We believe having the right team is crucial to our culture and business
Hayley Johnston
Chief Executive Officer Lancashire Insurance Company Limited and Reinsurance Manager
Hayley Johnston
Chief Executive Officer Lancashire Insurance Company Limited and Reinsurance Manager
Hayley Johnston joined Lancashire in September 2007 as a member of the underwriting team. In May 2014 Hayley was appointed Chief Underwriting Officer for Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, in addition to her Outwards Reinsurance Manager role. Previously she was responsible for the underwriting of the Marine and Aviation accounts and from May 2011 acted as the Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer for Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited. Hayley previously worked for Axis Specialty Europe where she was the Underwriting Manager and Outwards Reinsurance Manager for their European headquarters based in Dublin, Ireland. Hayley became CEO of Lancashire Insurance Company Limited in 2020.
James Flude
Group Chief Underwriting Officer: Insurance
James Flude
Group Chief Underwriting Officer: Insurance
James Flude joined Lancashire in January 2014 as Head of Energy and Marine underwriting having worked at the Watkins Syndicate for over 14 years, most recently as Energy Underwriter and Account Manager. Whilst at Watkins he spent 5 years working as the Energy Underwriter in Singapore as part of the Lloyd’s Asia platform where he had responsibility for the upstream energy portfolio in Asia. James served as Chief Underwriting Officer Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited from 2020 to 2024, and was appointed Group Chief Underwriting Officer: Insurance in 2022.
Nick Thompson
LICL Chief Underwriting Officer
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Nick Thompson
LICL Chief Underwriting Officer
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Nick Thompson joined Lancashire in 2020 as Group Head of Non-Marine Reinsurance Strategy. Previously, Nick worked as a broker for 12 years, at Aon Benfield and more recently Willis Re, specialising in Property Reinsurance and Retrocession. Nick moved to Bermuda and became LICL Chief Underwriting Officer in April 2023.
Jon Barnes
Group Underwriting Director
Jon Barnes
Group Underwriting Director
Jon assumed the role of Group Underwriting Director, based in Lancashire’s Bermuda office, in April 2024.
He was previously Chief Underwriting Officer of Lancashire Syndicates Limited (LSL) with oversight of both Syndicate 2010 and Syndicate 3010.
Jon joined Lancashire in December 2016 and has over 30 years insurance/reinsurance underwriting experience in a broad range of classes.
Adam Williams
Head of Downstream - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Adam Williams
Head of Downstream - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Adam joined Lancashire in November 2017 as an Underwriter for Downstream Energy risks. Prior to this Adam worked at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty for over 7 years underwriting a similar class of business. He started his career as a broker in the Marsh Marine & Energy Division and also worked at Benfield & Aon. He has a BSc and MSc qualifications.
Andrew Kemp
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Andrew Kemp
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Andrew joined Lancashire in April 2014 as a catastrophe modeller based in the London office. He transferred to Bermuda in 2017 and was appointed Underwriter in 2023 within the Property Reinsurance and Retrocession team. Andrew graduated from The University of Newcastle in 2013 with a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography.
Annabel Davies
Head of Marine Hull
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited / Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Annabel Davies
Head of Marine Hull
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited / Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Annabel joined Lancashire in September 2021 and is a Senior Underwriter in the Marine team. Annabel joined the market in 2009 on the Talbot graduate scheme and then moved into the Marine Hull & War team. She also spent 2 years at Talbot as a Cyber Underwriter and helped open their Australia office. She is ACII and MICS qualified.
Bernadette Pereira
Senior Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Bernadette Pereira
Senior Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Bernadette Pereira joined Lancashire in April 2006 and is an Underwriter within the Energy team. Berni has previously worked at Tryg-Baltica where she was an underwriting assistant and Aon as an Account Executive.
Bethan Lynn
Underwriting Analyst
Lancashire Insurance UK Limited
Bethan Lynn
Underwriting Analyst
Lancashire Insurance UK Limited
Bethan joined Lancashire in November 2020 as a Delegated Authorities Underwriting Assistant after graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in Business and Management.
Charlie Betts
Head of Political Violence - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Charlie Betts
Head of Political Violence - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Charlie Betts joined Lancashire in October 2012 and is Head of Political Violence in the Terrorism and Political Risks team. Charlie previously worked at Hardy Underwriting as an Underwriting Assistant having graduated with a BA (hons) in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of Bath.
