Our Team

Ben has worked in the London market for 8 years in a number of roles including actuarial, broking and underwriting. He joins Fidelis from London ILS Fund Leadenhall Capital Partners, where he was responsible for Retro, ILW and Specialty Investments as well as leading the company’s analytical work. Before then, Ben worked in the Aon Benfield retro team, providing pricing and structuring support for brokers.

Email: ben.fortune@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2520, +1 441 534 2520

Brian has 15 years of industry experience across a number of roles evaluating catastrophic risk. He joins Fidelis from Tokio Millennium Re in Bermuda where he was a Vice President responsible for North American catastrophe underwriting. Prior to his five years at TMR, Brian spent eight years with Tokio Marine Technologies, a subsidiary focused on R&D for companies within the Tokio Marine Group.

Email: brian.espie@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2522, +1 441 338 3059

Calum joined Fidelis in September 2021 as an Underwriting Assistant in Bermuda. Prior to joining Fidelis, Calum spent five years in Spain working as an English teacher and content writer. Calum has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Edinburgh.

Email: Calum.Morrison@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2515, +1 441 518 7313

Connor joined the Fidelis North America Property Reinsurance Team in 2021. Connor previously worked on the Underwriting and Portfolio Construction team for ILS fund Elementum Advisors and as a catastrophe modeler at Tokio Millennium Re. Before joining the (re)insurance industry, Connor was a team member of Softbank Team Japan (challenging for the 35^th America’s Cup) and sailed in various high-level events including the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup and the M32 World Match Race Tour as tactician.

Email: connor.astwood@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2565, +1 441 504 0498

Dan joined Fidelis in 2015. Prior to this he was co-CEO of AonBenfield’s Global ReSpeciality (GRS) division from 2013 until 2015. Specialising in non-marine retrocession and the aviation, marine and energy sectors, among others, he supported all of AonBenfield’s business hubs across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he was Deputy CEO of the GRS division from 2008 until 2013. He began his career as a non-marine property broker at Greig Fester in the 1980s, later joining the retrocession team and then leading that team following a merger with Benfield in 1997. Dan is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: dan.burrows@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6071

Deneisha started at Fidelis in April 2020 as a Receptionise and Office Administrator and in July 2021, Deneisha joined the D&F team as an Underwriting Assistant. Deneisha previously worked at HSBC Bermuda. 

Email: Deneisha.Hayward@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2516, +1 441 535 8911

Jahvon joined Fidelis in 2015. Originally working in the operations department he switched to underwriting supporting North American Underwriting. He now supports the Property Reinsurance team on whole being both International and North America. Jahvon graduated from St. John’s University in New York City with a degree in Risk Management and Insurance. He also holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate  in Reinsurance (ARe) designations.

Email: Jahvon.washington@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2528, +1 441 533 2506

Jason joined Fidelis in 2015. Having originally been involved across all lines of business, Jason is now focusing on Property Reinsurance specifically in North America. Jason graduated from Bates College in Maine with a degree in Politics and Mathematics.

Email: jason.shrubb@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2508 

Kevin has been in the reinsurance industry for 10 years. He joined Fidelis in 2017 from Guy Carpenter in Philadelphia where he was Vice President in Treaty Broking and brings a background in catastrophe modelling and exposure analytics. Kevin has a strong knowledge of the US Mutual Marketplace having worked with many mutual insurance companies.

Email: Kevin.adams@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2523, +1 441 535 2523

Mark joined Fidelis in May 2020 as an Underwriter for Property Direct & Facultative. Mark began his career at Commonwealth Insurance Company in Vancouver Canada in 2004, becoming the Senior Underwriter for production and marketing throughout the US. In 2012 Mark moved to London to work in the Lloyd’s of London marketplace where he helped build the Navigators and Vibe property portfolios. Mark has a BA degree in Education from the University of Alberta.

Email: Mark.Herget@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2562, +1 441 532 2562

Mykal joined Fidelis in 2022 after graduating from Thomas College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.  Prior to Fidelis, Mykal worked as a youth basketball trainer and watersports instructor.  Mykal is now an Underwriting Assistant for our North American team.

