Team
Management Team
Stuart Quilter
Stuart is an entrepreneurial and uniquely versatile Finance Director who has led the UK acquisition process and subsequent integrations of the acquired entities since joining AssuredPartners London in February 2016. Stuart is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and previously worked as a Director at Smith & Williamson, a top ten accountancy firm in the UK. Since starting his career in 1999, Stuart has specialised in working with the insurance sector, providing a range of services including client money system and procedure reviews, due diligence investigations, IPOs and bond listings. Stuart’s experience supporting, driving and evolving financial services businesses to create sustainable, profitable cash flow streams has been instrumental in the development of the AssuredPartners London operation.
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David Heathfield
David has been the CEO since 2015. Since then he has been responsible for overseeing the integration of several Lloyd’s of London insurance brokers, all of which now trade as AssuredPartners London. That integration process has yielded substantial cost and operational synergies which has allowed AssuredPartners London to enjoy significant margin growth over the period. David is a qualified Solicitor having spent 7 years at a leading city law firm specialising in insurance litigation. His legal experience includes work on large UK based insurance fraud cases, off-shore fund litigation and policy wording and coverage disputes centered around large international financial institutions. David is an expert in the area of asset management insurance and has a large book of business consisting of institutional asset managers and funds located in various jurisdictions around the world.
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Sean Gough
Sean has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry. He started his career at the Heath Group in 1985 gaining a broad experience across all aspects of Risk Processing in respect of insurance emanating from North America, International, Latin America and Caribbean. From there, Sean joined Grosvenor Brokers in August 2000 to develop a technical/finance department within the business and in January, 2005 took on the additional role of Compliance Director of Grosvenor Brokers. In July 2014 Sean became the Chief Operating Officer of the London Operation and has been a member of the team leading the integration and development of the London Organisation. Sean is a Board Director and is an FCA Approved Person of the firm. Sean has attained his ACII (Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute) qualifications and the title Chartered Insurance Practitioner.
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Our People
Aaron Alexander
Starting as an Account Executive within Howden’s Schemes & Affinity division, Aaron has been working in the Insurance Industry since 2014. Aaron made his transition to a placing broker in 2015, specialising in North American and Australian binding authorities across various liability classes. In 2018 Aaron joined AssuredPartners as a Broker for the Property Casualty division where he continues to place Australian and North American binder business including CGL, D&O, Cyber and Medical Malpractice. Aaron graduated with BA Honours in Business Management at Kingston University.
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Michael Bender
Michael has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Michael started his insurance career at Frizzell Insurance Brokers in 1986 before moving on to a brief stint at St. Paul Insurance Company as a claims administrator in 1990. Michael returned to broking with Byas Mosley in 1991, where he concentrated on Canadian and USA professional liability binding authority and open market placement business. Michael then joined Bell & Clements in 1996 as part of a team departure from Byas Mosley. There he continued to grow his knowledge and contacts in liability binding authorities. Michael expanded his expertise and production further at Alwen Hough Johnson between 2001 and 2007, before setting up his own broker, BGH, at Windsor Partners in 2007. After Windsor Partners bought out Michael’s ownership in BGH in 2010 Michael continued to work at Windsor Partners/Howden running the Special Risks department. In 2014 Michael departed Howden and after completing 18 months away from the market he helped set up B&W Brokers Ltd in 2015. In 2018 Michael joined AssuredPartners London as a Director of Property & Casualty division, his expertise and knowledge will help increase the flow of business at APL.
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Lloyd Bender
Working in the Insurance industry since 2015, Lloyd specialises in International & US Casualty. Lloyd’s primary focus is the placement of tough Open market accounts, as well as Binding Authority Contracts for a multitude of liability classes. Lloyd first started out as a Junior Claims Broker for B&W Brokers, before then transitioning into a Placing Broker concentrating on binder referral business, servicing a multitude of casualty contracts. Working towards Cert CII approval with the eventual aim of being ACII qualified, Lloyd now works as a Broker at AssuredPartners London, starting his role in July 2018.
