Argo strengthens property team

Argo International has appointed Matt Stollery as property binding authorities underwriter.

Stollery brings over a decade’s underwriting experience, specialising in binding authority business, to his new role. He joins from Ark Syndicate Management where as an underwriter in its package programmes division. He wrote a leading book of North American property and liability excess & surplus business, primarily placed through binding authorities.

Prior to this, he spent eight years at Omega Insurance, where he underwrote a combination of US, UK and international property and liability binding authority business.

“Matt is an excellent addition to our team and I am pleased to welcome him to Argo. He has focused on binding authority business throughout his career and this is reflected both in his extensive specialist expertise and his well-established network of broker and coverholder relationships. We see significant opportunities to develop our delegated authorities offering and appointing someone of Matt’s calibre is a significant step in ensuring that we achieve our goals,” said Neil Chapman, active underwriter, Argo International.