Lloyd's of London, June 2026 — Asset Performance Partners (APP) Group has appointed Jonathon Valentine as Group Chief Technology Officer, bringing one of the motor insurance market's most recognised connected-data experts into the power and renewable energy sector. In his new role, Valentine will lead the technology strategy for APP Group and its insurtech subsidiary, SAMP Risk — the first connected insurance platform for the power and renewable energy sector.
Valentine joins from ThingCo, the telematics service provider he co-founded in 2018 and which became widely regarded as the market leader in risk mitigation for motor insurers. As CTO, he won multiple industry awards including recognition in the CIO100 and the Top 10 CIO list, and took home the AI Award in 2025.
His career in connected insurance stretches back to the earliest days of telematics. He was the first employee at Insurethebox, the UK's first telematics-only motor insurer, where he served as Head of Innovation, helping to establish the foundations of what is now a mainstream approach to motor risk.
This is a fantastic opportunity to translate the lessons of over a decade in connected motor insurance into the energy market: using live asset data, IoT and machine learning to change how renewable energy risk is assessed, priced and managed.
— Jonathon Valentine, Group CTO
SAMP Risk uses proprietary plug-and-play telematics hardware installed at renewable energy sites to collect machine data in real time, feeding a live risk-scoring model that drives continuous risk management throughout the policy period. SAMP Risk is a Lloyd's Lab insurtech, headquartered in the Lloyd's building in central London.
Jonathon has built his career on a simple but powerful idea — that live data makes insurance work better for everyone. That's precisely what we're doing in renewable energy. Having someone with his track record of turning connected data into real underwriting and risk management outcomes is a significant step forward for the platform and for our insurer partners.
— Alistair Moodie, Chief Product Officer
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About SAMP Risk — SAMP Risk is the first connected insurance platform for the renewable energy sector and is a digital subsidiary of the Asset Performance Partners (APP) Group. The platform combines proprietary telematics hardware, real-time machine-learning risk scoring and automated operational management tools to help insurers, MGAs and brokers underwrite and manage renewable energy risk more accurately and actively. SAMP Risk participated in Lloyd's Lab — the Lloyd's of London market innovation accelerator — and is backed by insurers in the Lloyd's of London market and the USA.
About Asset Performance Partners (APP) Group — Asset Performance Partners is the parent company of SAMP Risk and brings 19 years of experience as a specialist power generation service provider, advising and supporting power generation sites on machinery performance, risk reduction and operational management. APP's engineering expertise and domain knowledge form the foundation of the SAMP Risk platform and its underwriting models.
Further information — Alison Reeson at HSL — 07876 597466, alison@harrisonsadler.com · Matthew Enderby at HSL — 07788 257107, matthew@harrisonsadler.com