Dale Underwriting Partners (DUP), the trading name for Dale Managing Agency Ltd’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, has confirmed the appointments of Matthew Sims and William Taylor to underwrite a new marine reinsurance line of business for Syndicate 1729.
Sims will take on the London-based role of Head of Marine and Energy Reinsurance, and will be responsible for driving the development of Dale’s marine reinsurance business. He will report to Dominic Peters, Syndicate 1729 Active Underwriter.
Taylor has been appointed Class Underwriter and is tasked with writing innovative placements and supporting Dale’s drive into this speciality line of business.
Chief Executive Duncan Dale said that “I am thrilled to have Matthew and William join us and lead the further expansion of our reinsurance portfolio at a time of great opportunity. Both are fantastic additions to our accomplished underwriting team and bring a wealth of marine reinsurance experience and sound technical expertise to our offering. We very
much look forward to working with them to build on the independent platform provided by the recent approval of our Lloyd’s Managing Agency.”
Before joining DUP, Sims worked at MS Amlin for 24 years, most recently as Head of Marine & Energy Reinsurance. Taylor also joins from MS Amlin. He previously spent more than 10 years at Gen Re as Senior Underwriting Specialist for Marine Facultative & Treaty Reinsurance. He started his reinsurance career in 1995 at EE Patrick Syndicate 566 (now part of QBE), before holding reinsurance underwriting roles at both Munich Re Syndicate
457 and TransRe.
