Centred in London and utilising a global team of underwriters, the Catlin Aerospace Group offers a comprehensive range of insurance products. Including a core team of fourteen at our London head office and at Lloyd’s, the division as a whole comprises over 30 staff.
Catlin is now positioned as a major London market leader in this class following the acquisition of Wellington in 2006. Catlin’s capacity is amongst the highest in the market for Airline, General Aviation, Products Liability, Airport Liability and other associated risks that make up our broad portfolio of business.
A Global Insurer
Geographic split of 2007 premium income
A Balanced Portfolio Across Several Classes of
Business
Breakdown of 2007 premium income by class of
business
Aerospace office locations
Aviation Business Group Leader
Alain Burguiere joined Catlin in 2007 from La Reunion Aerienne (LRA), the Paris-based aviation underwriting specialist where he had headed the underwriting team. He joined LRA in 1991 as an underwriter in the overseas department. He was promoted to senior underwriter in 1999
and appointed head of underwriting in 2001.
Deputy Business Group Leader/Senior Underwriter
After graduating from St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, in 1983, Mike began his insurance career at Jardine Thompson Graham as a graduate trainee. Mike joined Octavian Syndicate Management as a syndicate statistician in 1990.
In 1994 he was appointed senior analyst for the newly created Lloyd's corporate capital provider, LIMIT plc. During this period, Mike gained his in-depth knowledge of the space industry and associated insurance market, as well as earning an MSc in Astrophysics.
Mike commenced underwriting a space insurance account in 1999 for D E Hope & Others, syndicate 1009. He obtained his PhD in 2001. Mike joined Catlin in 2002 as class underwriter for the satellite account.