Craig Mackenzie
Senior Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Craig Mackenzie
Senior Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Craig MacKenzie joined Lancashire in March 2007 as a member of the underwriting team and is an Underwriter for the Energy account. Craig has previously worked at Houston Casualty Company where he was an Underwriting Assistant.
David Beaumont
Head of Terrorism
Terrorism, War & Political Risks - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
David Beaumont
Head of Terrorism
Terrorism, War & Political Risks - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
David Beaumont joined Lancashire in July 2015 and is Head of Terrorism in the Terrorism and Political Risks team. David previously worked at Talbot Validus Group for 8 years working predominantly in the Political Violence and Aviation War teams.
Dawn Priest
Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Dawn Priest
Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Dawn Priest joined Lancashire in December 2007 and is an Underwriter within the Energy Underwriting Team. Dawn previously worked at Aon Ltd for 10 years and during this time worked within the Energy/International Casualty Team.
Dom Wright
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Dom Wright
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Dom joined Lancashire in 2020 as part of the underwriting team for Lancashire Insurance Company Limited. Prior to Lancashire, Dom worked at Hamilton Insurance Group as part of the Casualty Reinsurance team. Dom graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BSc in Economics and holds the CPCU and ARe designations.
Edward FitzGerald
Senior Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Edward FitzGerald
Senior Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Edward joined Lancashire in April 2013 and is a Senior Underwriter in the War, Terrorism and Political Risk team. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2012 with a BA (Hons) degree in Economics and Sociology.
Ellie De Prins
Underwriter
Ellie De Prins
Underwriter
Ellie joined Lancashire in September 2023 as underwriter in the Marine Liability team and has over ten years of market experience. Having started her career on the Ascot Graduate Training scheme, she joined the Terrorism team, where she spent a few years. After moving to the Marine Liability team, she has had increasingly senior underwriting roles, both at Ascot and more latterly Convex.
Emma Grimes
Head of Specialty Insurance – War, Terror and Political Violence
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Emma Grimes
Head of Specialty Insurance – War, Terror and Political Violence
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Emma Grimes joined Lancashire in August 2009 having previously worked for Mondial Assistance and AIG UK.
Huw Jones
CEO Lancashire US
Lancashire US
Jaime Ferrari-Willis
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Jaime Ferrari-Willis
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Jaime joined Lancashire in September 2014, initially as part of our Graduate Development Programme, and is a Senior Underwriter within the Energy and Marine team. Prior to joining, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Management at the University of Exeter and a Masters in Insurance and Risk Management at Cass Business School.
James Cook
Head of US Treaty
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
James Cook
Head of US Treaty
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
James joined the Lancashire Group in July 2018 as an Underwriter. He has over 15 years' experience having started his career at Guy Carpenter before moving on to senior broking positions at both BMS and Willis Towers Watson. Based in Bermuda, his responsibilities will include underwriting the Treaty account with a focus on North American business, as well as business production.
Jessica Burton
Senior Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance UK Limited
Jessica Burton
Senior Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance UK Limited
Jessica joined Lancashire as an Underwriter in the Terrorism, War & Political Risks team in October 2021. Jessica started her insurance career at Coface before moving to Ascot Syndicate, where she spent five years as an Underwriter for Political Risks. Jessica has experience in both the London and Singapore markets. She graduated from Edinburgh University in 2013 with an MA (Hons) degree in Politics and Philosophy and spent a year studying International Security at Korea University in South Korea.
Joshua Beechinor
Assistant Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance UK Limited
Joshua Beechinor
Assistant Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance UK Limited
Joshua joined Lancashire in April 2021 and is an Underwriting Assistant in the Terrorism, War & Political Risks team. Joshua graduated from Middlesex University in 2020 with a BA (Hons) degree in Economics.
Justin Levine
Head of Mortgage
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Justin Levine
Head of Mortgage
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Justin joined Lancashire in December 2021 as a Senior Mortgage & Casualty Underwriter. Prior to that, he held the role of Chief Pricing Actuary at JRG Re, Bermuda from 2018 to 2021 and Vice President - Casualty & Specialty at Hamilton Re, Bermuda from 2013 to 2018. Justin started his career as an actuary in 2006 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Actuarial Science from Binghamton University with a concentration in Finance.
