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Federato (San Francisco) has expanded into Asia-Pacific and Japan, opening an office in Sydney and naming Roland Slee Regional VP, Asia Pacific and Japan.
Roland Slee Regional VP, Asia Pacific and Japan, Federato.
The company says the expansion will initially focus on carriers and MGAs writing commercial lines in Australia and New Zealand, with Singapore, Japan and Korea to follow. Federato describes its platform as an AI-native insurance platform spanning the policy lifecycle.
Slee will lead Federato’s regional expansion. He previously spent four years leading Guidewire’s business across Asia Pacific and Japan, according to a Federato statement. Before that, he held Asia-Pacific sales leadership roles at Oracle and led Bravura Solutions’ Sonata platform in the region.
“Asia Pacific is one of the most significant insurance markets on earth,” comments Slee. “Combined, the region’s priority markets generate hundreds of billions of dollars in gross written premium annually. Insurance executives across Asia Pacific have moved past asking whether AI matters. The carriers and MGAs I’ve spoken with here are sophisticated, well-capitalized, and eager to explore the improved business outcomes Federato’s AI-native platform has delivered in the rest of the world.”
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Will Ross, Co-Founder and CEO, Federato.
Federato says its APAC and Japan expansion is intended to bring its insurance platform to insurers seeking to apply AI more directly to underwriting and claims operations.
“Federato is fully committed to serving insurers across APAC and Japan, and Roland Slee is key to this effort,” comments Will Ross, Co-Founder and CEO, Federato. “As an ex-Guidewire executive who has spent his career in this market, Roland is deeply familiar with what insurers need and the challenges they face trying to make progress with legacy systems.”
Federato is serving as Presenting Sponsor at ITC Asia 2026, scheduled for June 30 through July 2 in Singapore.