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Catlin Europe Opens Underwriting Office in Rome

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Catlin Group Limited (‘CGL’: London Stock Exchange), the international speciality property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announces that Catlin Europe has established an underwriting office in Rome, its second office in Italy.

The Rome office will be staffed by a five-member reinsurance underwriting team headed by Senior Underwriter/Branch Manager Antonio Fiengo. He and the other members of the underwriting team have joined Catlin from Swiss Re in Italy.

At Catlin, the team will underwrite various classes of treaty reinsurance business.

Catlin Europe, which is headquartered in Cologne, underwrites speciality classes of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance for European clients. Besides the Rome and Cologne offices, Catlin Europe also operates from offices in Paris, Zurich, Innsbruck, Barcelona, Antwerp, Bergen, Munich and Genoa.

Ralf Tillenburg, chief executive officer of Catlin Europe, said: “I am delighted that Antonio and his experienced team of underwriting professionals have joined Catlin to launch our Rome office. The team, which has worked together for many years and has established a very successful track record, is looking forward building new relationships with brokers and their clients.

“Catlin is already well known in Europe as a leading underwriter of specialty lines of insurance as well as reinsurance business. The skills and expertise of our Rome team will further strengthen Catlin’s position in the European market.”

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For more information contact:

 

Media Relations:    
James Burcke,
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Liz Morley, Maitland

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William Spurgin,
Head of Investor Relations, London

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Notes to editors

1.   Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda , is an international specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes of business worldwide through four underwriting platforms and an international network of offices. Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: CGL). Gross premiums written in 2008 exceeded US$3.4 billion. More information can be found at www.catlin.com.
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 Catlin's four underwriting platforms are:

  • The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd's of London (Syndicate 2003) is a recognised leader of numerous classes of specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Catlin Syndicate was the largest at Lloyd's in 2008 based on fross premiums written of US$2.4 billion. Catlin also operates a life syndicate at Lloyd's (Syndicate 3002).
  • Catlin Bermuda (Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.), which is a leading participant in the Bermuda market, underwriting a diversified portfolio of property treaty, casualty treaty, political risk and terrorism, and structured risk coverages. A Guernsey Branch of Catlin Bermuda underwrites life coverages.
  • Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.), which specialises in underwriting commercial non-life insurance for UK clients through a network of regional offices. In addition, Catlin UK underwrites many other classes of commercial insurance.

  • Catlin US, which encompasses Catlin's operations based in the United States. Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products from a network of offices throughout the United States. 

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Catlin's international network of offices allows the Group to diversify further its risk portfolio and to work more closely with local policyholders and brokers. Besides its offices in the UK, US and Bermuda, Catlin operates offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Guernsey, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Signapore, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 4.   Catlin Group Limited is the title sponsor of the Catlin Arctic Survey, a major scientific expedition to measure the thickness and density of the permanent ice surrounding the North Pole.  The project’s aim is to help scientists determine, with a much greater degree of accuracy, when this ice could disappear as a result of global warming.  More information is available at www.catlinarcticsurvey.com.