Katie Tester
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
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Katie Tester
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Katie joined Lancashire in September 2020 as an Underwriting Analyst working within the Property Reinsurance team on both US and International Property Cat. She later transitioned to an Underwriter role with primary focus on International and Global Property Cat. Katie joined from RenaissanceRe where she previously worked as an Underwriting Analyst.
Kevin Hanington
Senior Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Kevin Hanington
Senior Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Kevin Hanington joined Lancashire in February 2016 as an underwriter with a focus on the Energy Liability account. Kevin began his career as a cargo broker in 1984 and moved to the placing side in 1986 specialising in marine and energy liability. Kevin left Willis to join GE Frankona as marine and energy liability underwriter in 2000 before returning to the broking community with Agnew Higgins Pickering and Company. Kevin spent 7 years at Price Forbes and Partners helping to develop the energy practice and in 2011 joined Catlin as marine and energy liability underwriter.
Liam Chan
Group Head of Casualty, Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Liam Chan
Group Head of Casualty, Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Liam joined Lancashire in 2021 as Head of Casualty. Prior to that he held the role of SVP, Casualty & Specialty at Hamilton Re, Bermuda. Liam started his career in London at Brit Insurance, underwriting casualty, professional and various specialty lines.
Liam holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from University College London and is qualified under the Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).
Mathew Churm
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Mathew Churm
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Mathew joined Lancashire in April 2016 as an Underwriting Assistant based in the Bermuda office. Before returning to Bermuda, Mathew worked as a broker and underwriter specialising in vehicle finance in the UK.
Minnie Beagley
Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Minnie Beagley
Underwriter - Terrorism, War & Political Risks
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Minnie joined Lancashire in September 2016 and is an Underwriter on the War, Terrorism and Political Risk team, after completing a degree in Human Geography at the University of Leeds.
Richard Hardcastle
Head of Open Market Property
Richard Hardcastle
Head of Open Market Property
Richard joined Lancashire as Head of Open Market Property in February 2023 and has 20 years of experience in the London market. He started his career in 2004 at Heritage / Argo Syndicate 1200 and in 2010 joined Apollo Syndicate 1969 as Senior Property Underwriter. Richard has focussed his writings in the Open Market but also has experience of writing both Lineslip and Binder business. He has written risks on a Worldwide basis but in more recent years focused on the North American writings.
Richard sits on the Property Underwriting Group (PUG).
Rachel Sabbarton
Group Head of Marine, Energy and Specialty Insurance; and Chief Underwriting Officer Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Rachel Sabbarton
Group Head of Marine, Energy and Specialty Insurance; and Chief Underwriting Officer Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Rachel Sabbarton joined Lancashire in October 2023 as Group Head of Specialty Insurance. Rachel spent 5 years at Canopius where she was Global Head of Short Tail business and formerly Global Head of Energy. Prior to this she was with Beazley for 7 years as Deputy Head of Energy and Chaucer for 5 years at the beginning of her career. She has a law degree from Cambridge University and is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Rachel is an experienced leader of energy business and is Deputy Chair of the Joint Natural Resources Committee.
As of October 30th 2024, she has assumed the role of Chief Underwriting Officer, Lancashire UK.
Ray Wong
Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Ray Wong
Underwriter - Energy - Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Ray joined Lancashire in November 2014 and is an Underwriter in the Energy and Marine team. Ray holds a Masters in Insurance and Risk Management from Cass Business School and a BSc in Mathematics from the University of York. Prior to joining Lancashire, Ray worked as an Exposure Management Analyst at Lancashire Syndicates and is ACII qualified.
Riley Macdonald
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Riley Macdonald
Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Riley joined Lancashire in 2017 as a member of the underwriting team for Lancashire Insurance Company Limited. Riley completed her Bachelor's degree in Management and International Business at Loyola University Maryland. Prior to joining, Riley worked at Axis Capital where she assisted the Capital Risk Solutions team.
Rob Smithson
Underwriter
Sam Edward
Head of Upstream
Sam Edward
Head of Upstream
Sam joined Lancashire in November 2021 as Head of Upstream where he is responsible for the class written on both the Company market and Lloyd’s accounts. Sam joined the Company from AXA XL where he spent 10 years working in various roles within the Energy team.
