We provide a range of Marine Insurance and Reinsurance products on a global basis for a number of classes including:
Marine Hull:
Marine Cargo:
Marine War:
We also provide coverage for transit, pre-launch and launch risks for Satellites as part of our Aerospace book.
Thanks to the way that we are structured we can adapt quickly to changes in these markets, tailoring our coverages in order to meet our clients' needs.
Key contact - Marine
Paul Russell
HEAD OF MARINE
Paul is Head of Marine at The Fidelis Partnership. Paul joined Fidelis Insurance in May 2022 as Head of Marine within the Speciality division. Paul has previously worked for Lancashire Insurance company, as a Marine Underwriter for the past 8 years. He entered the insurance Industry with the broking house Sedgewick where he specialised in Marine. More recently furthering his career at Willis, Aon, Cooper Gay & CRMA.
Email: [email protected]
Armand van Hien
HEAD OF MARINE CARGO
Armand joined The Fidelis Partnership in May 2023 as Head of Marine Cargo. Armand arrives having most recently spent time as an Underwriter at Brit Global Specialty and 6 years at Chubb prior to that. Armand holds a BSc (Hons) in Management and Finance from BPP University.
Email: [email protected]
Key Contact - Marine Hull
Hannah Charnaud
DEPUTY HEAD OF MARINE & DEPUTY ACTIVE UNDERWRITER - THE FIDELIS PARTNERSHIP SYNDICATE
Hannah is Deputy Head of Marine at The Fidelis Partnership. Hannah joined Fidelis Insurance in 2018 and has worked across several Bespoke & Specialty Lines of business, as well as Property Reinsurance. Prior to joining Fidelis Insurance, Hannah completed the Lloyd’s graduate scheme and holds a BA degree in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Manchester.
Email: [email protected]
Richard Coulson
DEPUTY GROUP CUO AND CEO OF INSURANCE
Richard is Deputy Group CUO and CEO of Insurance at The Fidelis Partnership. Rich Coulson joined Fidelis Insurance in 2015. With over 20 years of insurance industry experience, including both underwriting and broking, Rich joined Fidelis from RK Harrison, where he was Executive Director of Political Risk, Structured Credit and Surety. His early career was spent at MMC Capital and Marsh, where he focused on structuring alternative risk transfer, and captive solutions. After Marsh, Rich spent three years at Hiscox underwriting the company’s space and satellite and offshore energy books – winning the Hiscox Award for Innovation whilst there, before returning to broking and serving as a partner at JLT, specialising in Credit and Political Risk. Rich was elected a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Insurers and Chartered Institute of Risk Management eleven years ago and during his career has also won the IRM Award for Risk Analysis excellence and an ABI Young Insurer of the Year award – recognising his work on developing innovative new products within the insurance industry. Rich is a member of the Executive Committee.
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Simon Crone
GROUP DIRECTOR OF UNDERWRITING OPERATIONS, HEAD OF BESPOKE & EEA CUO
Simon is Group Director of Underwriting Operations, Head of Bespoke and EEA CUO at The Fidelis Partnership. Simon joined Fidelis Insurance in 2019 from AmTrust where he was the Chief Underwriting Officer for the Mortgage & Credit division. Simon has over 20 years of experience in insurance in a variety of roles ranging from underwriting to operations to project management. Previously he was at General Electric and Genworth Financial. Simon holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Cape Town.
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Seán Harty
EEA DEPUTY CUO
Seán is EEA Deputy CUO at The Fidelis Partnership. Seán joined Fidelis Insurance in April 2020. He has over 6 years’ experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He most recently worked with ffh Management Services (Fairfax company) where he held Reinsurance Technician and Team Leader roles. Seán also completed a 24 week intercompany rotation programme in London with Advent Syndicate in 2017 with the Exposure Management and Casualty Treaty teams. Seán graduated from the University of Limerick in 2013 (BBS degree majoring in Risk Management and Insurance) and holds the Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Email: [email protected]
Jamie Graham
UNDERWRITER - MARINE CARGO
Jamie Graham is a Marine Cargo Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnerhsip. Jamie joined the company in February 2024. He has 5 years of experience in the London Marine Cargo market having previously worked at Amwins Global Risks as a Marine Cargo Broker. He holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business and Marketing from The University of Hull.
Email: [email protected]
Ivo Elliott
ASSISTANT UNDERWRITIER
Ivo is an Underwriting Assistant at The Fidelis Partnership. Ivo joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022 as an Assistant Underwriter in the Marine team. Prior to joining Fidelis Insurance, Ivo worked in the European Investments team at CCI Broking. Ivo holds a MA (Hons) degree in Politics from the University of Edinburgh.
Email: [email protected]
Lara Janse van Rensburg
ASSISTANT UNDERWRITER
Lara is an Assistant Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Lara joined Fidelis Insurance in November 2022 as an Underwriting Assistant within the Marine team. Prior to Fidelis Insurance, she worked at Pine Walk Capital. Lara holds a BA in Health Sciences and Social Services, and a BSocSci Hons.
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Cathal Ruane
UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT
Cathal is an Underwriting Assistant at The Fidelis Partnership. Cathal joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. Prior to joining Fidelis, Cathal worked in the renewals team at Arachas Corporate Brokers. Cathal holds an honours degree in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Limerick.
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Conor Pearson
UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT
Conor is an Underwriting Assistant at The Fidelis Partnership. Conor joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. Prior to Fidelis Insurance, he worked for Axis Capital as a control operations and DUA intern. Conor graduated from the University of Limerick with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Insurance and Risk Management.
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Simran Sangha
UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT - MARINE
Simran is an Underwriting Assistant within the Marine Team and joined The Fidelis Partnerhsip in December 2023. She has a Business Law Degree, where she studied both Contract and Insurance Law. Prior to joining The Fidelis Partnership, Simran completed an internship at Howden.
Email: [email protected]
MacGyver Hay
UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT - MARINE
MacGyver is an Underwriting Assistant with the Marine Team at The Fidelis Partnership, joining in February 2024. He has prior internship experience in Audit, Consulting, and A&H Underwriting Assistance. He has obtained Bachelor’s degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Finance and International Business, as well as a Master’s Degree in Development Economics and Policy Analysis from the University of Nottingham.
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