Marine Hull

Business Group Leader-Marine

James started his insurance career in 1985 at Lander Eberli Shorter Ltd. He moved to the Stewart Wrightson/Willis Faber surety and specie division in 1986 and then to the fine art and specie division of Johnson & Higgins (UK) Limited in 1995. During this period James specialised in broking fine art and specie insurance. In 1996 James joined Lloyd-Roberts (syndicate 55) as class underwriter responsible for the specie account, while also assuming responsibility for the political risk and war risk account. James joined CUAL in January 2000 as specie underwriter. He was appointed Marine Business Group Leader in 2006.

Senior Underwriter

Iain began his insurance career in 1986 with the Prudential in the Yacht department where he was made section head in 1987. Later that year he joined K J Coles & Others, Lloyd’s syndicate 40, as deputy yacht underwriter where he was involved in both underwriting and claims disciplines. Iain joined CUAL in 1992 as underwriting assistant for the Hull and War Risk accounts. He was promoted in 1998 to class underwriter with continued responsibility for Hull, Yacht, and Marine and Aviation War Risk business.

Underwriter

Simon entered the insurance business in 1986 when he joined the composite marine syndicate managed by L G Cox & Co. He served as claims manager and joined the underwriting team in 1992, writing both short-tail commercial and marine hull business.

He joined Royal & SunAlliance as a hull underwriter in 2001 with responsibility for one of the largest accounts in the London market. Simon joined Catlin in July 2003 as a class underwriter specialising in hull accounts.

Underwriter

Chris graduated in 1993 from Massey University, New Zealand with a Bachelor degree in Business Studies. He joined Royal & SunAlliance in 2000 as a team leader in the Risk Managed division. A year later he switched to the Marine Department as a business analyst. In 2003 Chris transferred to the Hull Underwriting team and also developed the Aquaculture proposition, which won the International Initiative of the Year at the British Insurance Awards. Chris joined Catlin in 2006 as an assistant underwriter in the hull team.

Underwriter

Andrew began his career in 1980 with Commercial Union. In 1985 he joined the Lloyd’ s marine syndicate G.L.Towers as an assistant hull underwriter. In 1991 Wellington Underwriting Agency merged the syndicate with I.C.Agnew & Ors and Andrew continued to underwrite the hull account for the Wellington Underwriting Group. He transferred to Catlin in 2006 as a class underwriter for the hull account.