THB augments market–leading binding authority team
THB Group, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the recruitment of Steve Ford (formerly global managing director of Pen Underwriting). Ford will join in the role of strategic binding authority director. THB’s binding authority team transacts more than US$700m of premium annually in the space.
Mark Cody, CEO of THB Worldwide Specialty said: “We are delighted to welcome Steve to THB. He has a proven track record and a huge depth of knowledge in the binding authority space. He will fit perfectly into our market-leading team. Our stated aim is to be the binding authority platform of choice, and we will continue to enhance our team with the very best practitioners and talent in the market. I very much look forward to working with him.“
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For further information contact:
Haggie Partners (PR)
Damian Beeley
Tel: +44 (0)20 7562 4444
Mob: +44 (0)7950 481795
THB Group
Julian Vereker
Tel: +44 (0)20 7469 0100
Notes to editors
- THB Group is a specialist (re)insurance and risk management group, having at its core a Lloyd’s broking business (Thompson Heath & Bond Limited), providing services to clients worldwide.
- The Group has some 700 staff worldwide.
- THB is part of AmWINS Group, Inc., a global specialty insurance distributor with over 5,000 employees across some 110 office locations worldwide. AmWINS handles more than $16billion in premium and is ranked the largest wholesale insurance broker in the U.S. by Business Insurance magazine.
- AmWINS offers expertise across a diversified mix of property and casualty (P&C) and group benefits insurance products, and also provides value-added services to support these products, including product development, underwriting, premium and claims administration and actuarial services.
- For further information on THB, please visit www.thbgroup.com.
- For further information on AmWINS, please visit www.amwins.com.