Email: mykal.glasgow@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2538

Nadia joined Fidelis in 2021 from Willis Re where she led the London desk handling German, Austrian and Swiss client reinsurance business. Nadia was also responsible for Willis Re’s International Alternative Capital Practice Group. In her role she managed global accounts as well as regional clients with a focus on German speaking markets. Nadia has a strong technical background, obtaining a diploma degree in Mathematics from the University of Leipzig and qualifying as an actuary with the German Institute of Actuaries in 2019.

Email: nadia.schmidt@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2563, +1 441 531 2563 

With +12 years of industry experience Nick joined Fidelis in 2016 from RKH Specialty where he was the Divisional Director for the wholesale team in the Political Risk and Structured Credit division. Prior to joining RKH Nick spent 3 years working at Marsh where he worked in Captive Consulting before joining the Political Risk and Structured Credit team. Nick has been an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Insurers for 7 years.

Email: nick.cook@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2527, +1 441 531 2527

Ollie has 12 years of industry experience in the broking sector. He joins Fidelis from Aon, where he was a Global Client Account Executive for one of Aon’s broadest client relationships as well as being part of the leadership team of the UK & Ireland reinsurance business. Prior to that, Ollie trained at Willis Re where he performed a multi-class role focussed on the UK market. 

Email: oliver.campbell@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2564, +1 441 534 2564

Paget Hengesbaugh joined Fidelis in 2020 as an Underwriting Assistant for the International and North American property teams. Paget graduated from university in 2019 with a Masters in International Business. After graduating university, she was employed by Renaissance Re in finance and operation roles, and previously interned at Tokio Millennium Re for 3 years.

Email: paget.hengesbaugh@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2558, +1 441 535 255

Paulina joined Fidelis in 2022 as Contract Wordings Counsel. Paulina has nine years of insurance industry experience, specialising in multiple lines of insurance business. She was previously employed as Cyber Claim Counsel at Travelers, and prior to that as Wordings Attorney at Beazley. Paulina is a US-qualified attorney, having graduated with her Juris Doctor from University of Connecticut School of Law in 2019.

Email: paulina.nastyn@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2578, +1 441 535 2587 

Philip joined Fidelis after a highly successful decade with Hiscox. Joining the firm’s Belgian office in 2004, he moved to the non-marine treaty reinsurance team at Hiscox’s Lloyd’s syndicate before helping to set up the company’s Bermuda office in 2005. In Bermuda, he underwrote within an extensive global property reinsurance and retrocession portfolio, becoming Head of International Property Reinsurance Business in 2013. With the creation of Hiscox Re, Philip became Chairman of International Reinsurance, responsible for underwriting in Bermuda, London and Paris. Philip is a member of the Executive Committee.


Email: philip.vandoninck@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2501

Rich Holden joined Fidelis in 2015. Richard’s career started in the London market at Wellington Underwriting, a leading Lloyd’s syndicate. After spending his initial years in the marine team, Richard moved to Reinsurance in 2004 to help build a new global reinsurance portfolio. In 2007 he joined Amlin Bermuda, to facilitate the growth of their North American Treaty portfolio. By 2013 he was a leading class underwriter.  In 2015 Richard joined Fidelis to Head the North American Underwriting team, focusing on inwards and outwards Reinsurance, portfolio management and developing proprietary rating tools. Richard is a member of the Executive Committee. 

Email: richard.holden@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2514

Christine joined Fidelis in July 2021, from Hamilton Insurance, where she worked in their Underwriting Operations team. Christine graduated from the University of Limerick in 2020 with a Bachelor of Business and French degree, majoring in Risk Management and Insurance.

Email: christine.penny@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +353 1 582 2324

Gary Redmond joined Fidelis in 2020 from Zurich where he worked in New Business Underwriting dealing primarily with Property & Casualty lines. Prior to this he worked for Aon in their Global Inwards Team where he held a position on their EMEA Board of “Millennials”. He graduated from DIT with a BA in International Business & Chinese Language.

Email: Gary.Redmond@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +353 1 566 8097, +353 87 172 8009

Lesley Grace joined Fidelis in 2021 as an Assistant Underwriter. Prior to this Lesley worked as a Captive Underwriter for Willis Towers Watson, and also as an Underwriter for the self-managed captive Leaseplan Insurance. Lesley started her career in 2010 working for RSA in their Claims team, and she also worked as a documentation specialist in the Governance team in FBD Insurance. Lesley has a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Limerick (majoring in Risk Management and Insurance), and holds the Advanced Diploma in Insurance (ACII) through the CII.