Simon Thurgood
Group Head of Specialty Insurance
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Simon Thurgood
Group Head of Specialty Insurance
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Simon Thurgood joined Lancashire in August 2006 and is Group Head of Specialty Insurance. Simon has extensive experience and was previously employed at Willis Limited for 6 years as Divisional Director in their terrorism department. Prior to this Simon worked in the Caribbean for CGM as a property and casualty broker.
Stella Tomlin
Head of Marine Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited / Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Stella Tomlin
Head of Marine Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited / Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Stella joined Lancashire in June 2021 to start the Marine Liability book, and is responsible for its underwriting. She has over twenty years' underwriting experience, predominantly at AEGIS London, and prior to that began her insurance career at Sedgwick on the Graduate Training Scheme. She is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a longstanding Member of the Joint Liability Committee.
Tom Gray
Group Head of Specialty Reinsurance, Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Tom Gray
Group Head of Specialty Reinsurance, Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Tom joined the Lancashire Group in September 2016 as an Underwriter specialising in Property Reinsurance and Retrocession. He has 10 years of experience in underwriting and broking in the London market. Tom has a degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London and holds the ACII and CCRA designations.
Tyler Hubbard
Assistant Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Tyler Hubbard
Assistant Underwriter
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Tyler joined Lancashire in November 2018 as an Assistant Underwriter working within the Energy and Marine team where he focuses on both the Company market and Lloyd's accounts. Tyler joined the Company from Axis Capital where he previously worked as an insurance technician within the Marine team.
Joe Harris
Assistant Underwriter - Marine Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Joe Harris
Assistant Underwriter - Marine Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Joe joined Lancashire in July 2021, shortly after completing his university degree in business management. He worked as an Underwriting Assistant working with the Marine Hull and Liability team, across the company and syndicate accounts. Joe now works predominantly in the Marine Liability team since April 2024.
Emily McKie
Underwriter - Energy Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Emily McKie
Underwriter - Energy Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Emily joined the Energy Liability team at Lancashire in January 2022. Emily started her career in catastrophe modelling at Catlin, before moving to the underwriting side at AXA XL, joining the Energy Liability team.
Luke Cohen
Senior Pricing Actuary
Luke Cohen
Senior Pricing Actuary
Luke joined Lancashire in January 2022 as a Pricing Actuary working with the reinsurance treaty team where he focuses on pricing and technical underwriting of Non-Cat Property Treaty and UK Motor Excess of Loss reinsurance. Luke joined the company from Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions where he previously worked as a pricing actuary within the UK&I team. Luke holds a Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Statistics from University of Warwick and qualified as a Fellow from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in 2020.
Alexander Godet
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Alexander Godet
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited
Alex joined Lancashire in October 2022 as an Underwriting Assistant working within the Specialty Reinsurance team. Alex joined the company from Applied Computer Technologies where he worked as a System Administrator.
Daniel O'Halloran
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Daniel O'Halloran
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Daniel joined Lancashire in November 2020 as an Underwriting Assistant working within the Energy and Marine team where he focuses on both Company market and Lloyds accounts. Daniel joined the company from Newline Group where he previously worked as a Claims Technician.
Julius Wilson
Head of Energy Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Julius Wilson
Head of Energy Liability
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited
Julius started his insurance career in 1989 at Commercial Union as an Underwriting Assistant in the Marine and Aviation Division. After joining Watkins Syndicate (Munich Re) in 2001 as Marine & Energy Liability Underwriter, Julius was promoted to Head of Marine and Energy Liability in 2005, until in 2010 he joined Catlin, in that same role. Julius then focused on the energy side of the business, in the role Head of Energy Liability until the purchase of XL Catlin by AXA. Julius moved to Lancashire in late 2021 as Head of Energy Liability to further develop the Lancashire stand-alone liability offering.
Maisie Sareen
Underwriting Assistant Marine Hull
Maisie Sareen
Underwriting Assistant Marine Hull
Maisie joined Lancashire in September 2022 as an Underwriting Assistant working across the Marine Hull and Liability teams, having graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an English Literature degree earlier that summer.
