Broking group Lockton has introduced the hiring of Paul Jones from Descartes Underwriting as its new Head of Parametric Options (UK & Europe) inside its Property & Casualty (P&C) Specialties division.
Lockton is the newest dealer to bolster its parametric danger switch proposition just lately, with this new rent, bringing onboard an skilled, commercially centered specialist within the house to steer actions within the UK and Europe and work alongside its worldwide groups.
Jones will report back to Andrzej Danyluk, Head of Worldwide Property, and Diego Monsalve, who serves as LatAm Head of Parametric Options, and might be tasked with additional creating and rising Lockton’s parametric proposition, working alongside different parametric and different danger switch specialists from Latin America, USA, AsiaPac and the UK.
His most up-to-date place was at tech-focused parametric firm Descartes Underwriting, the place he served as Business Director for the UK and Eire and labored for greater than two and a half years.
Previous to that, Jones spent over 10 years at AXA XL and earlier than that AXA Company Options, in quite a lot of P&C centered roles.
Danyluk commented on the brand new rent, “We’re delighted to welcome Paul to Lockton, to construct our European Parametric enterprise. Paul is taken into account an trade chief on this discipline and his arrival will present us with the platform to boost our providing to each current and potential purchasers across the globe. This can be a enormous space of alternative for Lockton and, because of rising demand in our Specialty companies, Paul’s data, expertise and creativity will additional improve our skill to serve purchasers in an ever-evolving danger panorama.
“As Lockton continues to develop its worldwide presence, this offers us better skill to work seamlessly with our groups all over the world to help our purchasers and companions by creating new merchandise, supported by one of the best analytics and executed in a rising international market.”
Jones added, “I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of Lockton to develop its Parametric proposition to purchasers. It’s a actually thrilling time to come back on board and I stay up for working with Lockton’s specialists throughout the globe to develop essentially the most progressive options for purchasers. The alternatives for development are unparalleled and I’m excited to construct on the group’s momentum. I can’t wait to get began.”