Email: lesley.grace@fidelisinsurance.com

Seán joined Fidelis in April 2020. He has over 6 years’ experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He most recently worked with ffh Management Services (Fairfax company) where he held Reinsurance Technician and Team Leader roles. Seán also completed a 24 week intercompany rotation programme in London with Advent Syndicate in 2017 with the Exposure Management and Casualty Treaty teams. Seán graduated from the University of Limerick in 2013 (BBS degree majoring in Risk Management and Insurance) and holds the Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Email: Sean.Harty@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +353 1 566 8082, +353 87 170 6456

Simon joined Fidelis in 2019 from AmTrust where he was the Chief Underwriting Officer for the Mortgage & Credit division. Simon has over 20 years of experience in insurance in a variety of roles ranging from underwriting to operations to project management. Previously he was at General Electric and Genworth Financial. Simon holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Cape Town.

Email: simon.crone@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 7710 513217

Sinéad Cunningham joined Fidelis in June 2021 as an Underwriting Assistant. Prior to this, Sinéad worked at AXIS Capital in Dublin as an Underwriting and Operations Intern. Sinéad graduated from the University of Limerick in 2021 with a Bachelor of Business Studies honours degree with a major in Risk Management and Insurance. 

Email: sinead.cunningham@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone:  +353 1 566 8020 

Denise Brown-Branch joined Fidelis in 2015 and brings over 25 years’ experience in Strategic Programme Delivery and Business Change Management. Denise’s career started in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry, where she focused on Marketing IT and Global Service Delivery.
In 2011, she joined Bluefin Solutions, a niche consultancy, where she managed a programme of work for Catlin Insurance.
In 2015, Denise joined Fidelis to manage the implementation of Fidelis’ s strategic Underwriting, Finance, Human Resource, Regulatory Reporting, and Business Information platforms.

Email:Denise.Brown-Branch@fidelisinsurance.com

Dan joined Fidelis in 2015. Prior to this he was co-CEO of AonBenfield’s Global ReSpeciality (GRS) division from 2013 until 2015. Specialising in non-marine retrocession and the aviation, marine and energy sectors, among others, he supported all of AonBenfield’s business hubs across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he was Deputy CEO of the GRS division from 2008 until 2013. He began his career as a non-marine property broker at Greig Fester in the 1980s, later joining the retrocession team and then leading that team following a merger with Benfield in 1997. Dan is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: dan.burrows@fidelisinsurance.com

Rich Coulson joined Fidelis in 2015. With fifteen years of insurance industry experience, including both underwriting and broking, Rich joined Fidelis from RK Harrison, where he was Executive Director of Political Risk, Structured Credit and Surety. His early career was spent at MMC Capital and Marsh, where he focused on structuring alternative risk transfer, and captive solutions. After Marsh, Rich spent three years at Hiscox underwriting the company’s space and satellite and offshore energy books – winning the Hiscox Award for Innovation whilst there, before returning to broking and serving as a partner at JLT, specialising in Credit and Political Risk. Rich was elected a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Insurers and Chartered Institute of Risk Management eleven years ago and during his career has also won the IRM Award for Risk Analysis excellence and an ABI Young Insurer of the Year award – recognising his work on developing innovative new products within the insurance industry. Rich is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Richard.coulson@fidelisinsurance.com

Jonny joined Fidelis in July 2018. Bringing over 20 years’ experience, Creagh-Coen joins from Lancashire where he was Head of Investor Relations and Marketing for 10 years. Prior to that he was founding member of Execution Limited, which provided asset managers with execution, sales, trading, research and corporate access services. Jonny is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Jonny.Creagh-Coen@fidelisinsurance.com

Rich Holden joined Fidelis in 2015. Richard’s career started in the London market at Wellington Underwriting, a leading Lloyd’s syndicate. After spending his initial years in the marine team, Richard moved to Reinsurance in 2004 to help build a new global reinsurance portfolio. In 2007 he joined Amlin Bermuda, to facilitate the growth of their North American Treaty portfolio. By 2013 he was a leading class underwriter.  In 2015 Richard joined Fidelis to Head the North American Underwriting team, focusing on inwards and outwards Reinsurance, portfolio management and developing proprietary rating tools. Richard is a member of the Executive Committee. 

