QBE combines London Market personal accident teams
QBE has announced the merger of its direct and reinsurance personal accident teams to create a single London market unit with a combined GWP of £45m, operating out of Lloyd’s.
With immediate effect, the merged team is headed up by Peter Wilkins, portfolio manager, and comprises of five underwriters working across the books of business. According to the insurer, operating from a single Lloyd's box, each underwriter has the authority to write both insurance (Syndicate 2000) and reinsurance (Syndicate 566) risks such as professional and amateur sports, business travel, group and individual PA, education PA, catastrophe excess of loss, risk excess, facultative and quota
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