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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Insurance space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andrew Rear
Chief Executive & Digital Partners of Munich Reinsurance
Andrew Rear is the Chief Executive of Munich Re Digital Partners. He joined Munich Re in 2010, leading the Asia, Africa and UK life businesses until May 2016 when he took up his current role. Digital Partners is a global business working with, and investing in, start-ups, digital verticals and the sharing economy, with the ambition of building a more engaged proposition for insurance customers. Prior to joining Munich Re, Andrew was a partner and head of the EMEA insurance practice at Oliver Wyman.
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About Munich Reinsurance: Munich Reinsurance is a risk management group that offers insurance and reinsurance.
H. Casper Ager-Hanssen
Partner & Head of Venture Capital of Custos Group
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About Custos Group, Custos Group: Custos creates a unique platform that targets world-beaters and tomorrow’s enterprising disruptive innovators.
Annabel Venner
Global Brand Director and Hiscox Partner of Hiscox
Annabel is Global Brand Director at Hiscox, and CMO of DirectAsia. In this role Annabel is responsible for driving marketing effectiveness across the business units in UK, Europe, USA and Asia. Her key deliverables are; running and sustaining the ‘Hiscox Marketing Excellence’ programme, owning the brand architecture and ensuring its local activation, and providing technical support, guidance and best practice to all markets. Annabel joined Hiscox in January 2009, and prior to her current Global role was UK Marketing Director. Previous to her time at Hiscox, Annabel was at Coca-Cola for nine years working across a number of brands including; Coke, Diet Coke and Coke Zero, Powerade and Oasis, and on both GB and European projects. Annabel holds a chemistry degree from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow of the Marketing Society, member of The Financial Services Forum and CII.
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About Hiscox: Hiscox is an insurer, offering property and casualty insurance aimed at companies and high-net-worth individuals.
Carl Bauer
Founding Partner of Eos Venture Partners
Carl joined Eos as a member of the investment committee in 2016 before also joining as a General Partner in early 2017. Carl has spent his career as financial services investment banker mostly focused on insurance. He has held senior positions at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Greenhill over a 25 year period. On the InsurTech/Fintech front, Carl has advised clients in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, France and Scandinavia including as a member of associated advisory boards. He is also an active venture capital investor and sits on a number of advisory boards.
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About Eos Venture Partners, JP Morgan Chase: Eos Venture Partners is a Strategic Venture Capital Fund Focused Exclusively on Insurance
Sam Evans
Founding Partner of Eos Venture Partners
Sam runs Eos Venture Partners, an independent, specialist investment and advisory businesses for leading InsurTech innovators. Eos was established in 2016 to facilitate investment for the growing number of InsurTech start-ups. Prior to establishing Eos, Sam was a partner at KPMG where he led the Global Deal Advisory business for insurance. During his career, Sam has worked on over $75bn of insurance related transactions and has worked in many of the large mature and high growth insurance markets around the globe having lived in Australia, Hong Kong, Switzerland and the UK.
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About Eos Venture Partners: Eos Venture Partners is a Strategic Venture Capital Fund Focused Exclusively on Insurance
Henry Newby
Partnerships Director of Superscript
Every business needs a bridge builder, and nobody does it better than Henry. With a ton of big brand partnerships experience under his belt, he’s taken to the startup life like a duck to water. Always ready to brighten your day with his dazzling sarcasm, you might be surprised he’s also a (drum roll…) fantastic percussionist.
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About Superscript: Superscript provides business insurance designed specifically to meet the fast-changing needs of small businesses.
Michael Niddam
Executive Partner of Kamet
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About Kamet: Kamet is an insurtech start-up studio in the health, protection, and assistance space.
Jeff Tijssen
Head of FinTech and Partnerships of Capco
Jeff is the Head of FinTech and Partnerships at Capco, a leading global management and technology consulting firm helping clients to transform the future of finance. He sits on the FinTech Advisory Board for the City of London, and is the Chair of the FinTech Working Group as well as the China Working Group at Tech London Advocates, an unrivalled collection of tech leaders, experts and investors uniting to form the most influential independent, private sector group in London. Jeff advises a number of technology startups, is a mentor at several accelerator programmes such as Virgin Startup and Startupbootcamp, and sits on the Advisory Board of CodeFirst:Girls, a multi-award winning social enterprise with the aim to help increase the number of women in tech. He is a Committee Member at the Institute of Directors in the City of London, the UK’s leading organisation for business leaders, and mentors a team of young professionals at BeyondMe, a UK-based charity empowering future leaders to create a better society. He is a member of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, the 48 Group Club and the Aldgate Ward Club, and became Freeman of the City of London in 2015. Jeff is also a regular speaker at tech conferences and events in the UK and abroad.
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About Bain & Company, Capco: Capco provides consulting for the financial services and energy industries.
