Altamont Capital Partners MD, Sam Gaynor - Investing Across Insurance & The Accelerant Risk Exchange

20/02/2025 50 min
Altamont Capital Partners MD, Sam Gaynor - Investing Across Insurance & The Accelerant Risk Exchange

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Episode Synopsis

In today's episode, Ben Newman sits down with Sam Gaynor, managing director at
Altamont Capital Partners, for an insightful conversation on investing across the
insurance landscape. Sam shares his path to private equity, how Altamont navigates the
complexity of investing in insurance businesses, and his perspective on when it makes
sense to build vs. buy a company.
Tune in to hear about:
- Why private equity has traditionally shied away from insurance—and why
Altamont is leaning in
- Altamont’s investment in Accelerant, a risk exchange transforming the specialty
insurance value chain through advanced data ingestion, transparency, and
analytics
- Altamont’s approach to de novo financial services investments

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