The Fidelis Partnership appoints Helen Wilson, Sarah Ching to strengthen Bermuda reinsurance team
The Fidelis Partnership has appointed Helen Wilson (pictured left) as reinsurance chief underwriting officer and Sarah Ching (pictured right) as senior underwriter, international property, strengthening its Bermuda underwriting capabilities as it expands its presence on the island.
Wilson brings more than 20 years of experience across reinsurance underwriting, catastrophe modelling, analytics and business transformation, most recently from Hannover Re, having previously spent more than a decade at QBE across Bermuda, Sydney and London.
Ching moves from MS Amlin, where she most recently worked in the international property treaty team and managed an Asia Pacific portfolio from Singapore. She has 13 years of property treaty underwriting experience, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region.
The appointments follow significant expansion of Fidelis’s senior underwriting and actuarial presence in Bermuda over the past 18 months. Recent hires include Erik Manning, who joined last year after 30 years in the reinsurance and capital markets sector, and Greg Bowman, who recently relocated to Bermuda as group head of ceded reinsurance analytics.
The Fidleis Partnership has also launched two Bermuda-based Pine Walk cells: Mezura Capital Partners, its capital solutions business led by Shireen Gammoh, and Adroit Underwriting, its US SME casualty reinsurance MGA led by Jeff Markowski.
Michael Davern, UK CUO & group head of D&F property and energy at The Fidelis Partnership, said: “The growth we’ve achieved in Bermuda over the last 18 months has been exceptional - from the launch of two new Pine Walk cells to a string of top senior hires and relocations. Helen and Sarah are the latest additions to what we believe is a market-leading team on the island. Alongside Jeff Markowski, Shireen Gammoh and Greg Bowman, who have all joined or relocated to Bermuda recently, they represent a significant strengthening of our capabilities. I have no doubt that the momentum we are building will continue to translate into strong outcomes for our clients and partners.”
Wilson said: “TFP has built something really compelling in Bermuda - the platform, the talent and the ambition are all there. The opportunity to lead the reinsurance underwriting function at a business growing at this pace, backed by the breadth of TFP’s capacity and distribution, is extremely exciting. I am looking forward to hitting the ground running.”
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