AXA XL announced that Paul Greensmith has been appointed CEO of legal entities: Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and XL Catlin Insurance Co. UK Ltd., subject to regulatory approvals. He replaces Paul Jardine, who, as previously announced, will be leaving XL Catlin later this year.
In this role, Greensmith will be responsible for developing and delivering the strategy for the company’s UK units and maintaining their effective operations, in particular ensuring that regulatory responsibilities are met. In addition Greensmith will be operating as regional leader, UK, in project mode. In this role he is charged with helping define the activities of AXA XL in the UK, as the division takes shape.
Greensmith started his career at RSA in 1997 as a property underwriter on multinational programs business. He moved to become the group strategy manager in 2001. In 2003, he joined Lloyd’s as manager of its Strategy & Planning Department, a role in which he was significantly involved with the creation of the first Lloyd’s franchise business plan and the 2004 strategic review of the Lloyd’s market.
Greensmith re-joined RSA in 2005 as the strategy & marketing director for its UK Commercial division, before stepping up to manage the Multinational & Specialty Lines division in 2008. During this period, he also had responsibility for the Global Network and UK risk engineering community. Greensmith joined Catlin in 2014 as co-chief underwriting officer for Catlin’s London Underwriting Hub. Following the acquisition of Catlin Group Limited by XL Group, Greensmith was appointed to the role of UK country leader and director of London Market Wholesale in January 2017.
Source: AXA XL
Topics Agencies Underwriting
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