BMS Group strengthens its marine subsidiary with three hires

BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, has appointed Nick Hocking, Tony Cuthbertson and Josh Robertson as directors of its marine subsidiary, BMS Harris & Dixon Marine ( BMS H&D Marine).

The three take up their posts in February 2021 and will report to John Hoare, managing director of BMS H&D Marine, and will be based in London.

Hocking re-joins BMS after spending over 11 years at Price Forbes & Partners, most recently as executive director in the marine division. He was formerly a marine hull broker at BMS and has also served as an underwriting assistant at Brit Insurance.

Cuthbertson has more than 29 years’ experience in the insurance market and was previously an executive director at Price Forbes & Partners since 2013. He also served as director at Newman Martin and Buchan between 2002 and 2013, having started his career as a broker at SBJ Regis Low Insurance in 1991.

Robertson joins BMS with 10 years’ broking experience, specialising in US marine liability, protection and indemnity and hull and machinery risks. He first joined Price Forbes & Partners as an insurance broker in 2011 and worked his way up to the position of executive director.

Ian Gormley, managing director of the BMS global risks division, said: “The marine wholesale insurance situation is evolving rapidly. We have identified exciting opportunities due to the hardening market conditions, where we believe our reinsurance expertise will come into play. The expansion of the longstanding BMS H&D Marine brand dovetails perfectly with a core group strategic focus on our US intermediaries client base.”