workflows eliminate the double-keying of data and reduce errors. 

This saves time and improves the accuracy of business information.

Clients gain a holistic view of their risk and can interrogate data in more meaningful ways leading to better-informed strategies and faster responses to market changes.

By removing the daily frustrations of legacy systems and aligning technology with how teams work employees can focus on high-value tasks.

The result is a tangible uplift in performance seen through greater productivity and improved data-driven management. 

Innovative Strategies for Operations

The Orca platform was designed to streamline workloads and increase operational efficiency. 

Bevis Tetlow, CEO of Imaginera, said in a recent interview with Reinsurance News that: “We’ve really thought through the entire journey: data is entered once at submission and that same record flows efficiently through to administration and claims. 

“That breath of functionality, grounded in a deep understanding of how underwriting teams operate, is what sets Orca apart.

“There aren’t many platforms built specifically with that use case in mind. We’ve truly designed Orca with an underwriting-first experience at its core.”

The company's strategy is also built on continuous improvement and meeting the unique needs of each client. 

Tailored onboarding is a key part of the company’s approach.

During the onboarding process for the Orca platform Imaginera invests time to understand a client's business workflows and operational challenges. 

This allows the platform to be configured in a way that fits their needs and helps them identify opportunities to streamline their own processes. 

By combining configurable software with thoughtful consultancy Imaginera helps clients unlock more connected data simpler workflows and better decision-making. 

Jenny Everitt Operations Manager at Chaucer stated “Imaginera have been flexible and knowledgeable in their development work with us”. 

She continued with: “They took the time to understand the specifics of our workflows and have produced a modern user-friendly interface that has pleased end users and stakeholders alike”.