John Spence
Chief Executive Officer, Lancashire Syndicates Limited
John Spence
Chief Executive Officer, Lancashire Syndicates Limited
John was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Lancashire Syndicates Limited, in June 2022. He was previously the Active Underwriter for Syndicate 3010 having joined Lancashire Syndicates in 2014. He was also previously Aviation underwriter for Atrium Syndicate 609 for 10 years and prior to that spent 21 years at Hardy Syndicate 382.
Matthew Narbett
Active Underwriter Syndicate 2010 and Group Head of Property Insurance
Syndicate 2010
Matthew Narbett
Active Underwriter Syndicate 2010 and Group Head of Property Insurance
Syndicate 2010
Matthew joined Lancashire as a D&F Underwriter in 2016. Matthew has over 20 years' experience as a broker and as an underwriter in the Lloyd's and London markets. Prior to joining Lancashire, Matthew was employed as a Class Underwriter at XL Catlin in London, underwriting both US and International exposures. Matthew became the Deputy Active Underwriter for 2010 in 2021 and Active Underwriter in 2022. He was appointed Group Head of Property Insurance in October 2023.
Matthew Thomas
Active Underwriter and Head of Aviation War
Syndicate 3010
Matthew Thomas
Active Underwriter and Head of Aviation War
Syndicate 3010
Matt joined Syndicate 3010 in 2014 and became Head of Aviation War in January 2018 and Deputy Active Underwriter in April 2020. He was appointed Active Underwriter in June 2022. He worked at Atrium Syndicate 609 from 2001 where he was an Aviation War underwriter.
Alex Alvera
Non Marine Treaty Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Alex Alvera
Non Marine Treaty Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Alex joined Lancashire Syndicates in September 2019 on the Graduate Scheme. In September 2021 he became an Underwriting Assistant in the Non-Marine Treaty team, Syndicate 2010. Prior to joining, Alex graduated from Clemson University in 2019 with a BSc in Financial Management.
Alex Priestley
Head of Power - Syndicate 3010
Alex Priestley
Head of Power - Syndicate 3010
Alex joined Lancashire Syndicate 3010 in 2018 to start the Power and Utilities book. Prior to that he spent five years as a Power underwriter with Argenta Syndicate 2121. Alex started his insurance career in 2004 as a broker with Price Forbes & Partners and subsequently JLT Agnew Higgins, JLT and Lloyd & Partners before making the transition to underwriting in 2013.
Angus Roberts
Head of Airline
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Angus Roberts
Head of Airline
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Angus joined joined Lancashire Group in October 2022 as Head of Airlines, having worked in the Lloyd’s and London markets for over 40 years of which 35 have been in the War and Aviation sectors.
Ann Parker
Underwriting Assistant - Syndicate 2010
Ann Parker
Underwriting Assistant - Syndicate 2010
Ann joined Lancashire Syndicates in June 2012 as an Underwriting Assistant within the D&F team. Ann previously worked for Cunningham Lindsey Loss Adjusters as an administration assistant and prior to this spent 10 years working for Lloyds Banking Group.
Ben Foord
Non Marine Treaty Underwriter
Syndicate 2010
Ben Foord
Non Marine Treaty Underwriter
Syndicate 2010
Ben joined Lancashire Syndicates in July 2016 working within the Delegated Underwriting team. He became an Assistant Underwriter for the Non-Marine treaty team, Syndicate 2010, in 2021, and became an Underwriter in 2023.
Colette Murphy
Head of D&F
Syndicate 2010
Colette Murphy
Head of D&F
Syndicate 2010
Colette joined Lancashire in January 2020 to underwrite US and International property business for Syndicate 2010. She has over 13 years’ market experience, beginning her career as a catastrophe modeller after completing a Masters in Geophysical Hazards from UCL. Prior to joining Lancashire, Colette held the position of Senior Underwriter within the D&F team at Brit Insurance.
David Chalk
Head of Property Construction
David Chalk
Head of Property Construction
David joined Lancashire in November 2021 to build out the construction department. David joined from W/R/B Syndicate where he was the Head of Construction, having joined in 2006 as a trainee claims adjuster.
