Accelerant

Specialty insurance risk platform
Last updated:
February 2, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
500-999
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Finance
About the company
Accelerant is a specialty insurance risk exchange that connects underwriters (MGAs and other specialty underwriters) with risk capital partners through a data and analytics platform. The company was founded in 2018 by Jeff Radke and Christopher Lee-Smith. Accelerant has scaled by building a service model around portfolio data, operational support, and technology tooling for members, rather than acting like a traditional insurer. The company became publicly listed in 2025, which changes the pace and structure of hiring in many teams.
Locations and presence
Accelerant has major hubs listed in Atlanta and London, plus a spread of offices across Europe including Brussels. The company operates across United States and Canada and runs regulated European operations via a head office in Belgium and branches including Ireland.
Palpable Score
54.2
/ 100
Accelerant has a real early-career “front door” through at least one explicitly early-career operations role with senior-leader exposure, but many openings still lean specialist or experienced. The score is mostly capped by inconsistent signals on hiring experience and a thin public record on early-career progression and pay transparency.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

12.7
/ 20
  • The company posts an Operations Analyst role that is explicitly “designed for someone early in their career,” with broad exposure across technology delivery and governance.
  • Accelerant also hires into analyst-style work like regulatory reporting and reinsurance analyst titles, which can be viable early-career pathways in insurance operations.
  • The company’s overall open-role mix still skews experienced in many functions, so 0–3 year access exists but does not read as a consistent, high-volume intake.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

10.5
/ 20
  • The company uses multi-stage loops for some roles (including case study presentations), which is fair when time-bounded and clearly scoped.
  • Accelerant has candidate reports describing disorganised recruiter coordination and unclear timelines in parts of the process, which is a fairness drag for early-career applicants.
  • The company has at least one publicly shared account of a gendered interview question (“as a woman”), which is negative evidence for consistent assessment standards.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.5
/ 20
  • The company frames the Operations Analyst role around working directly with senior leaders, supporting governance routines, and learning how a technology organisation runs day to day.
  • Accelerant includes hands-on exposure to real control environments in role scope (for example SOC, ITGC, and audit documentation support), which can build strong early-career foundations when supervised well.
  • The company does not consistently publish the early-career basics that make learning reliable, like onboarding length, buddying, 1:1 cadence, or a defined training budget.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

9.5
/ 20
  • The company lists a comprehensive benefits narrative in some postings, including health and dental coverage, flexible time off language, remote work, and equity framing.
  • Accelerant does not consistently publish salary ranges on the roles most candidates will actually apply to, which makes it hard for early-career applicants to screen for affordability.
  • The company’s early-career roles reviewed do not spell out benefits and pay with the same specificity across regions, so stability and fairness are hard to verify beyond high-level claims.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

9.0
/ 20
  • The company has public employee-review signals showing weaker “career opportunities” ratings than other categories, which is a concrete progression concern.
  • Accelerant’s public footprint shows growth to 600+ employees across multiple hubs, but that is not the same as evidence that juniors get promoted predictably.
  • The company does not publish early-career outcomes like internship-to-offer rates, time-to-promotion examples, or 12–24 month retention data, which caps this pillar.

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