Wakam

Olivier Jaillon serves as Founder and Chairman, while Catherine Charrier-Leflaive was appointed Group CEO to lead day-to-day operations. The firm does not publicly disclose the structure of its investment committee or whether ultimate strategic authority rests with Jaillon. As a private insurance carrier, Wakam is not required to detail internal governance, and no named CIO or investment head appears in available records.

Wakam works exclusively through partners—insurtechs, brokers, retailers, and digital platforms—that embed its products under their own brands. The firm's Play&Plug platform provides a self-service interface for partners to configure and launch insurance lines without building underwriting capability themselves. This makes Wakam effectively a capacity provider and product designer rather than a consumer-facing insurer.

Wakam occupies a hybrid role: it is a regulated European insurance carrier with full underwriting licenses, but it distributes exclusively through technology-enabled partners. Unlike legacy carriers that maintain direct-to-consumer channels alongside partner distribution, Wakam has no consumer brand of its own—every policy runs under a partner's name. This positions the firm as infrastructure more than a standalone consumer insurer.

Principal Insurance serves as a distribution partner for Wakam in the UK motorcycle insurance market, sourcing policies that Wakam underwrites. The relationship illustrates Wakam's model: a specialist broker manages customer acquisition and branding while Wakam handles pricing, regulatory capital, and claims obligations behind the scenes. The partnership was part of Wakam's expansion into the UK following its post-Brexit regulatory setup.

Olivier Jaillon sits on the board of directors of the Tezos Foundation, and Wakam has publicly acknowledged utilizing blockchain technology in its operations. The precise applications—whether for claims processing, policy administration, or capital management—have not been detailed in available public disclosures. The connection suggests an internal appetite for infrastructure experimentation that most mid-market European carriers lack.

No. Wakam does not publish assets under management, gross written premium, or policyholder surplus figures through its website or in generally accessible regulatory filings. As a private company, it is not obligated to provide financial statements to the public. The firm's capital base and premium scale remain opaque to outside observers.

Wakam for Good is the firm's philanthropic vehicle. Available information does not clarify whether it operates as a separate foundation, a donor-advised structure, or an internal corporate social responsibility program. The entity's relationship to Wakam's insurance capital—and whether it receives funding from underwriting profits—has not been publicly detailed.