Vincent Bonnet
Chief Commercial Officer, SVP, International Sales & Strategic Partnership of Octo Telematics
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About Octo Telematics: Octo Telematics researches, develops, and manages telematics applications and systems for the insurance and automotive markets.
Nick Winks
Partner and Director of WayPoint Change
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About WayPoint Change: WayPoint Change brings experienced, very hands-on change and turnaround management skills to recover value for shareholders & debt holders.
Colin Berthoud
Founding Partner of TIM Group
Founder of two financial technology companies, establishing market leadership in multiple nascent markets. Specialties:Transformation of financial markets using emerging techology and processes.
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About TIM Group: TIM Group is a provider of alpha-generating information technologies for the financial services industry.
Gavin Orpin
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
I am Head of LCP Trustee Investment Consulting, our specialist practice focusing on investment issues from a Trustee perspective. I advise the pension schemes of several high-profile companies on all aspects of their investment arrangements, including setting strategy and selecting fund managers. My specialist area is advising on innovative risk management solutions utilising interest rate swaps and equity derivatives which have successfully helped protect schemes over the long term. I also lead LCP’s research into alternative asset classes. I am a regular contributor to pensions and other financial publications and often speak at high-profile industry conferences.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Kevin Frisby
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Kevin Frisby joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner in 2008.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
James Trask
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Hishendhra Ravindra
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
I’m Hish and I have been at LCP for over 8 years. I am a member of LCP’s Investment Strategy team and use my expertise to advise clients on their investments and help them find ways to achieve their objectives while managing risk. I am also a member of LCP’s de-risking team, and have been involved in some of the largest buy-in transactions. I’m also one of LCP’s senior fixed income researchers and work with fund managers to design customised solutions that will help my clients improve their investment portfolios. I am a technology enthusiast and am keen on developing innovative solutions for our clients. I am currently leading LCP’s work on automated investment advice and see many interesting possibilities within this area in the future.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Mark Nicoll
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Lee Dodds
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Lee Dodds joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner in 2005.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Matt Mandelbaum
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Joel Hartley
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Philip Boyle
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Matthew Gibson
Partner, Head of Investment Research of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Matt Gibson joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner, Head of Investment Research in 2015.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
James Fermont
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Ken Willis
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Paul Gibney
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Paul Gibney joined Lane Clark & Peacock LLP as Investment Partner in 1991.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Matthew Thomas
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Matthew Thomas joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner in 2007.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Stuart McKinnon
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Rob Guthrie
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
David Wrigley
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Chris Helyar
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
John Clements
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
John Clements joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Investment Partner in 2004.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Chris Helyar
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
John Clements
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
John Clements joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Investment Partner in 2004.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Greg Miller
Managing Partner and CEO of Holborn Assets
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About Holborn Assets: Holborn Assets is an independently owned global financial advisory group based in the UAE.
Christopher Sandilands
Partner of Oxbow Partners
Chris Sandilands is a Partner at Oxbow Partners, a boutique advisory firm serving the insurance industry. Chris supports insurers, reinsurers and brokers with strategy and M&A. The firm has a specialism in InsurTech and innovation, and publishes a well-known blog at www.oxbowpartners.co.uk/blog. Chris started his career at Munich Re as a D&O underwriter, before moving to Oliver Wyman, where he was a Principal in the insurance practice. He left to found an online startup and moved back into consulting in 2014.
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About Oxbow Partners: Oxbow Partners is a specialist management consultancy for the insurance industry
Hans Allnutt
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
Hans Allnutt is a partner and leads DAC Beachcroft’s cyber and data risk team. Hans is a litigation specialist advising on disputes involving financial institutions, professionals, technology, telecommunications and media clients. Hans’ practice includes national and international litigation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution. He is an expert on cyber risk and data breach incidents. Hans is also instructed by corporate clients on non-contentious data protection and privacy issues. For insurer clients, Hans advises on policy wording and claims under PI, D&O, Cyber and Tech E&O insurance policies. Hans is widely published on the topic of cyber risk, cyber insurance, data protection and information security. He is regularly invited to speak at industry and client sponsored events.
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
Nicola Fairbairn
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
William Allison
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
Will Allison is a partner in DAC Beachcroft’s Global Insurance group and heads up the firm’s Financial Institutions and D&O service lines. Will specialises in contentious and non-contentious insurance and reinsurance issues, including policy coverage, D&O, Financial Institutions, professional indemnity, cash-in-transit, commercial crime and BBB disputes. Will has been involved in many of the leading issues in the London and International insurance markets, including the Lloyd’s litigation, film finance litigation, the Icelandic Banking collapse, the Madoff fraud and the mis-selling of financial products including film tax avoidance schemes, UCIS, ETVs and Keydata. Recent experience includes arbitration and litigation disputes in the UK, Europe, Latin America and the US.