Email: richard.holden@fidelisinsurance.com

Robert joined Fidelis in September 2018. With 18 years experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, Robert was most recently at PartnerRe where he worked for 5 years in various finance roles including Head of External Reporting and as CFO of PartnerRe’s insurance entity. Robert began his career with PwC Dublin before transferring to their London office, working in the Global Capital Markets Group. He joined Aviva from PwC, working in Group Finance in London and managing their reinsurance captive in Dublin. He is a fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Ireland, qualifying in 2004.

Email: robert.kelly@fidelisinsurance.com

Charlie joined Fidelis in 2015 and brings over three decades of broking and underwriting experience.  Charlie was previously at Lancashire until November 2015 where he was Chief Risk Officer with responsibility for the group’s enterprise risk management. He started at Lancashire at its launch in October 2005, and his roles there also included Chief Underwriting Officer of the Bermuda entity and Group Underwriting Operations Director. Prior to 2005 he held a number of roles with brokers and MGAs in London, the USA and Mexico. Charlie is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Charles.mathias@fidelisinsurance.com

Hinal joined Fidelis in 2015. Prior to that he was the Bermuda Chief Actuary at Catlin. After graduating from the London School of Economics, Hinal began his career at actuarial consultancy Bacon & Woodrow. He went on to work for Mercer, before joining Catlin in the London office in October 2003, with responsibility for providing actuarial support to the Reinsurance business group. His role expanded in 2009 to oversee the actuarial support for the short tail classes of business in the UK. He was appointed Chief Actuary for Catlin Bermuda in 2011. Within that role, Hinal oversaw the actuarial, catastrophe modelling and capital functions for the Bermuda entity. Hinal is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Hinal.patel@fidelisinsurance.com

Patricia joined Fidelis in 2016 after more than a decade at Aspen Insurance Holdings in London. She was Associate Group General Counsel from 2007 to 2016, Group Company Secretary from 2011 to 2016 and Group Head of Legal from 2014 to 2016. While at Aspen, Patricia advised the Board on governance matters, evaluated and executed strategic initiatives including UK and US acquisitions, led capital raises and successfully defended an attempted hostile takeover. Prior to Aspen, she was a Senior Associate at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, L.L.P. in New York and London. Patricia is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: patricia.roufca@fidelisinsurance.com

Philip joined Fidelis after a highly successful decade with Hiscox. Joining the firm’s Belgian office in 2004, he moved to the non-marine treaty reinsurance team at Hiscox’s Lloyd’s syndicate before helping to set up the company’s Bermuda office in 2005. In Bermuda, he underwrote within an extensive global property reinsurance and retrocession portfolio, becoming Head of International Property Reinsurance Business in 2013. With the creation of Hiscox Re, Philip became Chairman of International Reinsurance, responsible for underwriting in Bermuda, London and Paris. Philip is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: philip.vandoninck@fidelisinsurance.com

Beth joined Fidelis in 2016 as Group HR Manager. Prior to that she worked in Senior HR Business Partner roles in Tokio Marine Kiln and CNA Hardy.  After graduating from Bristol University, Beth began her career at HR consultancy Expertise Limited in Bermuda. Beth brings experience of HR strategy and operations developed in all areas of HR including Resourcing, Talent & Performance Management, Reward, and M&A. She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

Email: beth.amaro@fidelisinsurance.com

Olivia joined Fidelis in April 2022. She previously spent four years at Swiss Re in Zurich, initially in P&C Solutions in the Reinsurance unit and later as a senior member of the Investor Relations team. Prior to joining Swiss Re, Olivia was an equity analyst covering reinsurance and the London Market, with over eight years spent at Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Olivia started her career in 2008 as a strategy consultant covering M&A and financial services at Deloitte. She has an undergraduate degree from Oxford University, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and is a CFA Charterholder. 

Email: Olivia.Brindle@fidelisinsurance.com

Denise Brown-Branch joined Fidelis in 2015 and brings over 25 years’ experience in Strategic Programme Delivery and Business Change Management. Denise’s career started in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry, where she focused on Marketing IT and Global Service Delivery.
In 2011, she joined Bluefin Solutions, a niche consultancy, where she managed a programme of work for Catlin Insurance.
In 2015, Denise joined Fidelis to manage the implementation of Fidelis’ s strategic Underwriting, Finance, Human Resource, Regulatory Reporting, and Business Information platforms.

