David has over 37 years of experience in the insurance industry, covering a wide range of insurance and reinsurance classes. David started his insurance career at Sphere Drake, before moving on to Scottish Lion. He later moved to Mapfre Re, where he started their Branch operation in London. For 13 years, David ran the Professional Lines and Liability team for Markel International before joining Sagicor/AmTrust in January 2012 to develop their account further. In January 2015, David joined Acappella Syndicate 2014 to lead the Liability division and underwrite Professional Indemnity, Directors and Officers, General Liability and Crime business. Acappella  is now one of the major syndicates in Lloyds for these classes of business leading approx. 60% of the business written. In January 2018 he became the active underwriter on the Acappella Syndicate. Throughout his career there has been an underwriting focus to drive profitability.

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+44 (0)207 337 4428

Michaela started her career in 2008 at Pembroke Syndicate 4000 assisting the Financial Institutions and Marine underwriting teams before moving into Syndicate Management in 2012. Michaela developed the expertise required to manage a Lloyd’s Syndicate before joining Acappella in March 2016 as the Syndicate Manager.

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+44 (0)207 337 4447

Sajjad Meghjee joined Acappella in 2018. After graduating in Actuarial Science from CASS Business School he gained over 6 years’ experience in both Pricing and Reserving whilst studying towards his Actuarial Qualification. Outside of work you can find him cycling around North West London racking up miles on his road bike.

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+44 (0)207 337 4498

Matthew started his career at Amlin joining the Property Treaty team after graduating from the University of Southampton in 2006. Matthew helped establish Amlin as a market leading Property Treaty team that wrote a $240m US portfolio.  Matthew joined Acappella in 2014 to help develop the US Treaty Portfolio.  Through re-engineering the underwriting tools and his extensive contacts across the US market, Matthew has significantly reshaped the book by refocusing on the US market.  This has reduced the volatility and enhanced the profitability of the portfolio across the cycle, whilst establishing the team as a significant quoting market in the Lloyd’s Property Re market.  The portfolio now represents a well-diversified portfolio across the US that has real balance.

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+44 (0)207 337 4449

Adam Jones joined Acappella in 2012. Having graduated with BSc from the University of Cardiff, Adam began his career at ITRS Group, the leading provider of risk mitigation to global financial institutions.

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+44 (0)207 337 4515

Holly joined Acappella in January 2018 as Underwriting Support for the Property Treaty team. She has previously spent a year in the Claims department at MS Amlin in Chelmsford. Holly is currently studying towards her CII qualifications.

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+44 (0)207 337 4437

Barry has over 37 years’ experience in the London Insurance Market.
He has underwritten and managed a wide range of both Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance Classes. He began his career with Sentry Underwriting Agencies before moving on to CNA Re in 1984 to take up a position in their claims dept. He began underwriting in 1990 focused on Casualty Lines of business. He progressed to the position of Director and Business Group Leader.
In 1999 he moved in to a new Lloyds Syndicate as Casualty Business Leader. In 2004 he joined Catlin Underwriting Agencies as Casualty Business Group Leader. He had a 4 year spell as a Director of Oxford Insurance Brokers Ltd before forming a London office for American Safety Insurance company. In 2013 he joined Aspen Re as a Senior Underwriter focused on Casualty Reinsurance business. In August 2018 Barry joined Acappella to head the US casualty treaty team.

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+44 (0)207 220 6784

Charlotte completed an Executive PA diploma in 2012 and has previously worked at Mouseion Professors, Aon and Watertrace Ltd. Charlotte joined the Casualty Division at Acappella in June 2014 and is currently studying for her ACII qualifications.

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+44 (0)20 7337 4544

Olivia joined Acappella in January 2018 after working in a Claims Administration Role. She completed her A-Levels in 2016 and is currently studying towards her ACII exams.

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+44 (0)20 7337 4528

Florence started her insurance career at Unistrat-Coface in Paris in 1999 where she underwrote Political and Trade Credit risks for 8 years. With a strong focus on consistently maintaining high profitability of the account, eventually she was leading a team of 7 covering the UK, US, and Southern Europe markets and writing a USD 45m book. In 2008 she moved to London to start and head up the Political Risk Department of Coface in the UK. She grew it to a 5-person team and built a USD 25m book by the time she left. In 2012 she joined Euler Hermes’s dedicated Political Risk insurance team and established its London office. Her book was already at USD 8m when she left 2 years later. Florence Joined Acappella in 2014 to set up the Political Risk division and where she has made the political risk portfolio one of the most profitable accounts in the Syndicate with a developing book which has not suffered a claim in 4 years.

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+44 (0)207 337 4549

 

Claire joined Acappella in January 2017. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a BA in Geography, she completed the Lloyd’s graduate scheme before joining Aon Underwriting Managers. Claire is currently studying towards her ACII qualifications.

