MS Amlin marine heads leave for Lloyd’s Dale to lead market entry

Lloyd’s syndicate  Dale Underwriting Partners (DUP) has expanded into the marine treaty market with the hiring of two prominent leaders from MS Amlin.

Matthew Sims (pictured left) and William Taylor (pictured right) will be joining  Dale to advance its treaty portfolio offering beyond P&C and into marine, effective November 2022.  Both specialise in marine XoL treaty and bring more than two decades of experience individually.

Sims has been with MS Amlin for more than 23 years, most recently head of marine & energy and global product lead. Taylor joined MS Amlin almost three years ago as lead underwriter for marine & energy, prior to that he worked at Gen Re and TransRe.

Dale said its expansion into marine treaty is at an “inflection point” in the sector as aviation, war and terror risks are likely to break out of composite programmes in 2023 as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.

Dale envisions itself as a “highly respected, medium-sized underwriting business” that focusses on core business lines where the company possesses the expertise, platform, relationships and the access desired in the Lloyd’s market.  Dale entered the upstream energy space in January 2021 with the hire of Matthew Holmes.

Dominic Peters, active underwriter at  Dale, said: “We are thrilled to announce the appointments of Matthew and William. Both are well positioned to respond to developments and opportunities in the market as they are recognised leaders in their space and have long-standing experience – with the ability to be flexible and innovative on product and process to support our clients and accommodate these risks, organically growing the portfolio. It is a testament to  Dale that we are able to attract such highly regarded market professionals.”

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