Email:Denise.Brown-Branch@fidelisinsurance.com

Dan joined Fidelis in 2015. Prior to this he was co-CEO of AonBenfield’s Global ReSpeciality (GRS) division from 2013 until 2015. Specialising in non-marine retrocession and the aviation, marine and energy sectors, among others, he supported all of AonBenfield’s business hubs across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he was Deputy CEO of the GRS division from 2008 until 2013. He began his career as a non-marine property broker at Greig Fester in the 1980s, later joining the retrocession team and then leading that team following a merger with Benfield in 1997. Dan is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: dan.burrows@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6071

Rich Coulson joined Fidelis in 2015. With fifteen years of insurance industry experience, including both underwriting and broking, Rich joined Fidelis from RK Harrison, where he was Executive Director of Political Risk, Structured Credit and Surety. His early career was spent at MMC Capital and Marsh, where he focused on structuring alternative risk transfer, and captive solutions. After Marsh, Rich spent three years at Hiscox underwriting the company’s space and satellite and offshore energy books – winning the Hiscox Award for Innovation whilst there, before returning to broking and serving as a partner at JLT, specialising in Credit and Political Risk. Rich was elected a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Insurers and Chartered Institute of Risk Management eleven years ago and during his career has also won the IRM Award for Risk Analysis excellence and an ABI Young Insurer of the Year award – recognising his work on developing innovative new products within the insurance industry. Rich is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Richard.coulson@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6072

Jonny joined Fidelis in July 2018. Bringing over 20 years’ experience, Creagh-Coen joins from Lancashire where he was Head of Investor Relations and Marketing for 10 years. Prior to that he was founding member of Execution Limited, which provided asset managers with execution, sales, trading, research and corporate access services. Jonny is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Jonny.Creagh-Coen@fidelisinsurance.com

Simon joined Fidelis in 2019 from AmTrust where he was the Chief Underwriting Officer for the Mortgage & Credit division. Simon has over 20 years of experience in insurance in a variety of roles ranging from underwriting to operations to project management. Previously he was at General Electric and Genworth Financial. Simon holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Cape Town.

Email: simon.crone@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 7710 513217

Grahame has over 25 years' experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Grahame was previously at Aspen Insurance Group where he worked for 17 years in various finance roles, including as Group Financial Controller and most recently as Group Chief Accounting Officer and UK CFO. Prior to joining Aspen, Grahame was at KPMG in the Insurance audit practice where he was responsible for a portfolio of London market and international clients. Grahame began his career at Sedgwick Lloyd’s Underwriting Agency.  He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, qualifying in 1997.

Email: Grahame.Dawe@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6178

Rich Holden joined Fidelis in 2015. Richard’s career started in the London market at Wellington Underwriting, a leading Lloyd’s syndicate. After spending his initial years in the marine team, Richard moved to Reinsurance in 2004 to help build a new global reinsurance portfolio. In 2007 he joined Amlin Bermuda, to facilitate the growth of their North American Treaty portfolio. By 2013 he was a leading class underwriter.  In 2015 Richard joined Fidelis to Head the North American Underwriting team, focusing on inwards and outwards Reinsurance, portfolio management and developing proprietary rating tools. Richard is a member of the Executive Committee. 

Email: richard.holden@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2514

Louise joined Fidelis in 2017 with over 28 years of industry experience, including both underwriting, broking and buying. Louise joined Fidelis from Hiscox, where she was a Group Reinsurance Contract Specialist.  Her early career was spent at the London Processing Centre and Denis Clayton after which she moved on to become Head of Contract Wordings for Swiss Re UK. Louise specialises in all lines of inwards and outwards reinsurance, together with bespoke and specialty insurance, supporting all of the underwriters across the group, including the structuring and development of innovative new products.

Email: louise.jarvis@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6076, +44 7788 279 065

Robert joined Fidelis in September 2018. With 18 years experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, Robert was most recently at PartnerRe where he worked for 5 years in various finance roles including Head of External Reporting and as CFO of PartnerRe’s insurance entity. Robert began his career with PwC Dublin before transferring to their London office, working in the Global Capital Markets Group. He joined Aviva from PwC, working in Group Finance in London and managing their reinsurance captive in Dublin. He is a fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Ireland, qualifying in 2004.