David Charles
Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited - Syndicate 2010
David Charles
Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited - Syndicate 2010
David joined Lancashire 2010 as an Aviation Reinsurance Underwriter in July 2021. Prior to joining Lancashire, David spent nearly 8 years at MS Amlin, originally starting within Outwards Reinsurance Claims and subsequently joining the Aviation Reinsurance Underwriting team in 2015. His most recent position at MS Amlin was an Aviation Reinsurance Underwriter which he held since December 2017. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Elle Esterbrook
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Elle Esterbrook
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Elle joined Lancashire Syndicates in September 2021, from The Hertfordshire and Essex High School, as an Administrative Assistant for the Non -Marine Treaty team.
Evan Bambury
Underwriting Assistant
Evan Bambury
Underwriting Assistant
Evan joined Lancashire in August 2022 as a Compliance Administrator working within the Legal & Compliance team, before moving to the Property D&F team in September 2023 to work as an Underwriting Assistant where he focuses on both the Company market and Lloyd’s accounts.
Freya Page
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Freya Page
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Freya joined Lancashire Syndicates in January 2021 as an Administrative Assistant for the Aviation team. She graduated from the University of Exeter in 2020 with a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences.
Gary O'Sullivan
Group Head of Aviation
Syndicate 3010
Gary O'Sullivan
Group Head of Aviation
Syndicate 3010
Gary joined Lancashire Syndicate 3010 in 2018 to set up the Aviation Hull Deductible book whilst also becoming Head of Airline. Prior to that he spent the past 13 years as Aspen Insurance UK Ltd where he was Head of Aviation. Gary started his career in 1999 with Aon before moving to XLLM as Aviation Claims Adjuster before moving to Aspen in 2005 to start up the Aviation account as an underwriter before quickly progressing to Senior Underwriter, Deputy Head and then finally Head of Aviation.
Harry London
Non Marine Treaty Assistant Underwriter
Syndicate 2010
Harry London
Non Marine Treaty Assistant Underwriter
Syndicate 2010
Harry joined Lancashire Syndicates in December 2014 working within the IT team. In 2023, he became an Assistant Underwriter for the non-marine treaty team, Syndicate 2010.
Jimmy Curtis
Senior Underwriter - Aviation
Syndicate 3010
Jimmy Curtis
Senior Underwriter - Aviation
Syndicate 3010
Jimmy joined Syndicate 3010 as an Aviation Underwriter in July 2020. Prior to joining, Jimmy spent over 10 years at Atrium Syndicate 609 originally starting within Claims and subsequently joining the Aviation Underwriting team in 2014.
James Blewett
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
James Blewett
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
James joined Lancashire in July 2021 with over with over 30 years' London Market experience in Cargo, Fine Art & Specie, Logging and Trucking business.
Recent experience ranges from working in a small MGA to a Senior Underwriter role within a number of Lloyd’s Syndicates, most recently Ark where he spent six years building a cargo and fine art book from scratch.
James Bowd
Non Marine Treaty Assistant Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
James Bowd
Non Marine Treaty Assistant Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
James joined Lancashire Syndicates in November 2017 working within the Delegated Underwriting Team. In 2018, he joined the Syndicate Operations teams before joining the Non-Marine treaty team as an Underwriting Assistant in November 2019. James graduated from Swansea University with a BSc degree in Economics.
James Greenhalgh
Group Head of Aviation Reinsurance
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
James Greenhalgh
Group Head of Aviation Reinsurance
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Jamie Kinsella
General Manager
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jamie Kinsella
General Manager
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jamie joined Lancashire Syndicates in June 2021 as Senior Underwriter of Property D&F Australia. He has over 10 years underwriting experience most recently with Argenta Syndicate 2121 where he was the Deputy Underwriting Director for the Australian office.
Jeremy Lum Mow
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jeremy Lum Mow
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jeremy joined Lancashire Syndicates in December 2021 as an Underwriter of Property D&F Australia. He has over 14 years underwriting experience most recently with Honan Insurance Group as Portfolio Underwriter.
Josef Pittaway
Assistant Underwriter
Syndicate 3010
Josef Pittaway
Assistant Underwriter
Syndicate 3010
Josef joined Lancashire Syndicates in September 2018 as an Administrative Assistant working within the Direct Aviation team and became an Assistant Underwriter in 2023.
Kerry Rodger
Assistant Underwriter
Syndicate 2010
Kerry Rodger
Assistant Underwriter
Syndicate 2010
Kerry joined Lancashire Syndicates in May 2017 as an Assistant Underwriter for the non-marine treaty team, Syndicate 2010. Prior to joining Lancashire, Kerry worked at Novae Syndicates for over 16 years. Her experience includes working as an Assistant Underwriter in the aviation reinsurance team and as a Technical Trainer and Consultant within the central underwriting support team.
