Canopius appoints Rebecca Marsden as credit and political risk underwriter
Canopius AG (“Canopius”) today announces the appointment of Rebecca Marsden as credit and political risk underwriter.
Marsden will join Canopius later in the year from AXA Africa Specialty Risks, where she is currently political risk and credit underwriter. She has broad ranging experience across broking and underwriting, as well as debt and equity capital markets sales and trading.
Bernie de Haldevang, head of specialty, commented: “We’ve been investing heavily in underwriting capability recently to boost our firepower across the credit, political and crisis division and Rebecca will be a great boost to that development. She brings some impressive experience and great specialist knowledge of insurance and banking, with a particular understanding of the risks our clients face. I look forward to her joining the team.”
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For further information please contact:
Caroline Klein, Canopius
+44 20 3750 2815
David Haggie / Richard Adams, Haggie Partners
+44 20 7562 4444
Biographies:
Rebecca Marsden began her career in fixed income currency and commodities trading with Goldman Sachs, before moving to a leveraged finance sales role at Credit Suisse. In 2010 she joined Renaissance Capital, advising clients on raising capital with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and the CIS. Rebecca then joined Willis, where she spent four years in the financial solutions division, mainly advising investment banking clients seeking to utilise credit insurance as a risk mitigant. In 2016, she was appointed Political Risk and Credit Underwriter at AXA Africa Specialty Risks.
About Canopius AG (“Canopius”)
Canopius is a global specialty (re)insurer with underwriting operations in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Bermuda, US and Singapore. It underwrites through Lloyd’s Syndicate 4444 (managed by Canopius Managing Agents Limited) and a US surplus lines insurer, Canopius US Insurance, Inc. The group offers the following specialist lines:
- Direct and facultative commercial property
- North American excess and surplus lines binding authorities, including commercial property, SME commercial package, casualty, homeowners, auto
Marine, Energy & Engineering
- Marine insurance, including cargo, liability, property, specie, niche hull and space
- Energy insurance, including property, liability, OEE/COW, construction, renewable
- Construction and engineering
- Heavy Industry
Credit & Political Risks and Crisis Management
Casualty and Accident & Health
- Casualty, international general liability, professional indemnity, and financial institutions
- International accident & health
- International medical expenses
- Household and specialist property / niche personal lines
- Commercial combined for the SME sector
- Specialist Consumer Products including warranty, creditor, mortgage indemnity and accident & health
Reinsurance
- Property treaty
- Casualty treaty
- Marine treaty
- Agriculture treaty
- Structured
For more information, visit www.canopius.com or follow @CanopiusGroup