SiriusPoint appoints new head of London US casualty

SiriusPoint has appointed Phil Wooldridge as head of London US Casualty. Wooldridge has more than 25 years of experience in the US Casualty markets, and working with the existing team, will focus on growing SiriusPoint’s US Casualty treaty book. Based in London, he will report to head of London and international casualty, Nick Pascall.

Bobby Heerasing, SiriusPoint head of international strategic business development, said: “Phil brings with him a wealth of experience and relationships which will position SiriusPoint well as we look to grow and develop our casualty reinsurance offering globally.”

Wooldridge, who will start his new role on 5 September, joins SiriusPoint from MS Amlin Syndicate, where he spent 12 years in various roles, most recently as chief underwriting officer for reinsurance. He was previously at Argo Group as a US liability class underwriter and started his career as a liability underwriter at Faraday in London.