# Andy Thompson

> Andy Thompson is the cofounder and CEO of Safehub, a San Francisco company that puts low-cost sensors on buildings to deliver real-time, building-specific earthquake damage data. A structural and earthquake engineer trained at UC Berkeley, he spent 16 years at the global engineering firm Arup, where he built its Catastrophe Risk & Insurance practice and worked post-disaster in countries from Chile to Haiti to Japan. He cofounded Safehub in 2015 with catastrophe-risk veteran Doug Frazier, raised a $9M Series A in 2021, and has deployed sensors across thousands of buildings in dozens of countries, now powering sensor-triggered parametric earthquake insurance with partners like Liberty Mutual Reinsurance.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Safehub
- **Organizations:** Safehub, Arup, Global Earthquake Model (GEM)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master's in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Cofounded and leads Safehub, deploying earthquake sensors across thousands of buildings in dozens of countries., Built the global Catastrophe Risk & Insurance practice at Arup., Coauthored the book 'Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country.'

## Career timeline

- **2001** — The Bhuj, India earthquake and 9/11 shape his focus on using engineering to save lives and increase societal resilience.
- **2006** — Begins collaborating with Doug Frazier, who was consulting for Arup.
- **Arup (16 years)** — Builds and leads the global Catastrophe Risk & Insurance practice, advising corporations and governments on mitigation, crisis response, business continuity and insurance.
- **2015** — Cofounds Safehub with Doug Frazier, former Chairman and CEO of EQE International and EQECAT.
- **2021-04** — Safehub announces a $9 million Series A; Ubiquity Ventures backed the seed round.
- **2024** — Safehub and Liberty Mutual Reinsurance announce an exclusive partnership for a building-specific, sensor-based parametric earthquake product.
- **2025-08** — Liberty Mutual Re and Safehub launch ShakeNet Parametric, an earthquake parametric insurance solution built on Safehub's regional shake data.

## Achievements

- Cofounded and leads Safehub, deploying earthquake sensors across thousands of buildings in dozens of countries.
- Built the global Catastrophe Risk & Insurance practice at Arup.
- Coauthored the book 'Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country.'
- Serves on the governing board of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM).
- Raised a $9 million Series A for Safehub in April 2021.
- Counts Amazon, FedEx and other Fortune 500 companies as customers.
- Co-developed ShakeNet and ShakeNet Parametric with Liberty Mutual Reinsurance.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and Safehub launched ShakeNet Parametric, an earthquake parametric insurance solution designed to reduce basis risk using Safehub's regional shake data.
- **2025-03** — Featured in The Insurer on how Safehub gives traditional parametric offerings a cutting edge.
- **2024** — Safehub and Liberty Mutual Re announced an exclusive partnership for sensor-based parametric earthquake coverage.

## Links

- Website: https://safehub.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-thompson-safehub
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/safehubrisk?lang=en

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Last updated: 2026-06-14