Email: robert.kelly@fidelisinsurance.com

Charlie joined Fidelis in 2015 and brings over three decades of broking and underwriting experience.  Charlie was previously at Lancashire until November 2015 where he was Chief Risk Officer with responsibility for the group’s enterprise risk management. He started at Lancashire at its launch in October 2005, and his roles there also included Chief Underwriting Officer of the Bermuda entity and Group Underwriting Operations Director. Prior to 2005 he held a number of roles with brokers and MGAs in London, the USA and Mexico. Charlie is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Charles.mathias@fidelisinsurance.com

Phil joined Fidelis in 2015, building out the company’s catastrophe modelling team and in-house exposure management platform FireAnt. He began his insurance career in 2011 at Hiscox on their graduate scheme gaining in depth catastrophe modelling and exposure management experience across multiple lines of property and specialty business. In 2014 he joined Brit as Senior Exposure Management Analyst managing group and regulatory exposure reporting before joining Fidelis in Bermuda. At Fidelis Phil progressed to Head of Catastrophe Modelling in 2018 and Group Portfolio Manager in 2020, overseeing the optimization of Fidelis’ inwards and outwards catastrophe portfolios. 

Email: phillip.murfet@fidelisinsurance.com

Hinal joined Fidelis in 2015. Prior to that he was the Bermuda Chief Actuary at Catlin. After graduating from the London School of Economics, Hinal began his career at actuarial consultancy Bacon & Woodrow. He went on to work for Mercer, before joining Catlin in the London office in October 2003, with responsibility for providing actuarial support to the Reinsurance business group. His role expanded in 2009 to oversee the actuarial support for the short tail classes of business in the UK. He was appointed Chief Actuary for Catlin Bermuda in 2011. Within that role, Hinal oversaw the actuarial, catastrophe modelling and capital functions for the Bermuda entity. Hinal is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: Hinal.patel@fidelisinsurance.com

Patricia joined Fidelis in 2016 after more than a decade at Aspen Insurance Holdings in London. She was Associate Group General Counsel from 2007 to 2016, Group Company Secretary from 2011 to 2016 and Group Head of Legal from 2014 to 2016. While at Aspen, Patricia advised the Board on governance matters, evaluated and executed strategic initiatives including UK and US acquisitions, led capital raises and successfully defended an attempted hostile takeover. Prior to Aspen, she was a Senior Associate at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, L.L.P. in New York and London. Patricia is a member of the Executive Committee.

Email: patricia.roufca@fidelisinsurance.com

David joined Fidelis in 2019 as Group Chief Investment Officer. David started his career with KPMG in Bermuda and spent time in Dublin before moving back to Bermuda to join Harbor Point in 2007 where he was VP of Investments & Treasury. When Harbor Point merged with Max Capital In 2010, David moved to the UK to work for Alterra at Lloyd’s and remained as Assistant Director of Investments until 2013. David was most recently at Chaucer Syndicates Limited where he held the position of Head of Risk and Investments. David is a member of The Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2004 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® charterholder.

Email: david.smith@fidelisinsurance.com

David joined Fidelis in 2020 following a 30 year career at Amlin, most recently as the Global Claims Director responsible for claims across all of their regulated entities. David has experience across multiple classes of business, managing technical claims as well as Operational and Strategic Claims Management roles. He has held a variety of Committee roles in the London Market through the years, and is a strong believer in delivering a first class claims experience for our Clients globally.

Email: david.turner@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6068, +44 7920 835 322

Philip joined Fidelis after a highly successful decade with Hiscox. Joining the firm’s Belgian office in 2004, he moved to the non-marine treaty reinsurance team at Hiscox’s Lloyd’s syndicate before helping to set up the company’s Bermuda office in 2005. In Bermuda, he underwrote within an extensive global property reinsurance and retrocession portfolio, becoming Head of International Property Reinsurance Business in 2013. With the creation of Hiscox Re, Philip became Chairman of International Reinsurance, responsible for underwriting in Bermuda, London and Paris. Philip is a member of the Executive Committee.