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
Nigel Adams
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
Nigel is a Partner in the Claims Solutions Group in their Fetter Lane London office. He commenced his career as a criminal defence / regulatory lawyer but his practice has evolved to the point he now specialises in the resolution of catastrophic and complex injury claims brought against private and public bodies, individuals and their respective insurers. Nigel’s practice covers all areas of motor, employers’, occupiers’ and public liability claims, sports injuries, as well as claims brought by secondary victims. With over 27 years’ experience of handling such matters, Nigel has gained considerable experience of amputation claims, head and spinal cord injuries, chronic regional pain syndrome and fatal accidents. Nigel has also been involved in a number of claims arising from accidents occurring abroad, as well as fraudulent claims, insurance coverage issues, claims against the MIB and under the Rail Industry Dispute Resolution procedure, and product liability claims (most notably an action on behalf of a number of insurers against a motor manufacturer for losses arising from defective motor vehicles). Nigel has developed a very close working relationship with a number of national and international insurers (most notably Zurich Insurance who have instructed Nigel on increasingly high value and complex claims for the last 20 years).
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
Chris Baranowski
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
Chris Baranowski leads the Leeds SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) team and provides advice and defence services to individuals and organisations across a range of sectors, primarily in relation to corporate manslaughter and health and safety investigations by the Police and HSE. His services include providing initial advice and support in the immediate aftermath of a major adverse incident, legal representation at interviews under caution, advocacy work at Court and representation at inquests. Chris also provides regular training to directors and health and safety managers on the impact of health and safety prosecutions and the application of the Corporate Manslaughter Act.
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
Peter Allchorne
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
Peter is an experienced civil litigation Partner, specialising in complex motor injury claims. He acts for a wide portfolio of clients, from large composites to mono-line insurers, MGAs and large self-insured organisations. Peter has experience of leading large teams and, until recently he headed up the firm’s motor claims handling division based in the Newport office. Working closely with the firm’s Strategic Litigation Unit, Peter regularly commentates on motor market and civil justice reforms. He has experience of sitting on expert panels and chairing industry stakeholder meetings on issues including whiplash reform and automated driving. He is a key contributor to DAC Beachcroft’s acclaimed annual Insurance Market Conditions and Trends Report. Peter sits on the National Committee of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, having previously chaired the Motor Sector Focus Team. He also sits on the Expert Audit and Peer Review sub-committee of MedCo Registration Solutions. As Client Relationship Partner, Peter manages the firm’s relationship with Admiral Insurance. He is also responsible for some of the firm’s largest commercial fleet customer nominations. Peter also leads the R&D hub, focusing on insurance claims innovation through collaboration with clients to deliver new commercial products and services.
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
Nigel Adams
Partner of DAC Beachcroft
Nigel is a Partner in the Claims Solutions Group in their Fetter Lane London office. He commenced his career as a criminal defence / regulatory lawyer but his practice has evolved to the point he now specialises in the resolution of catastrophic and complex injury claims brought against private and public bodies, individuals and their respective insurers. Nigel’s practice covers all areas of motor, employers’, occupiers’ and public liability claims, sports injuries, as well as claims brought by secondary victims. With over 27 years’ experience of handling such matters, Nigel has gained considerable experience of amputation claims, head and spinal cord injuries, chronic regional pain syndrome and fatal accidents. Nigel has also been involved in a number of claims arising from accidents occurring abroad, as well as fraudulent claims, insurance coverage issues, claims against the MIB and under the Rail Industry Dispute Resolution procedure, and product liability claims (most notably an action on behalf of a number of insurers against a motor manufacturer for losses arising from defective motor vehicles). Nigel has developed a very close working relationship with a number of national and international insurers (most notably Zurich Insurance who have instructed Nigel on increasingly high value and complex claims for the last 20 years).
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About DAC Beachcroft: DAC Beachcroft is an international law firm specialising in insurance, health and real estate.
Helen Ager
Partner of Kennedys Law
Helen Ager is a professional indemnity partner in their Newcastle office with many years of experience acting for professionals and their insurers. Helen mainly deals with claims against Solicitors, Accountants and other professionals in traditional lines of work. However she has also represented a variety of professionals and businesses, consultants, agents, brokers and manufacturing or service businesses facing claims under their professional indemnity, Directors and Officers or Corporate Legal Liability insurance policies.
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About DAC Beachcroft, Kennedys Law: Kennedys Law is a insurance and construction company located in London.
Claire Gardner
Marketing Business Partner – Specialist Personal Lines of Towergate
Claire Gardner is a Marketing Business Partner – Lifestyle Division at Towergate Insurance.
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About Towergate: Towergate is a specialist insurance broker offering personal and business customers cover from a range of market leading policies.