Maisie Robins
Underwriting Assistant
Maisie Robins
Underwriting Assistant
Maisie joined Lancashire in April 2023 as an Underwriting Assistant working within the Property D&F team where she focuses on both the Company market and Lloyd’s accounts.
Matthew Gough
Underwriter - Aviation
Syndicate 3010
Matthew Gough
Underwriter - Aviation
Syndicate 3010
Matt joined Lancashire in October 2018 as an Aviation Underwriter specialising in a new product line, Hull Deductible. From 2009 he worked for Aspen within the Financial team before moving internally to the Aviation in 2010 as an Underwriting Assistant. He was promoted to an Assistant Underwriter in 2013, then Underwriter in 2016 with authority across all lines of Aviation business.
Michael Bush
Underwriter
Syndicate 3010
Michael Bush
Underwriter
Syndicate 3010
Michael joined Lancashire in December 2012 initially as a member of the IT team. In 2014, he joined the Aviation all risks and Aviation war team as an Underwriting Assistant and was promoted to Assistant Underwriter in 2019 and Underwriter in 2022.
Nicola Moore
Underwriting Assistant
Syndicate 2010
Nicola Moore
Underwriting Assistant
Syndicate 2010
Nicola joined Lancashire in October 2000 as an Underwriting Assistant working with the Aviation Reinsurance and Satellite team. She started her career in 1993 working for Bankside/Limit Syndicate 566 as an Underwriting Assistant.
Peter Neill
Head of General Aviation
Aviation - Syndicate 3010
Peter Neill
Head of General Aviation
Aviation - Syndicate 3010
Peter joined the Market in 2003 working as an Aviation broker. He moved to Atrium Syndicate 609 as an Aviation Assistant underwriter in 2008 and to Lancashire Syndicate 3010 as an Aviation underwriter in 2014.
Phoebe Edgell
Underwriter, Non Marine Treaty
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Phoebe Edgell
Underwriter, Non Marine Treaty
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Phoebe joined Lancashire in August 2022 as an Underwriter in the Non Marine Treaty team, specialising in U.S. Cat. She has over 10 years’ experience and previously worked at Axis Capital, having started her career at Novae Group plc. She has a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Diploma in Insurance.
Richard Costain
Head of Cargo and Specie
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Richard Costain
Head of Cargo and Specie
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Richard joined the Market in 1993, and began to specialise in Cargo and Specie when he joined Syndicate 79 in 1995. Prior to joining Lancashire Syndicate 3010, he was at McGill and Partners which he joined after 10 years as the Cargo Underwriting Manager at Liberty. Richard has been Deputy Chair of the Joint Cargo Committee and on the Cargo Committee for LIIBA.
Rhys Wooldridge
Underwriting Assistant
Syndicate 2010
Rhys Wooldridge
Underwriting Assistant
Syndicate 2010
Rhys joined Lancashire Syndicates in September 2018 as a Data Entry Administrative Assistant for the Direct and Facultative Property team.
Sean Mottram
Head of Delegated Authorities - D&F
Syndicate 2010
Sean Mottram
Head of Delegated Authorities - D&F
Syndicate 2010
Sean joined Lancashire in January 2017 to underwrite binding authority and open market business for Syndicate 2010. Sean has been in the Lloyd's market for 12 years, previously working on the broking side at BMS. This also included a 2 year secondment to Canada.
Stewart Godwin
Underwriter
Tim Higgins
Managing Director
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Tim Higgins
Managing Director
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Tim joined Lancashire Syndicates in April 2022 as Head of Property D&F Australia.
He has over 35 years underwriting experience most recently with Argenta Syndicate 2121 where he was the Underwriting Director for the Australian office.
Tom Gowan
Senior Underwriter - Power
Syndicate 3010
Tom Gowan
Senior Underwriter - Power
Syndicate 3010
Tom joined Lancashire Syndicate 3010 in 2020 to help grow the Power and Utilities book, which was started by Alex Priestley and Becky Stephenson in 2018. Tom began his insurance career in 2014 with Lloyd & Partners, which subsequently merged into JLT Specialty. Having worked mainly on Latin American property and terrorism business in his first year, Tom moved to work exclusively on power for the next four years, until he joined the Power and Utilities team as an underwriter in March 2020.
