London, 16 August 2023 – Arrow Risk Management (Arrow Risk), the specialist MGA underwriting platform, has today announced the launch of its Financial and Professional Lines Underwriting practice with the appointments of Andrew Wood and Ben Cubitt. The team will commence underwriting following the completion of their contractual notice periods.
The practice will be led by Wood, who is highly regarded in the Financial and Professional Lines market having underwritten the class for more than twenty years. Most recently, he was a Class Underwriter, Financial Institutions at International General Insurance (IGI), which he joined in 2008.
Cubitt brings over 13 years of underwriting experience in the Financial Lines sector to the team. He joins from IGI where he was Senior Underwriter, Financial Institutions.
Business will be written on the Arrow MGA platform, thus taking advantage of its ‘best-in-class’ operational services and carrier data provision – delivered through its Quiver technology model.
Commenting on the announcement, Mark Harrington, Arrow Risk’s Chief Underwriting Officer, said: “Andrew and Ben are two extremely experienced and successful underwriters who are committed to building out a well-balanced book of business over the long-term, and we are delighted they have chosen the Arrow platform from which to achieve this aim.”