Email: philip.vandoninck@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2501

With over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, Andy joined Fidelis from Hiscox Re in 2015. As Head of Systems and Lead System Architect he was responsible for the architecture, design, construction and support of their core business systems, leveraging his deep technical knowledge and business expertise. Prior to joining Hiscox in 2011, Andy held several roles with companies in Canada and Bermuda, including the Royal Bank of Canada Financial Group, Paragon Bermuda, Logic Communications, and his own consulting firm FAIT Accomplis Solutions Inc.

Email: Andrew.wetmiller@fidelisinsurance.com

Craig joined Fidelis in 2021 from Scor where he was Global Claims Reporting manager, bringing strong claims operational, reporting and reinsurance experience and knowledge of the London market and APAC region.  Craig has over 18 years of experience working in the insurance industry including working for a Lloyds broker and the Lloyd’s claims team.

Email: craig.farbrace@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 948 8232, +44 7443 060 261 

David joined Fidelis in 2020 following a 30 year career at Amlin, most recently as the Global Claims Director responsible for claims across all of their regulated entities. David has experience across multiple classes of business, managing technical claims as well as Operational and Strategic Claims Management roles. He has held a variety of Committee roles in the London Market through the years, and is a strong believer in delivering a first class claims experience for our Clients globally.

Email: david.turner@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6068, +44 7920 835 322

Danny joined Fidelis in 2021 and brings over 23 years’ experience in Technical, Operational and Strategic Claims Management. In his most recent role at AmTrust, Danny held a Technical Leadership role, covering multiple lines of business and territories across Europe and North America. Prior to that Danny held Senior Management positions at FBD, Quinn and AXA Insurance.

Email: danny.gallagher@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +353 1 566 8081

Geoff joined Fidelis in 2018 from XL Catlin (Singapore) where he was Senior Adjuster for specialty claims, bringing strong cross-class experience and knowledge of the London market and APAC region. Before joining the insurance industry, Geoff worked for 6 years as a project manager in the arts and entertainment industries – bringing inside knowledge of Contingency and Fine Art and Specie classes.

Email: geoff.fazan@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6069, +44 7342 020 909

Liz joined Fidelis in 2020 from Berkley Re where she was Head of Claims.  She is a great believer in developing strong client and broker relationships and with over 15 years in the London Market, has experience of managing insurance and reinsurance claims across multiple classes of business and territories.

Email: elizabeth.garcia@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1 441 279 2548

Matthew joined Fidelis in 2020, bringing with him 28 years’ experience, most recently as a Senior Claims Advocate and Director at Willis Towers Watson. Matthew has experience in multiple classes of business both in technical and operational roles. Matthew is also a founding committee member and Director of IFASIC VZW, a leading European charitable educational conference provider who host conferences globally specialising in Fine Art and Specie Insurance

Email: matt.drewry@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 846 6096, +44 782 5794 093

Matt joined Fidelis in November 2021 from AXA XL where he specialised in handling claims from multiple classes of business, with a particular focus on political risk, trade credit and crisis management. Matt brings over 10 years of prior experience in handling claims within the London market, before which he earned a Masters in International Relations from the University of Exeter.

Email: matthew.malone@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 948 8233, +44 7442 940 464

Neale joined Fidelis in 2021 from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions . Neale has over 35 years of experience working in both the Lloyds and Company markets and has a wealth of knowledge of Marine claims, dealing with a multitude of lines of business within the Marine sector. Neale is an active participant on the Joint Marine Claims Committee (JMCC) and the International Cargo Insurance Conference (ICIC).

Email: neale.etheridge@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 948 8231, +44 744 299 3660 

Richard joined Fidelis in April 2022 from Liberty Specialty Markets, where he was Aviation and Marine Claims Manager. Richard has over 20 years’ experience in the industry beginning his careers in the Willis Aerospace team in 2000.

Email: Richard.Phillips@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +44 203 948 8252, +44 778 917 1404 

Sonya joined Fidelis in 2017, and has worked within Claims for over 2 decades for various reinsurance companies in management positions in the Bermuda market, in both reinsurance and direct Insurance platforms. This has also afforded her the opportunity to work with the London market.

Sonya works in Diversified Risks portfolios across multiple Risk lines, specializing in Complex Claims. During her time she has built strong relationships within the reinsurance market, with brokers, clients and other Claims management.

Email: sonya.richardson@fidelisinsurance.com
Phone: +1441 279 2549, +1441 535 0246