Thomas Ing
Head of Accident and Health
Syndicate 2010 / Syndicate 3010
Thomas Ing
Head of Accident and Health
Syndicate 2010 / Syndicate 3010
Tom joined Lancashire in 2020 to set up the Accident & Health account, having been in the London market for the past 16 years or so. Most of his time has been spent on A&H although he has also worked on North American Property and Reinsurance. Tom is ACII qualified and hold degrees from the Universities of York and Oxford.
Tom Sutton
Group Head of Non-Marine Treaty
Syndicate 2010
Tom Sutton
Group Head of Non-Marine Treaty
Syndicate 2010
Tom joined Lancashire in 2016 to underwrite non marine treaty business for Syndicate 2010 specialising in property. Prior to this he was a broker at Guy Carpenter in the treaty team, having started his career at RK Harrison Insurance Brokers in 2005. He has a degree in Geography from the University of Edinburgh.
Will Andrews
Assistant Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Will Andrews
Assistant Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicates Limited
Will joined Lancashire in September 2021 as an Administrative Assistant, working within the Accident & Health team and became an Assistant Underwriter in July 2024.
Kamara Harper
Assistant Underwriter
Richard Ogoe
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicate Limited
Richard Ogoe
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicate Limited
Richard joined Lancashire in November 2021 as part of the new construction underwriting team. Since joining the insurance industry in 2011 Richard has worked solely in
the construction class of business holding previous roles at QBE, Mapfre RE and W/R/B.
Lauren Storer
Senior Property Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicate Limited
Lauren Storer
Senior Property Underwriter
Lancashire Syndicate Limited
Lauren joined Lancashire in January 2024 as Senior Property Underwriter in the Direct and Facultative team, writing both US and International business across the Syndicate and Company platforms. Prior to this she worked as Senior Underwriter at Munich Re, where she spent the first 12 years of her career contributing to their London Worldwide Property portfolio.
Olivia Weller
Underwriting Assistant
Olivia Weller
Underwriting Assistant
Olivia joined Lancashire Syndicates in March 2024, from New Hall School as an Underwriting Assistant for the Aviation team.
Tim Higgins
Managing Director
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Tim Higgins
Managing Director
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Tim joined Lancashire Syndicates in April 2022 as Head of Property D&F Australia.
He has over 35 years underwriting experience most recently with Argenta Syndicate 2121 where he was the Underwriting Director for the Australian office.
Jamie Kinsella
General Manager
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jamie Kinsella
General Manager
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jamie joined Lancashire Syndicates in June 2021 as Senior Underwriter of Property D&F Australia. He has over 10 years underwriting experience most recently with Argenta Syndicate 2121 where he was the Deputy Underwriting Director for the Australian office.
Judy Lee
Operations & Binder Analyst
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jeremy Lum Mow
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jeremy Lum Mow
Senior Underwriter
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Jeremy joined Lancashire Syndicates in December 2021 as an Underwriter of Property D&F Australia. He has over 14 years underwriting experience most recently with Honan Insurance Group as Portfolio Underwriter.
Mike Selby
Underwriter
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Molly Marr
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Paris Ruwald
Underwriting Assistant
Lancashire Underwriting Australia
Paul Gregory
Group Chief Underwriting Officer and LCM CEO
Paul Gregory
Group Chief Underwriting Officer and LCM CEO
Paul Gregory has led the underwriting operations of the Lancashire Group since May 2014 as Group Chief Underwriting Officer.
Paul joined Lancashire in 2007 as part of the team responsible for underwriting the energy portfolio. In January 2009, he was appointed Chief Underwriting Officer of Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Ltd and was responsible for all business underwritten from the platform. Paul also served as Chief Executive Officer of Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Ltd between 2014 and 2019.
Paul has been a member of the Lancashire Holdings board’s Underwriting and Underwriting Risk Committee since 2010 and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Lancashire Capital Management (LCM) since 2021.
Prior to working at Lancashire, Paul was an energy underwriter at AIG and he started his career at Marsh as an Account Executive in the Energy team as part of the Marsh graduate scheme.
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