Chubb poaches Global Aerospace director to lead aviation business

Property/casualty insurer  Chubb has tapped Global Aerospace's underwriting director to lead its aviation business, which is based in London and has hubs in Paris, France and Toronto, Canada.

Simon Abbott (pictured) joins as product head aviation for Chubb Global Markets (CGM), the company's London Market wholesale and specialty arm including its Lloyd's platform.

In this role, Abbott will be responsible for strategy, product and business development, underwriting and service operations, and overall profit and loss performance. He will be based in London and report to Robert Wilson, chief underwriting officer for CGM and active underwriter of Chubb's Lloyd's Syndicate 2488.

Abbott will join Chubb in July from Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers where he has been an underwriting director since 2014. He has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry and has held a wide variety of roles within the aviation sector. This includes an earlier nine-year spell at CGM where he was a senior underwriter, responsible for its Aerospace Products book from 2005. In addition, he has been chairman of the Insurance Institute of London's Aviation Subcommittee since 2008.

Wilson said: "I am delighted to welcome Simon back to Chubb Global Markets to take up this significant role leading our important Aviation business together with our existing experienced and talented team. Simon is a well-known and highly respected Aviation insurance specialist having worked within the market for three decades. His unrivalled knowledge, insights, expertise and understanding make him ideally placed to continue to grow our Aviation business and I very much look forward to working with him once more."

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