QBE swoops for Marsh/Starr talent for financial lines expansion

Re/insurer  QBE European Operations has expanded its financial lines capabilities with several new hires to its management liability team.

Paul Perry (pictured left) will be joining as a senior underwriter from Starr where he was part of the management liability team since 2017. He has over 20 years’ experience, having also held roles at Zurich and JLT.

Tom Hunt has also joined the team as senior underwriter, having moved from  QBE’s trade credit team. He previously worked at a number of large financial institutions before becoming a trade credit specialist with  QBE.

Rebecca Lowe (pictured right) joined the team recently as a senior underwriter. She comes from Marsh where she was a client executive. She is a fully qualified lawyer with previous experience at Clyde and Co.

Furthermore, the team has expanded with the appointment of three financial lines underwriters Urvi Patel, Nic Grantham and Mark Pankhania.

Patel has over 10 years’ experience. Grantham has relocated from  QBE New Zealand and brings nine years’ experience from the Australian and New Zealand retail market. Pankhania was previously underwriter for Litigation and Civil Disputes for  QBE Europe and also holds experience in financial lines from Markel.

All of the new appointments are based in London and report to Carly Eveniss, portfolio manager, commercial financial lines,  QBE European Operations.

Eveniss said: “Our expanded team bring a wealth of expertise that will be integral to the further development of our management liability portfolio. We see increased opportunity to expand the international reach of our portfolio and to work more closely with  QBE’s other lines of business to provide the best service for the unique challenges our customers are facing.”

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