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+44 (0)207 220 6724

 Laurence has over thirty years experience as an underwriter in the Lloyd’s market and is widely recognised as a Marine/Energy Liability specialist. His broker contacts are extensive being particularly strong in the Protection & Indemnity (Fixed Premium & Mutual) and General Marine Liability areas where he has established long associations not only in the London Market but also with international and regional brokers/clients.  During his many years in the market, he has been involved formulating and implementing the agreed Marine & Energy Liability underwriting strategy also overseeing all administrative functions related to the Marine & Liability Account including exposure management and portfolio management.
He joined Acappella in October 2018 from Syndicate 1861 where he led the Marine/Energy Liability team for several years. He started underwriting a General Marine Account at the Holmes Syndicate 724 in 1986.

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+44 (0)207 337 4598

Jessica joined Acappella in November 2014. After completing her A levels in 2012 and following work experience at various Lloyd’s syndicates, she joined Cooper Gay as a Broker backup Technician for the Latin America Property and Casualty Division.

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+44 (0)20 7337 4411 

Marc commenced underwriting for Acappella in October 2014. Marc has over twenty-five years of experience within the London Insurance and Reinsurance market and has held various positions at leading Lloyd’s Accident and Health syndicates.

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+44 (0)207 327 4012

David commenced underwriting for Acapella in October 2014. David has over 20 years of experience within the London Insurance and Reinsurance market; 13 of these were within the Accident and Health arena within the Lloyd’s market.

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+44 (0)207 337 4535

Francesca joined the PA team in 2016 after moving from the M&A team within Pembroke. Francesca has been at Pembroke for 5 years and is currently working towards her ACII.

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+44 (0)20 327 4013

Laurie has 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry specialising in underwriting UK and international general liability business. He started his insurance career at Sun Alliance before moving to the London Market with Independent Insurance in 1998. Laurie has worked in Lloyd’s since 2006, when he joined Markel International as Class Underwriter for General Liability, and has subsequently worked for Argo and Sagicor/AmTrust syndicates. Laurie joined Acappella Syndicate 2014 as General Liability Class Underwriter in January 2015. He is FCII qualified, a member of the London Market Association International Liability policy wordings committee and is widely recognised in the market for his technical knowledge on liability classes.

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+44 (0)207 337 4575

Matthew joined Acappella in July 2015, having previously worked at Markel and Sagicor/AmTrust. Matthew has 27 years’ experience in insurance, having started his career as a Professional Indemnity Underwriter at the Sun Alliance in 1990. He has since worked as an underwriter in London and overseas and as a Lloyd’s broker specialising in Professional Indemnity, Matthew also writes Directors and Officers and Crime business. Leading over 60% of the account written Matthew is a recognized market leader in the class.

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+44 (0)207 337 4434

Helen started her insurance career at syndicate 839 after leaving university, working on the Professional Indemnity account. After 3 years, she moved to Markel International, initially working in the service company and then transferring to become a box Underwriter. After 11 years at Markel, Helen joined Sagicor/AmTrust in January 2013. In January 2015, Helen joined Acappella Syndicate 2014 as a Professional Liability Class Underwriter. Helen speaks Italian, utilising her language skills as a source of production.

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+44 (0)207 337 4417

Joanne joined Acappella in March 2019. After graduating from the University of Limerick with a MSc in Risk Management, she joined Ironshore Europe DAC in Dublin, moved to London to work with the Pembroke Syn 4000 Professional Lines team in 2014and has 5 years’ experience in the market.

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+44 (0)207 337 4552

Louise joined Acappella in September 2017 from Hardy Syndicate, where she spent 4 years as a Senior Underwriter of Terrorism and Political Violence. Prior to her role at Hardy, Louise spent 4 years with Canopius Syndicate as part of a brand new Crisis Management start-up Underwriting Political Violence, Kidnap and Ransom and Product Recall, before this Louise was at QBE Europe as part of the Crisis Management team. Louise has over 25 years experience in the London market including 10 years broking for CE Heath. War and terror is a high margin class so Louise is driving this account forward on the back of her experience and breadth of market contacts.

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+44 (0)207 337 4461

Brian joined Acappella in March 2018 from Hardy Syndicate 382, where he spent 8 years as a Senior Underwriter of Terrorism and Political Violence.  Prior to this, he spent 8 years at Novae syndicate, writing Terrorism from 2007 as a start-up unit.  His early years at Novae were spent working on the Fine Art & Specie and Political Risks accounts as an Assistant Underwriter.

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+44 (0)207 220 6711

Andy began handling claims for Acappella in 2014, focusing on the Cargo and Terrorism lines of business. He joined the Lloyd’s market in 2009 predominantly adjusting worldwide Cargo & Fine Art/Specie claims for Pembroke Managing Agency (Synd. 4000). In the subsequent years he has gained experience in managing complex and catastrophic claims across various classes including Project Cargo, Pre-Launch Satellite and Terrorism lines, on both Syndicate and Company platforms.

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+44 (0)207 337 4508

Michelle started handling claims for Acappella in February 2015, focussing on PI/FI, D&O and General Liability lines of business.  Michelle began her career in 1987 and worked for various broking firms, including Aon and Willis, placing a wide range of business including aviation, personal accident, K&R and contingency risks.  In 2006 she joined Markel International as an adjuster where she handled complex, high value, lead Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions and D&O claims for clients based in a variety of jurisdictions.  Clients included accountants, insurance brokers, offshore trustees and IFAs.

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+44 (0)207 337 4594