Robert Stuchbery

Chief Executive Officer
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700

Robert Stuchbery, Chief Executive Officer (age 53), has been a director of Chaucer since July 1998. Robert is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and joined Chaucer in 1988. His main responsibilities include the general oversight and management of Chaucer. He is responsible for developing, promoting and implementing the strategy agreed by the respective Boards as well as his normal duties, both as a director of a managing agency and of a listed company. Robert is also a member of the Lloyd’s Market Association Board and is currently the Chairman of its Underwriting Committee. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in January 2010, Robert was the Chief Underwriting Officer, having previously been Active Underwriter of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1096. Before joining Chaucer, Robert was with the UK subsidiary of a large US insurance company from 1977 to 1987, working in London and the USA.

Bruce Bartell

Chief Underwriting Officer
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700

Bruce Bartell, Chief Underwriting Officer (age 53), has been a director of Chaucer since June 2009 having joined in 1988. His main responsibilities include managing all underwriting functions within the Chaucer Group. Prior to his appointment as Chief Underwriting Officer, Bruce was Active Underwriter of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1084 since its merger with Syndicate 1096 in 2003. Before joining Chaucer, Bruce worked for fifteen years in the London Company Market.

Ken Curtis

Chief Finance Officer
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700

Ken Curtis, Chief Financial Officer (age 50), has been a director of Chaucer since 2008. His main responsibility is the overall direction of the financial and operational health of Chaucer. Before joining Chaucer, Ken was a Senior Manager in the London Market Insurance Group of Deloitte LLP.

John Fowle

Active Underwriter Syndicate 1084, Practice Head Property and Specialist Lines
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: marine@chaucerplc.com

John joined Chaucer in 2002 having previously underwritten in both the company and Lloyd’s markets. He has specialised in liability business as a lead underwriter encompassing all methods of acceptance and territories. Since 2004 he has headed the Specialist Lines Division of Chaucer and from 2009 in addition he has been responsible for the overall strategy for Property.

Andrew Voke

Head of 1084 Production and Practice Head of Marine
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: marine@chaucerplc.com

Andrew joined Chaucer Syndicates Limited in January 2008 following a 30 year career in the broking sector. He started with the Sedgwick group in the Marine Division and subsequently spent 6 years in the United States with their subsidiary Southern Marine & Aviation Underwriters. In 1995 Andrew moved to Marsh and ultimately assumed responsibility for their Marine and Energy practice in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Andrew is the current Chairman of the LMA Marine Committee.

Brian Everall

Head of Specialist Lines Division
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: specialistlines@chaucerplc.com

Brian joined Chaucer in 2002 and has over 33 years of experience in the financial institutions and professional indemnity markets. In his previous underwriting role he was, for 15 years, a recognised class leader with the then largest syndicate at Lloyd's. He has also held key positions at two leading broking houses, developing business with financial services clients worldwide. He continues to be involved in the development of many industry standard wordings.

Ed Lines

Head of Property Division
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: property@chaucerplc.com

Ed Lines has been writing international property facultative business for over 20 years. Following a brief spell in Brussels, Ed joined the GAN in London where he led their Facultative Property Division. He joined Chaucer in 1997. Ed is a member of the LMA International Property Business Panel and the European Business Development Panel.

Chris Wood

Head of Aviation Division
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: aviation@chaucerplc.com

Chris joined Chaucer as the Aviation Underwriter in October 1998. Chris has experience of writing all classes of aviation business. He joined Sturge Aviation in 1973, began underwriting in 1977 and became a Director in 1979. Chris became Deputy Underwriter of Syndicate 925 in 1984.

Chris White

Head of Energy Division
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: energy@chaucerplc.com

Chris White is responsible for writing the energy account. Chris previously worked at St. Katherine Insurance Company where, from 1982 to 1987, he was an Underwriting and Claims Assistant in the Marine & Aviation Division. Subsequently Chris moved to Syndicate 185 as an Assistant Underwriter. In 1990, Chris joined Syndicate 401, managed by Cuthbert Heath, before transferring to Chaucer Syndicates in 1992. Chris became Deputy Energy Underwriter in 1995 and Energy Class Underwriter in 2002.

