Personal Profile

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Prakashan Kodakkadan is a seasoned insurance leader with over 20 years of experience driving growth, underwriting excellence, and strategic transformation across the Middle East and Indian insurance markets. He has held leadership roles with several reputed organizations including Alliance Insurance PSC (UAE) in his current capacity as Chief Underwriting Officer, RSA and other notable insurers where he has successfully led underwriting portfolios, broker partnerships, and market-expansion initiatives.

Known for his deep understanding of the UAE’s highly competitive, broker-driven market, Prakashan has played a pivotal role in shaping pricing strategy, reinsurance alignment, and portfolio optimisation across multiple lines of business. He is widely recognised for his ability to combine technical underwriting strength with business acumen, relationship-driven negotiation, and forward-looking market strategy.

With extensive experience in commercial lines, risk selection, portfolio management, distribution strategy, and corporate partnerships, Prakashan brings a practical, market-grounded perspective to digital transformation, customer-centric innovation, and the evolving underwriting landscape in the region.