Underwriting Appetite
We are a market leader for insurance products covering ‘Political Violence’ perils. Our team comprises more than ten professional underwriters in London, Bermuda and Singapore.
We currently provide insurance for assets and investments in more than 150 countries worldwide.
Political Violence perils are highly unpredictable and can have a catastrophic impact upon a corporation’s people, assets and ability to continue trading. Traditional property and liability insurers have proven reluctant to adequately cover the full consequences of political violence.
Coverage
Perils
Catlin can also cover political violence that employs Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Radiological (CBNR) methods.
Reinsurance
Catlin is also a leading reinsurer for political violence perils. Reinsurance products include:
Clients
Why Catlin?
Key differentiators include:
Business Group Leader
After graduating from Loughborough University in 1995, Chris joined the Corporation of Lloyd's where he worked in the Regulatory Division as a syndicate reviewer. Chris joined Catlin in January 1998, as an underwriting assistant where, after progressing within the Marine Group, he was promoted in 2003 to class underwriter for the war and political risk account.
Deputy Business Group Leader/Senior Underwriter
William graduated from Texas A&M University with an honours degree in Business (Finance). He joined Bain Dawes (London) in 1986 working as a broker in aviation, war and political risks.
Following a spell as a director at Miller Insurance Group, he joined Aon in 1999 to work in the BankAssure team, specialising in consulting and placing contingent insurances in support of ‘asset backed finance’ deals, predominantly for marine, offshore energy and aviation assets.
In 2003 William moved across to Aon Crisis Management where he headed up the stand-alone terrorism team. He joined Catlin in August 2007 as Deputy Business Group Leader for War and Political Risks.
Underwriter
After graduating from the University of Warwick in 2000 Christine joined Catlin in 2001 as an assistant to Nicolas Burkinshaw on the specie, war, political risks and terrorism accounts. In 2002, she obtained her scratch on the specie and terrorism accounts and now specialises in underwriting terrorism for Catlin.
Underwriter
Alexis was promoted to assistant underwriter in January 2010.
Underwriter
Neil graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2000 with a degree in Economics.
After university he joined Euler Hermes as a whole account credit underwriter in the SME UK team.
Neil joined Catlin in 2002, working in the compliance and finance departments. He moved to the credit and political risk underwriting team in October 2007 and was promoted to assistant underwriter in January 2010.
Underwriter
Joe graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2005 after completing his BA in Politics. He went on to gain a Masters degree at the University of Birmingham in International Studies with a particular focus on security studies and political risk analysis. Joe worked for RBS Insurance before joining Catlin in 2006 as an underwriting assistant on the Political Risk account. Joe completed his Advanced Diploma of Insurance in 2008 and was promoted to assistant underwriter in January 2009.
Underwriter
Piers graduated from Edinburgh University in 2001 and joined the British Army. Following a successful career involving operational deployments across the world, Piers joined the Marsh London Energy broking team in 2007 focussing on the placement of Energy terrorism risks in the London market. Piers joined Catlin in August 2009 to underwrite Political Violence and Terrorism.