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Anthony Bender
Tony started his Insurance career in 2007 at BGH Risk Solutions (Windsor Partners) as a Claims Broker. He continued at Windsor/Howden until 2016 when he moved over to B&W Brokers as part of a team departure. On July 2018 Tony joined AssuredPartners London as a Senior Claims Broker where he assists the Claims Manager. Tony handles claims from first advice to closure and is experienced in ECF, CLASS, DMS, X-CHANGING, LINEAGE and LLOYD@S REPOSITORIES
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Sandra Bickmore
Sandra joined in November 2001 and her primary focus is on supervising the finance team from the day to day accounting functions to monthly and annual reporting and also provides assistance to the Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director
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Alex Burton Brown
Alex Burton Brown is the Commercial Director for AssuredPartners London and has a deep understanding of the insurance needs of the asset and alternative asset management sector. His strong market relationships mean he is able to leverage very competitive premiums and broad policy wordings in the industry for his clients. “ This sector often presents complex legal and geographical structures and can face risks from the actions of clients, regulators, employees and third parties. AssuredPartners London specializes in navigating these issues."
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Jamie Cairns
Working in the insurance industry since 2004. Jamie held credit controller positions at both Windsor & Howden Insurance brokers. Prior to 2004 he held Assistant Accounting positions in various industries. Jamie joined B & W in November 2015 as IBA Accounts Manager having gained extensive knowledge of B & W’s client base during his time at Windsor/Howden. Jamie works as an account manager at AssuredPartners London. Jamie stated his role in July 2018
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Jordan Clark
Jordan Clark started his insurance career in September 2015 when he joined Beazley’s London syndicate. During his time as an Underwriting Assistant here, he gained experience within the US Architects & Engineers, Lawyers and Miscellaneous teams. In may 2017, Jordan joined AssuredPartners London as a broker, specializing in the placement of Lawyers, Architects & Engineers, Cyber and EPL.
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John Coventry
Since joining Xchanging in a junior role in 2005, John has been working within the insurance industry. In 2007 John moved to JHIB as a claims broker, predominantly working on US & ROW binders. From there, John re-joined Xchanging in 2008 this time as a junior claims adjuster for the London Binders team. In the five years he spent there, John handled many different classes of business and gained an in depth knowledge of Binders which provided an opportunity to join Endeavour Insurance Services in 2013 as a claims broker. Whilst at EIS John predominantly worked on the US book of business, handling US property claims from cradle to grave. From the work John done at EIS he was recommended for a claims adjuster role at Novae Group PLC which he accepted and began work at in 2015. During 3 ½ years at Novae, John worked on the US Facilities team, overseeing large multi-million dollar claims, many of which stemmed from hurricanes Matthew, Harvey & Irma. In 2018 after gaining over 13 years insurance experience as both a claims broker and claims adjuster, John joined Assured Partners as a senior claims broker.
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James Craik-White
Working in the insurance industry since 2001 James began his career at Harris & Dixon as a junior claims broker. Having moved to Alwen Hough Johnson in 2002 he progressed from a claims broker to the claims manager during his spell there which ended in 2011 with a move to Lloyd & Partners. After 3 years at Lloyd & Partners James returned home to Ireland to work in the local insurance market until 2015 when B & W persuaded him to come on board as the Claims manager. In July 2018 James bring his knowledge as Claim manager to AssuredPartners London where he continues to provide a complete service to all clients.
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Jason Daly
Jason works as Divisional Director for the Asset Management Division of AssuredPartners London (APL). Jason joined APL (formerly Baronsmead) in September 2009 as a Graduate Trainee and has progressed into his role as a Senior Account Manager looking after some of our largest Asset Manager clients. Prior to Baronsmead, Jason worked in various areas of insurance, including personal lines and commercial insurance for a London-based insurance broker. Jason studied at the University of Leeds, graduating with a BA Honours in History and Politics in 2007
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Della Davy
Della joined the team in September 2002 where she prepares all policy documentation, market reform contracts and general administration/ad hoc duties.
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Nigel Dorning
With 42 years in the Insurance Industry, 20 years as a broker and Director of Sedgwick and Bain Hogg focussing on Professional Indemnity mainly, but involved with most major lines and 22 years Underwriting with RGB, Amlin and Argo. Nigel ran the professional lines business for Amlin until 2010, continued with Professional lines at Argo and additionally ran a successful project to develop UK cross class SME business via Coverholders. Nigel qualified ACII in 1980.
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Jonathan Drinkwater
Having gained exposure to underwriting and broking across various lines of business within the London market, including Contingency, Property Cat. & Crisis Management, Jonathan joined AssuredPartners London in 2017 working as an Account Executive within the team responsible for placing business for asset managers. Jonathan graduated from the University of Leeds in 2015 with a BA Honours in Geography (Industrial).
