Pine Walk MGA Platform - The Fidelis Partnership

We believe in focused bespoke underwriting and seek to sponsor innovative closely defined products through MGAs.  Pine Walk  provides an operational and regulatory framework to new MGAs. Our unique market vision and entrepreneurial pedigree make us a high value destination for specialist underwriting talent in specialty insurance, reinsurance, and niche businesses.

The Fidelis Partnership sponsors select MGAs by taking lines with those that enhance our portfolio of risk.

The Fidelis Partnership sponsors select MGAs by taking lines with those that enhance our Fidelis Partnership portfolio of risk.

Sponsored MGAs

Radius

Radius underwrites specialty treaty reinsurance and retro excess of loss programmes, covering underlying lines of business such as Cyber, Political Violence, Nuclear, and Personal Accident.

Oakside

Oakside care about building lasting relationships with brokers and our clients in the construction industry through the provision of Surety Bonds.

Tiomanta

Tiomanta underwrites a broad book of (re)insurance upstream and midstream energy risks for clients working through energy transition to greener portfolios.

Perigon

Perigon

Perigon offer market leading underwriting services for Product Recall Insurance across a range of production processes and industries.

Navium

Navium offers insurance across the full range of Marine classes. Our experience allows us to understand the keys risks faced by our clients whilst also looking to pioneer new approaches to risk selection and loss management.

OPEnergy

OPEnergy offers insurance solutions across the full range of energy trades and geographic regions, spanning onshore, and combined energy risks.

Pernix

Pernix is dedicated to enabling and supporting responsible and tangible investment and finance through the provision of Political Risk and Non-Payment (re)insurance.

Itasca

Itasca work closely with aircraft financiers to provide aircraft non-payment credit insurance alongside traditional non-payment (re)insurance to banks and other lenders.

Novagen

Novagen

Novagen offers the full spectrum of renewable technologies with a global remit.

Seraphina

Seraphina

Seraphina offers international property products covering all risks property damage and associated business interruption.

Silverflame Re

Silverflame Re

Silverflame Re is a specialty reinsurer covering marine, cargo, shipbuilding, onshore energy, credit, surety bonds, contract frustration, political risk, mortgage indemnity, pecuniary and legal expenses.

Sevanta

Sevanta

Sevanta is an international casualty MGA, writing business on a primary and an excess basis across a global portfolio.

Our Team

Rinku Patel
GROUP CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER & CEO OF PINE WALK

Rinku is Group Chief Operating Officer at The FIdelis Partnership, having joined Fidelis Insurance in 2017. Rinku founded Pine Walk in partnership with Fidelis as an MGA incubator, securing financing for Pine Walk and Radius. Since founding in 2017, he has established eleven additional MGAs. He has held senior finance roles, including CFO/COO of DUAL, CFO of Howden, and Director of Finance at Hyperion, before consulting in 2016–2017, supporting businesses in the intermediary space.

Email: rinku.patel@fidelispartnership.com
Robert Kelly
CEO IRELAND AND PINE WALK EUROPE CEO & CFO

Robert continues his role in 2023 at The Fidelis Partnership. Robert joined Fidelis Insurance in September 2018. With over 18 years experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, Robert was most recently at PartnerRe where he worked for 5 years in various finance roles including Head of External Reporting and as CFO of PartnerRe’s insurance entity. Robert began his career with PwC Dublin before transferring to their London office, working in the Global Capital Markets Group. He joined Aviva from PwC, working in Group Finance in London and managing their reinsurance captive in Dublin. He is a fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Ireland, qualifying in 2004.

Email: robert.kelly@fidelispartnership.com
Nigel Lee
DEPUTY GROUP COO

Nigel is Deputy Group Chief Operations Officer at The Fidelis Partnership. He has more than 30 years in director-level compliance and operations roles for regulated entities in the Lloyd’s, London Company, and Hong Kong insurance markets. Joining Pine Walk in January 2018, Nigel has embedded its operational, compliance and control frameworks that are in place across Pine Walk and its underlying MGA businesses. He has a Masters degree in Insurance and Risk Management from Bayes Business School, and is a fellow of the CII.

Email: nlee@pinewalkcapital.com
Tom Lawson
GROUP TECHNICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR

Tom qualified as an ACCA accountant at Reed Business Information and for the past 10+ years has focused on finance and information roles in insurance and MGA businesses. In 2010 he joined DUAL International as Group Financial Controller, consolidating the financial accounts and insurance data of multiple international businesses. Tom joined Pine Walk Capital in 2018 and built out the financial and insurance reporting systems for Pine Walk and the MGAs. Today he oversees the data, systems and reporting across the Pine Walk MGA Platform.

Email: tlawson@pinewalkgroup.com
Pearly Ng
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Pearly is Finance & Insurance Controller at Pine Walk Capital. She qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and has extensive experience in financial planning, accounting, controls and strategy implementation. Prior to joining Pine Walk, Pearly held several positions at DUAL including European Financial Controller and interim Head of Finance Transformation, working to deliver excellent services to stakeholders across the spectrum.

Email: png@pinewalkgroup.com
Marcus Losty
FINANCIAL PLANNING & PROJECTS MANAGER

Marcus is Financial Planning and Projects Manager at Pine Walk, having joined in June 2021, specialising in financial modelling, planning, and analysis. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, where he gained comprehensive experience in financial reporting, planning, and controls. Since joining Pine Walk, Marcus has played a pivotal role in the financial planning for the MGAs, overseeing financial modelling and analysis for new MGA opportunities. Marcus has directly contributed to the financial modelling for all MGAs since OPEnergy and has supported strategic initiatives across both Pine Walk and The Fidelis Partnership.

Email: marcus.losty@pinewalkgroup.com
Olivia Chester
STRATEGY EXECUTION MANAGER

Olivia is the Strategy Execution Manager at Pine Walk, joining in February 2021. Oliiva has since gained experience across operational functions, particularly HR. Her role as Strategy Execution Manager is primarily focused on business development, assisting the CEO with strategic and operational initiatives across The Fidelis Partnership Group, and supporting service delivery to Pine Walk MGAs. Olivia has been involved in the business planning and onboarding of all Pine Walk MGAs since Navium..

Email: olivia.chester@pinewalkgroup.com