hx Renew
APR are hyperexponential’s longest standing Systems Integration (SI) partner, holding the most experience and deepest expertise in the hx Renew pricing and underwriting platform outside of hyperexponential. Clients that have chosen APR as a primary partner in their hx Renew model implementations have an enviable record of successful migration in shorter than planned timescales.
APR also hosts the largest bench of hx Renew developers in the market. Examples of the value-add via APR staff include:
- APR individuals deployed on hx Renew-related client projects first pass our internal certification process. This is wider than hx’s own certification standards and aims to ensure that our people are not just skilled Python developers but possess relevant domain knowledge such as actuarial pricing techniques and specialty insurance products that allow them to offer significantly more value to our clients.
- We host a vibrant internal APR hx Renew community group for discussion of best practice, knowledge-sharing and new functionality, aided by regular meetings we have with hx’s Client Education team. Deployment of a single APR developer therefore provides ready access to a much wider pool of hx Renew expertise.
We have listed our main hx Renew services below.
"APR helped shape and deliver our successful hx Renew implementation and the resources they provided were extremely knowledgeable ensuring the project was a success. Additionally, one of our key aims was to ensure that we were able to upskill our internal staff to use the models going forward and APR organised regular training sessions and were always on hand to support to make sure that goal was achieved."
- Paul Grimsey, Chief Actuary, Apollo.
- The largest team of hx Renew developers ranging from seasoned senior developers with experience across multiple implementation projects, to newly trained juniors capable of implementing models independently.
- Industry-recognised SMEs who can advise on hx Renew model and system design as well as offer advice on wider pricing IT architecture and integrations.
- End to end model implementation and integration, including knowledge sharing with client teams to ensure smooth handover to BAU. Wider programme support including project management, test analysts etc.
- A close working relationship with hyperexponential to ensure the best implementation for clients, while actively providing feedback and product requests to support continuous improvement.
- Extensive pool of flexible developers equipped to work independently within any hx Renew client team.
- Wider pricing experience to provide hybrid hx Renew development and pricing team capacity.
- hx Renew developers available at a range of costs points with all developers having access to the wider APR hx Renew developer community.
- Technical model build, data infrastructure and wider pricing environment support.
- Speciality case pricing experience that allows APR resources to work flexibly across hx Renew model development as well as provide BAU support to pricing teams.
- Challenge and developmental support of pricing principles and methodology.
- Underwriter engagement and communication.
- Post implementation support for maintenance and ongoing model development on variable resource basis.
- Retainer arrangements to provide capacity for model refinement, bug fixes etc at known cost.
- Advising on further model enhancements for continuous improvement and to fully utilise any new features of hx Renew, released as part of hyperexponential’s quarterly release cycle.
- Team upskilling and training support included as part of maintenance offering.
hx Renew Implementation Principles
Over the past six years, APR has supported a number of clients in their transition to hx Renew. During this time, we've gained valuable insights from both technical and practical resourcing perspectives - insights you may find useful when planning your own hx Renew implementation.
If you're interested in APR's perspective on core implementation principles for hx Renew, you can access our "hx Renew Implementation Principles" document below.