Tokio Marine poaches QBE, Gallagher talent for professional risks unit

Speciality insurer Tokio Marine HCC has added three new underwriters from QBE, Gallagher and Kennedys to its professional risks teams.

James Stretton joins the company's London office as underwriter from QBE, where he was responsible for their small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) professional indemnity (PI) portfolio, training the commercial PI underwriting team and managing wording developments.

Nicola Lowe and Andrew Matthews join as development underwriters and will be based in Birmingham and Bristol, respectively. Lowe arrives from Arthur J Gallagher where she was a commercial account handler; previously she worked at JLT and Brit Insurance. Matthews spent the last four years at law firm Kennedys as a claims handler.

Tony Browne, managing director of professional risks at Tokio Marine, said: “We are continuing to grow our Professional Risks team both here in London and across our regional offices. I expect this investment in three talented new colleagues to assist in our ability to maintain market leading service levels and to support our growth strategy. I would like to welcome James, Nicola and Andrew to the fold and look forward to working with them.”

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