The word from Rokstone;
Rokstone, the International Speciality (Re)Insurance MGA, part of the Aventum Group, has announced the appointment of Lewis Goodearl as Head of a new UK and Ireland Casualty division.
Lewis will join Rokstone following his notice period from Convex. He has more than 30 years’ experience specialising in Casualty, latterly as Senior Underwriter for Convex for the last five years. Prior to that he spent six years as Head of UK & Ireland Casualty at AXA XL and XL Catlin and served more than a decade at both Liberty Mutual and ACE Europe.
Supported by A rated Lloyd’s capacity, Rokstone’s appetite for Casualty in the UK and Ireland includes EL, PL, CAR and Property.
Ian Anson, Global CEO at Rokstone comments: “We’re delighted to welcome Lewis to the team. We’ve known him personally for many years. He is incredibly well known and respected in the market and one of the most experienced Casualty underwriters. Expanding our Casualty operations is a core part of our strategy this year for sound diversification, having already launched our US Casualty division late last year. We continue to bring market leading talent to Rokstone and Lewis is the latest in a number of stellar hires to Rokstone over the past few years who have been attracted by our exciting culture, market leading technology and long-term committed capacity partners.”
Rokstone is one of the world’s largest MGAs, with offices in the UK, Europe, USA, Asia and the Middle East. It is a leading specialist MGA serving the needs of international (re)insurance brokers in the specialty lines business. It currently underwrites more than USD 1.1bn GWP in several Specialty lines including Property, Power Generation, Marine, Aviation, Warranty, Credit & Surety Treaty, Agriculture, Construction & Engineering, A&H, Contingency, Liability and Sports & Leisure.
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