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Belinda Fallarino
Belinda Fallarino started her insurance career in 2010 when she joined Beazley’s London syndicate. After 6 months, she gained experience within the EPL, D&O and UK/International PI teams, before joining the International Underwriting team fully as an Underwriting Assistant. In February 2013, Belinda joined Grosvenor Brokers (now AssuredPartners London) as a placing broker, specializing in North American business. This mainly consists of US Professional Liability, Cyber and various types of MPL.
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Estelle Foxhall
With over 15 years of experience handling claims, Estelle joined the team in June 2010 has gained a wealth of knowledge in various lines of business ranging from UK & US professional liability to International Reinsurance and is responsible for ensuring that our clients’ claims run as smoothly as possible from initial notice through to settlement.
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Daniel Goodson
Daniel started his insurance career in 2008 at HSBC Insurance Brokers supporting their various broking teams including Specie, Motor and North American. He subsequently built up his knowledge and skillset with similar broker back-up roles at Gibbs Hartley Cooper, John Holman and Sons and RFIB. Daniel joined AssuredPartners London in February 2016 and soon headed the technical support team for which he know overseas the broker back-up support for each of the departments. He provides efficient technical support to our Brokers and Accounts team whilst ensuring compliance with up to date Market requirements.
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Edward Green
Edward Green started his insurance career in May 2015 when he joined a London market MGA. During his time as an Underwriting Assistant, he gained experience within a specialized team focusing on US Professional and Management Liability. In October 2017, Edward joined AssuredPartners London as a broker, working alongside Anthony Green in producing and placing US Professional E&O (Marine and Non-Marine), D&O, Financial Institutions, Plus Product Contamination/Recall Business.
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Anthony Green
Tony’s career started in Lloyd’s in 1966 with over 20 Years as Broker / Director at Alexander and Alexander [subsequently AON] before moving to other Lloyd’s Brokers before joining Grosvenor in December 2009. His areas of operation would predominately be in USA / Canada plus has clients and contacts in other regions such as Panama and Caribbean. He continues to be involved with the Liability and Professional Classes and Transportation but with particular focus on Professional E&O {Marine and Non-Marine], D&O, Financial Institutions, Medical Malpractice, SML, EPLI including PEO operations plus Products Contamination / Recall business. During his time in the London market, has also been involved in other Special Risks and Non-Liability classes.
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Anthony Green
Working in the Insurance Industry since 1990. Specialised in the placement and handling of North American Liability Binding Authority Business since 1998. Areas of speciality being Professional, Medical, General and Directors and Officers Liability. Has been at Director level of various Lloyd’s Insurance Brokers since 2007 and Management roles since 2001.
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Steve Hart
Steven Hart started in insurance in 1978 working for Lowndes Lambert as a claims broker in the Lloyd’s of London market. He joined Crawley Warren in 1983 and was immediately transferred to the newly formed Property & Casualty team where he was involved in placing US property on both a facultative and binder basis. In 1989 he was promoted to the Accident & Health division specialising in Medical Stop Loss business and helped grow the division to the largest in the company. When Crawley Warren was sold in 1999 Steven left and joined Price Forbes, Ltd as an Associate Director and was appointed Sales and Marketing Director in 2002. In 2007 joined Grosvenor Accident & Health, a division of Grosvenor Brokers (America) Ltd as a Director. 2016 Grosvenor became AssuredPartners London.
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Bradley Hayes
Bradley commenced his insurance career in June 2015 with RFIB as a technician, and has since then progressed to be introduced to both technical back up and broking roles. Bradley has worked across various classes of business, including Yachts, Liability, Political Risk and Trade Credit. Bradley joined AssuredPartners London Transportation team in June 2017 where he provides efficient technical support to the Brokers and Accounts teams whilst ensuring compliance with industry requirements.
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Patrick Henry
Patrick started his insurance career in 1999 working as an Assistant Underwriter at the St Paul Syndicate in Lloyd’s. He had underwriting authority for all classes of business falling within the Financial and Professional Services unit. He was also involved in the purchase of Facultative Reinsurance for the Syndicate and the creation of reports and statistical analysis and the maintenance of Underwriting records and information. In July 2002 Patrick joined Grosvenor Brokers who became part of AssuredPartners in 2011. He is currently the Divisional Director for the North American team for AssuredPartners London. He specializes in the placement of Lawyers, Architects & Engineers, Insurance Brokers and Miscellaneous Professional Liability. He also focuses on Cyber, D&O and EPL insurance.
