Matt & Katherine Goldsmith join Angelica Solutions team
Matt and Katherine Goldsmith have joined Angelica Solutions, enhancing the company's collaborative network with their combined experience in pricing and underwriting for the insurance sector.
Katherine and Matt Goldsmith bring over 35 years of joint expertise to Angelica Solutions, covering a breadth of work across motor, home, travel, and commercial vehicle insurance. Their careers include significant roles with well-known organisations such as AXA, Allianz, eSure, and Swiftcover, as well as exposure to start-ups and international insurers.
Expertise and technical skills
Katherine Goldsmith is recognised for her background in claims modelling, commercial pricing, data strategy, management information (MI) reporting, and technical underwriting. Her analytical approach and strategic mindset are intended to complement Angelica Solutions' existing strengths, supporting the company's efforts to provide commercially impactful, data-oriented solutions for clients facing complex risk and pricing problems.
Matt Goldsmith's contribution comes from a technical perspective, with experience in building and maintaining rating engines using platforms such as Radar and Python. He has been involved in automating testing and deployment through continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and has played a role in driving pricing transformation for multinational teams. As an ISTQB professional with proficiency in cloud technologies, Goldsmith's technical expertise and understanding of commercial challenges are expected to help Angelica Solutions expand its delivery of scalable solutions.
"We've always respected the way Sarah and her team operate which is driven by a genuine desire to do good work," said Matt Goldsmith. "Joining the associate network felt like a natural step, and it's great to work alongside people who know what good looks like and how to deliver it."
Company background
Angelica Solutions, founded in 2019 by Sarah Vaughan, offers industry knowledge and a commercial approach to resolving issues for insurance companies and managing general agents (MGAs). The team has recently partnered with Howden Driving Data to analyse more than 1.2 billion miles of telematics data collected from young driver policies. The study concluded that the Howden HDD Driver Score could predict insurance claims more effectively than traditional rating factors on their own.
Angelica Solutions is active in data-driven research related to road safety, examining emerging risks such as rising collision rates around airports, the impact of seasonal changes like darker evenings, and new safety considerations introduced by the increasing use of e-bikes.
"The breadth of work at Angelica ranges from technical build to strategic thinking and is delivered with care and integrity," said Katherine Goldsmith "It's great to be part of a team that's collaborative, humble, and genuinely committed to helping clients succeed."
Team model
Angelica Solutions operates with a hybrid model, combining a core in-house team with a trusted network of consultants. This structure is intended to allow flexibility in assembling bespoke teams according to the requirements of each client assignment, covering risk pricing, regulatory audits, claims analytics, team design, and interim leadership roles across various lines of business.
"Earlier this year we marked six years in business and are proud of our growth, bringing in brilliant people who care about quality as much as we do. Matt and Katherine fit our ethos perfectly as highly capable, easy to collaborate with individuals who are focused on what matters. Their addition strengthens our hybrid model, combining a core in-house team with a trusted network of consultants. This gives us the flexibility to build bespoke teams around each client brief, whether it's risk pricing, regulatory audits, claims analytics, team design, or interim leadership across personal and commercial lines," said Sarah Vaughan, Founder and Director of Angelica Solutions.
Angelica Solutions' offerings focus on providing data-driven and actuarial solutions tailored for the insurance sector, with services that include risk pricing, claims analytics, price optimisation, and claims reserving, as well as training and advisory for pricing teams and structuring effective pricing and underwriting functions.
