SpottedRisk shares Coda success and readies for European and D&O growth

March 2022

LOS ANGELES — Fresh from sharing in Coda’s success at the Oscars after its Media Guarantors platform wrote a completion bond for the film, MGA SpottedRisk is set to enter the UK and EU markets in addition to readying a D&O and E&O play, CEO Janet Comenos has told The Insurer… READ MORE

SpottedRisk + TigerRisk Coronavirus Production Insurance Wins Insurance Insider 2021 ‘Broking Initiative of the Year’

October 2021

BOSTON— The SpottedRisk Coronavirus Production Insurance for Film & TV, developed with broker partner TigerRisk, won the ‘Broking Initiative of the Year’ accolade at this year’s Insurance Insider Honours. The innovative product was created to protect Film & TV production companies and studios from COVID-19 exposures… READ MORE

Media Guarantors Announces Exclusive New Completion Bond for Film and Television

July 2021

LOS ANGELES—Leading film and television completion guarantor, Media Guarantors, a subsidiary of SpottedRisk, today announced a critical change to its completion guarantee that removes the COVID-19 and communicable disease exclusions from the policy. With this major enhancement, Media Guarantors has become the first and only completion bond company able to offer a bond that is fully bankable for commercial lenders during the COVID-19 pandemic, unlocking critical commercial lending and finance to the independent film and TV sector… READ MORE

Underwriters puzzle over how to make pandemics insurable again

May 2021

U.S. company SpottedRisk has devised a model built on years of data on the political and economic environment of film locations in 150 countries, as well as a year's COVID-19 shutdown data, to come up with a pricing mechanism to cover the risk of production stopping due to the pandemic… READ MORE

SpottedRisk partners with Vantage on data-driven coronavirus TV and film cover

March 2021

Bermuda start-up Vantage is providing capacity to support an innovative delay and cancelation cover for coronavirus risk tailored to the TV and Flm industry and written by specialist MGA SpottedRisk… READ MORE

SpottedRisk Acquires Media Guarantors

August 2020

LOS ANGELES--SpottedRisk, a leading provider of entertainment insurance, today announced that it has acquired Media Guarantors, a fast-growing, specialized Managing General Underwriter focused on completion bonds. Media Guarantors has been a subsidiary of Cast & Crew, a leading provider of payroll and human resources, accounting and financial management, and workflow and productivity software and services to the entertainment industry. Media Guarantors’ leadership team boasts decades of experience providing client-centric expertise and robust levels of service… READ MORE

SpottedRisk Automates Insurance Processing and Bordereaux Management with OWIT Global

July 2020

WEST HARTFORD, Conn.-- OWIT Global, a provider of insurance-specific microservices solutions for the global insurance industry, is pleased to announce that SpottedRisk, a data-driven managing general underwriter (MGU) has been working with OWIT Global to automate policy processing and bordereaux management for its specialty lines insurance business… READ MORE

Demand for 'disgrace' insurance sparked by #MeToo movement, CEO says

December 2019

With the issue of risk and scandalous behavior coming to the fore, Spotted CEO Janet Comenos realized there was a real need for an insurance product that offered coverage to companies hiring celebrities who could have engaged in inappropriate activities that may hurt their brands. Using the power of data analytics, she partnered with insurance companies and revamped a legacy product to increase coverage limits and cover previous acts… READ MORE

Modernized Disgrace Insurance Addresses "Bad Behavior" in the Internet Era

October 2019

Whether it’s a studio securing an A-list actor for a high-budget film, a sports team landing a marquee player, or a manufacturer hiring a celebrity spokesperson, having a superstar personality associated with a brand can create buzz, deliver success and — most importantly — drive revenue. However, high-visibility individuals can also come at a high unintended price if their misbehavior creates a public scandal… READ MORE

The Remaking of Disgrace Insurance

September 2019

As co-founder and chief executive officer of the predictive analytics firm Spotted, Janet Comenos knows a lot about famous actors, artists, athletes and celebrity advertising. Her Boston startup matches companies with celebrities for endorsements and advertising…. READ MORE

Social Media Fiasco? This Startup's Got You Covered

August 2019

A startup called SpottedRisk is a new entry into the field of "disgrace insurance." They use their data to rank how likely it is for someone to be a problem and how bad an incident might be. Then they set insurance rates accordingly… READ MORE

Markel and InsurTech Spotted run the rule over celeb disgrace

July 2019

The Boston-headquartered tech firm has developed software designed to predict the likelihood of celebrity scandal and measure the public perception of such incidents. It will begin writing business as an MGA in August with the backing of Markel International’s Syndicate 3000 and starting limits of $10mn… READ MORE

Celebrity Analytics Startup Spotted Launches First Disgrace Insurance Product

July 2019

From monitoring and predicting to now underwriting, the celebrity data and research firm Spotted is expanding its risk assessment business to provide end-to-end celebrity disgrace protection… READ MORE