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Bob Hunt
Bob is responsible for Division within AssuredPartners London (APL) dealing with various Treaties, Binding Authorities and facilities including Motor, Travel, PA and Homeowners business working closely with our clients in the UK and Andorra. Bob started his role in November 2008.
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Darren Hurrell
Working in the Insurance Industry since 1986. Specialised in the technical back-up and handling of North American and Australian Liability and Property Binding Authorities since 1986. Handles the entire process of all Binding Authorities. Has been at Director level of various Lloyd’s Insurance Brokers since 2007 and Management roles since 2001.
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Callum Ilott
Started in the Insurance Industry in 2016 as a Broking Assistant at B&W Brokers. He then progressed to Junior Technician after a few months, where he provided technical support to Brokers, mainly involving Bordereaux, Binding Authority, Open Market and Endorsement processing to Lloyds of London. As of July 2018, Callum currently works as a Technician at AssuredPartners London. Working towards Cert CII qualifications.
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Georgina Jeffery
Georgina started her insurance career in 2012 when she joined Aon UK Limited as part of an account support team. After gaining experience within the Property and Casualty division, she moved into the US Casualty team as an Account Handler and developed her knowledge of General Liability. In May 2015, Georgina joined AssuredPartners London as a Technician, focusing on tasks such as the production of Market Reform Contracts and Endorsements. She has since changed roles and is now a broker within the North American team, specialising in the placement of US Professional Liability for Lawyers, Architects & Engineers, Insurance Brokers & Miscellaneous. She also focuses on Cyber & D&O.
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Adam Jiggens
Adam started his insurance career in 2001 at Howdens handling a variety of UK and European professional liability claims. In 2005 he joined JLT where he handled claims airline claims for a multitude of US regional carriers, along with working on some of JLT’s most prestigious airline accounts. In 2007 Adam joined Besso as a senior claims broker for the North American liability division specialising in lawyers professional liability claims, although also handling D&O, Financial institutions and Architects & Engineers liability claims. Adam has been at Grosvenor Brokers since early 2011 and manages the claims department. Adam still specialises in US lawyer’s professional liability, but also handles a diverse book of claims from other areas within the company ranging from products recall through to Marine cargo.
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Jake Lillywhite
Jake began his career in July 2015 working as a Claims Assistant for RenaissanceRe, where he provided operational and administrative support for the Claims team. Jake subsequently joined Castel Underwriting in April 2017, mainly handling the Aviation account and ensuring that payments and claims were processed in a timely manner. Jake joined AssuredPartners in August 2018, and he handles predominantly Lawyers Professional Liability claims and bordereaux.
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Tim Patten
Tim started his career as technician at Fenchurch Insurance Brokers in 1996. He joined Edgar Hamilton & Wellard in 1997 where he was a contingency cover holder, in 2000 he moved to Aon London to work within their facultative Professional Indemnity Broking team. After 12 years Tim joined Endeavour Insurance Services specialising in broking A&E & Misc Canadian E&O. In 2018 joined B&W as a Senior Broker which later that year became AssuredPartners London.
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Jesse Pike
Jesse Pike joined the insurance industry back in 2015 as a Junior Account Executive where he was exposed to all lines of business. After a few years, he made his move over to Assured Partners London where he is currently a Broker Back-up Technician for the Asset Management team tasked with producing documentation and processing numerous high value accounts.
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Anthony Pires
Anthony has been AssuredPartners London’s Financial Controller since April 2013. Anthony has worked in the insurance industry for seven years and oversees the day to day finances of the company.
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Gavin Richards
Gavin started his insurance career working on a Non Marine Box for a Lloyd’s Syndicate in the Room. Moving onto broking Gavin joined the North American department of H Clarkson, specialising in Property and Casualty insurance. Gavin joined Price Forbes in 1985 placing US Casualty business into the London and European markets, becoming a Director in 1997. In 1998 Gavin took on the responsibility of running the Accident & Health (A & H) team within Price Forbes, and joined Grosvenor Brokers in 2007. Gavin is the US Development Director of AssuredPartners London, and is also a Director of AssuredPartners Accident & Health, and is responsible for US production of A & H business. Gavin is an ‘Approved Person’ under the FCA regulations, and hold the RHU (Registered Health Underwriter) designation.
