Specie

Business Group Leader-Marine

James started his insurance career in 1985 at Lander Eberli Shorter Ltd. He moved to the Stewart Wrightson/Willis Faber surety and specie division in 1986 and then to the fine art and specie division of Johnson & Higgins (UK) Limited in 1995. During this period James specialised in broking fine art and specie insurance. In 1996 James joined Lloyd-Roberts (syndicate 55) as class underwriter responsible for the specie account, while also assuming responsibility for the political risk and war risk account. James joined CUAL in January 2000 as specie underwriter. He was appointed Marine Business Group Leader in 2006.

Underwriter

Ken has over 40 years experience in the insurance industry. During this time he has occupied a number of senior positions within both the Lloyd’s and Company markets. He was the active underwriter for Syndicate 209 and in recent years has undertaken the role of specie underwriter with a number of syndicates latterly Wellington.

Ken has held a number of directorships within the Lloyd’s community. He was a member of the Chartered Insurance Institutes Advanced Study Group 240 (Marine Insurance in the C.I.S) and is an elected member of the Joint Cargo Committee (JCC) and of the JCC Working Party on Airport Security and on the Metals Working Party.

Underwriter

Richard started his insurance career in 1983 working in the general Non-Marine department of a small Lloyd's broker before joining the specie broking team of Stewart Wrightson/Willis Faber in 1987. He has remained in the fine art/specie field, working for Leumi Insurance Services, Alexander Forbes and HSBC Insurance Brokers. He joined CUAL as a class underwriter in December 2002.

Underwriter

Charlotte graduated from Oxford Brookes University, completing a combined honours degree in History of Art and Accountancy & Finance. She also studied History of Art in Florence. She worked at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris as a secondee before joining Sedgwick Insurance Brokers (now Marsh) as a graduate trainee. She spent five years as a broker before with Marsh joining Catlin in 2001 as an underwriting assistant. She was appointed a Class Underwriter in 2006.