Our investors
IQUW is backed by US-based private equity firms Aquiline and Abry Partners alongside an Aquiline-led investor group.

Meet the team

Peter Bilsby
Group Chief Executive Officer

Richard Hextall
Group Chief Financial Officer

David Morris
Group Chief Underwriting Officer

Catherine Farnworth
Group Chief Risk Officer

Stavros Martis
Chief Actuary

Ryan Warren
Chief Financial Officer

Kate Hamilton
Chief People Officer

Stephen Young
CEO Bermuda and Head of Reinsurance

Jonathan Watson
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

David Morris
Group Chief Underwriting Officer
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Chris Wilkinson
Head of Specialty
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Federico Waisman, Ph.D.
Head of Underwriting Management
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Tristram Prior
Senior Underwriter, Professional Lines
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Dan Callow
Lead Underwriter, Political Violence & War
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Chris Jones
Underwriter, Energy
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Sarah Smith
Lead Underwriter, International Catastrophe
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George Connell
Senior Underwriter, Political Violence & War
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Ciaran Waters
Lead Underwriter, US Catastrophe
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Gary Delaney
Underwriting Support Lead
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Jason Butler
Lead Underwriter, Professional Lines
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Lewis Hagland
Assistant Underwriter
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Teniola Tijani
Underwriter, Marine and Energy
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Introducing IQUW's Managing Agent
Our cover is underwritten by IQUW (syndicate 1856) at Lloyd’s. The syndicate is managed by IQUW Syndicate Management Limited which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority.