Plum expands underwriting and claim capabilities
Plum Underwriting, the household insurance managing general agent (MGA), which is part of the Global Risk Partners (GRP) group, has made a number of appointments, expanding its underwriting, electronic trading and claims capabilities.
Nick Beckingham has joined as senior underwriter in the London office for Plum’s HomeWorks product. Beckingham was previously with Chubb where he was an underwriter supporting the development of independent broker business.
James Brett is appointed as claims manager with responsibility for the management and delivery of Plum’s claim service across its product portfolio. He joins from Lark Insurance where he was the claims team leader within the private client business.
To support the expansion of Plum’s e-trade underwriting operation, offering products to brokers electronically via the leading broker software houses, the company has opened a new office in Brentwood, Essex, and made two initial appointments to the dedicated underwriting team based there.
Leigh Woodward joins as underwriting team manager. She was previously a senior home underwriter with Prestige Underwriting Services and has over 20 years’ experience of household and non-standard property underwriting within MGAs and Lloyd’s syndicates.
Reece Birch joins as underwriter. Birch was previously a senior underwriter for household and let property insurance with Towergate.
Toby Daley, technical director of Plum said: “The expansion of the team and opening of a new office further demonstrates our commitment to providing enhanced access to experienced underwriting expertise and support for brokers. Building on these capabilities affirms our reputation for high standards of service and our appetite for delivering flexible underwriting on complex property risks.”
These appointments follow recent announcements on Simon Lewer joining GRP as chief operating officer of its MGA division, with responsibility for the development of the group’s electronic trading initiatives, and his appointment as Plum’s electronic trading director, and the appointment of Kris Lee as head of e-Trade underwriting.
Further expansion of the Plum team is planned with additional appointments to be announced later this year.