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Rob Riches
Rob started his insurance career in 2015 at Markerstudy Group as a Claims Handler, after gaining enough claims experience had moved into the Lloyds market for A.J.Gallagher as a Claims Technician. Rob then went on to join B&W brokers as a Claims Broker early 2018, swiftly following that came over to Assured Partners in July2018 as part of a team departure. Rob handles claims from first advice to closure liaising with both Underwriters and TPA’s using various systems such as ECF, CLASS, Xchanging, Lineage and Lloyds Repositories.
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Guy Sansom
Guy has been working within the insurance industry for over thirty years with a focus on the North American market. Prior to starting at AssuredPartners London in May 2016, Guy worked at Lonsdale Insurance Brokers as Managing Director. Guy’s insurance experience includes the production and development of new business, developing new production networks and general marketing on specialised products. Guy has a creative and adaptable approach which is shown from past roles at companies such as JLT and Price Forbes & Partners. On starting at AssuredPartners London as Divisional Director, Guy manages the Transportation division and the overall growth of the division’s new business targets.
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Adam Sansom
Adam began working in the Insurance industry in 2015 and started his role as a Broker at AssuredPartners London in May 2016. He works within the transportation division with particular experience in the North American Market.
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Rebecca Savva
Rebecca started in insurance in 2004 with SBJ. Having started her career as a Claims Technician she progressed into a senior claims broking position after brief spells at A.J. Gallagher and Iris Insurance Brokers. Rebecca joined Windsor Insurance Brokers in 2013 as a Binding Authority Technician. Rebecca joined B&W Brokers in February 2016 as part of a team departure from Windsor/Howden. Later on in 2018 Rebecca joined AssuredPartners London. She provides technical support to our Brokers and accounts team whilst ensuring compliance with up to date market requirements.
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Barry Searles
With 7 years experience in the insurance industry, Barry works as a Senior Account Manager at AssuredPartners London (APL) a specialist Lloyd's broker. Barry started his role in May 2010. Barry focuses on the Investment Manager and Fund space, working closely with our clients in Cayman, Ireland, Luxembourg, Jersey, Guernsey and Malta. Barry is also responsible for developing our offering to include Directorship Services Companies, Administrators and other Service Providers worldwide. Prior to APL Barry worked for St Mary Underwriting in Underwriting Support and for PYV Insurance Brokers in the role of Business Support Technician.
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Vanda Simoes
Vanda Simoes joined AssuredPartners London in October 2017 as a Team and Marketing Assistant. She has a MA in Communication and Media and a BA in Tourism. Vanda has a wide backround that includes professional experience in Banking and Marketing Strategies. Her work will help for the smooth operation of the Marketing department.
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Byron Southwood
After graduating from Kingston University London in 2016 with First Class BSc Hons in Business Management, Byron first started his career in the insurance industry as an intern at K.M. Dastur & Co Ltd in the Aviation claims department. Byron Joined Assured Partners London Health & Accident team in 2017 as a Broker Support Technician where he provides technical support to the Brokers.
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Tom Spraggs
Tom is an Account Manager for the Asset Management Division of AssuredPartners London. Tom initially joined as part of the Client Administration team in 2011, progressing into his role as Account Manager. His primary focus throughout has been meeting the insurance requirements of alternative investment clients. Prior to AssuredPartners London, Tom worked for Atrium Underwriters in back office support and for JLT Re-Insurance gaining experience in the Insurance Market. Tom graduated with a BA (Joint Hons) in Maths & Management from the University of Manchester and is currently studying towards his Advanced Diploma in Insurance qualification having achieved his Diploma.
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Jo Trahearn
Jo joined AssuredPartners London in May 2017. Jo provides efficient technical support to the Brokers and Accounts teams whilst ensuring compliance with industry requirements. Jo has built a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry across various classes of business. She primarily supports the US department with diverse books of business also covering both Open Market and Bulking Lineslips.
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Lisa Wenborne
Lisa joined AssuredPartners London (APL) in November 2016 as Operations Manager. Her responsibilities include IT and Systems development, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer and Technical team to ensure operational areas of the buisness run effectively.With ten years experience working in the Insurance industry, Lisa previously worked at an Insurance outsourcing business providing operational support to Insurance Brokers and Managing General Agents. Prior to this Lisa worked with APL’s Asset Management team (previously Baronsmead), heading up their operational and technical team. Lisa’s career in Insurance commenced at Senior Wright, a Wholesale Lloyd’s Broker specialising in Financial Institutions Insurance, where she provided technical support to a team of Account Handlers and Placing Brokers.
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Junita Ying
Junita started her role in March 2007. Junita’s role is to chase up clients for payments and making settlements to Insurers.
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