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Standard Syndicate taps London Market for head of claims
Charles Taylor-managed Standard Syndicate 1884 has appointed London Market expert Paul Crockford to the role of head of claims.
Standard Syndicate focuses on providing a broad range of marine and non-marine insurance covers to the marine and marine energy industry sectors.
Mr Crockford joins from Atrium Underwriters where he was claims manager responsible for handling a range of complex and high value claims. Prior to that, he worked at Aegis London, Maritime/CNA Insurance and Commercial Union Assurance Company in senior claims adjuster roles.
He has over 25 years of London Market claims experience. He is currently chair of the LMA Marine Claims Group and also sits on the Joint Marine Claims Committee, the LMA head of Sector Group and the LMA Strategic Claims Group.
Mr Crockford has previously worked in senior roles handling a diverse range of claims across multiple classes including marine, energy, property D&F, political risk, terrorism, fine art & specie, aviation & space.
Willis Re hires former Trans Re exec into global engineering practice
Willis Re has appointed Andrew Vince as deputy head of its global engineering practice.
He has 25 years of underwriting experience in the class, most recently as manager of engineering treaty and onshore energy at Transatlantic Re. Previously he held various positions at RSA, GE Frankona Re and Chaucer.
Talbot makes Singapore, London appointments for political risk, credit expansion
Validus Holdings unit Talbot Underwriting has hired from Zurich Insurance and Ironshore as it expands the global political risk and credit operations.
Jonathan Goh has joined as political risk & credit underwriter and will be based in Talbot’s Singapore offices. Previously, he was with Zurich Insurance as a senior political risk and credit underwriter.
Russell Fisher has been appointed senior credit analyst based in London, supporting the London, Singapore, and Validus Specialty New York offices. He was previously a political risk and credit underwriter at Ironshore Europe.