DUAL Appoints Jenny Martin as Underwriting Director
DUAL Corporate Risks, a leading specialist directors & officers and professional indemnity underwriting agency for mid-market companies, has appointed Jenny Martin as its new Underwriting Director.
With over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, Jenny Martin has established a first class reputation in the development of professional risks in the London Market and will assume overall responsibility for the underwriting strategy and direction of DUAL in the UK market.
Commenting on her appointment, Russell Kilpatrick, Executive Chairman of DUAL Corporate Risks, said: “We are delighted to welcome Jenny on board. She’s highly respected within the industry and brings a huge amount of experience and good will to the DUAL team. Her appointment will bring an additional level of expertise and a strategic focus to our product range.”
He added: “With the recent opening of our office in Dublin and the appointment of Jenny, we are now extremely well placed to take advantage of the opportunities in the professional risks market in 2010 and beyond.”
Jenny Martin was previously a class underwriter for professional indemnity at Brit and also the company’s international legal and professional underwriting divisional director. Prior to joining Brit in 2000 she was with Norwich Union as a UK professional indemnity underwriting manager.
She will be based in DUAL Corporate Risks’ Leadenhall Street head quarters.
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About DUAL Corporate Risks
DUAL Corporate Risks is the UK operation of DUAL International. Established in 1998, DUAL International is the specialist underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, focused on underwriting business critical risks including D&O, Professional Liability, Employment Practice Liability, Computer Crime and Fraud. DUAL International has become a well-established and respected leading underwriter with annual gross premiums of US$150 million and now employs over 120 people in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, Australia, Hong Kong, the Caribbean and the Americas.
The products offered by DUAL Corporate Risks are:
· Directors & Officers
· Professional Indemnity
· Crime
· Pension Trustee
· Investor Protection
· Office / Contents / EL & PL
About Hyperion Insurance Group
Established in 1994 and headquartered in the City of London, the Hyperion Insurance Group is a fast expanding, independently owned insurance and underwriting company. Since its inception it has grown to become a leading global provider of specialist insurances. Hyperion employs over 550 people in 40 offices operating out of 18 countries. The Group was awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in April 2007.
Hyperion was ranked 25th in the 2009 Insurance Times Top 50 UK Brokers league table and 10th in Post Magazine’s 2008 Top 25 City Brokers report. It was also ranked for the second year running in the 2008 Sunday Times Buyout Track 100.
Hyperion is backed by 3i, a world leader in private equity, who in April 2008 acquired a 27% shareholding in Hyperion. With access to 3i’s capital, along with its resources and expertise, Hyperion is looking to continue its fast pace of growth, both organically and through acquisitions. It is also backed by specialist private equity investor, BP Marsh & Partners plc, and Murofo Investments SL.