Kim Barber

UK Insurance Practice Head
T: +44 (0)1227 284700
E: kim.barber@chaucerplc.com

Kim Barber has worked in the motor insurance market since 1970. He has held senior underwriting positions in both Commercial Fleet and Personal Lines motor business – the last 15 years within Lloyd’s. He was appointed Head of Motor Division and a Director to the Board of Chaucer Syndicates Limited in April 2006, having previously held the position of Motor Fleet Director. He is Chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association Motor Underwriting Committee and a member of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau Board.

Christian Daniele

Managing Director, Chaucer Underwriting A/S
T: +(45) 3314 6022
E: europe@chaucerplc.com

Christian Daniele joined Chaucer in May 2002. He graduated with a political science degree from Rome Sapienza University in 1992 and began working within reinsurance for Unione Italiana, both in Rome and Munich. In 1997, he joined Vesta Fire Corporation in Copenhagen. From 1999 until May 2002, he was Facultative Underwriter at Copenhagen Re. He was appointed Managing Director of Chaucer Underwriting A/S in July 2004.

Chris Wildee

CEO Chaucer Singapore
T: + (65) 6499 0820
E: singapore@chaucerplc.com

Christopher Wildee joined the Agnew Syndicate in 1995 from university as a trainee. By the time the Wellington Syndicate was formed in 2000, he had become an Energy Underwriter, eventually becoming the Divisional Underwriter. In 2006, he joined Chaucer to open the Singapore office. His remit here as Chief Executive Officer is to successfully establish an underwriting operation across all lines of business focusing on Asia Pacific.

Michael Dawson

Active Underwriter Syndicate 1176
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: nuclear@chaucerplc.com

Michael Dawson began his career at Lloyd's with Non Marine Syndicate 584 in 1979 as an Assistant to the Underwriter. In 1986, he joined Cox Insurance and became Deputy Underwriter of the then new Non-marine Syndicate 1027. In 1991, Michael formed and became the Active Underwriter of specialist Nuclear Syndicate 1176. Michael is a Director of Pool Reinsurance (Nuclear) Limited and is Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of the British Insurance Atomic Energy Committee. He served on the Council of Lloyd’s from 1998 to 2001 and on the Lloyd's Market Board from 1998 to 2002.

Martin Francis

Head of Non-marine Claims
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: martin.francis@chaucerplc.com

Martin Francis began his claims career with Aegon Insurance Company in the London market in 1976. After joining Chaucer in 1987, Martin became Non-marine Claims Manager in 1990. In 2005, Martin joined the Underwriting Board of Chaucer Syndicates as Divisional Director for Non-marine Claims. Since 2003, Martin has served on the LMA Non-marine Claims Committee.

Tony Gates

Head of Marine and Aviation Claims
T: +44 (0)20 7397 9700
E: tony.gates@chaucerplc.com

Tony Gates joined the Lloyd’s market in 1979, initially as an underwriting assistant with marine Syndicate 697 then as a Claims Manager in 1988. Tony joined Tyser Marine Syndicate 17 in 1990, which closed into Chaucer Syndicate 1084 in 1993. He has extensive experience in all Marine classes and in particular the Energy Offshore Sector. In 2005, Tony joined the Underwriting Board of Chaucer Syndicates Limited as Divisional Director for Marine and Aviation Claims. Tony is a member of the Joint Marine Claims Committee and is the claims representative on the Joint Rig and Associated Business Committee.

Mark Lawrence

Divisional Head - International Liability
T: (0) 20 7105 8473
E: mark.lawrence@chaucerplc.com

Mark Joined Chaucer in December 2010 from Argo International, where he was joint Active Underwriter of Syndicate 1200 and responsible for all casualty business. He heads up the International Liability Division, which was developed in December 2010, and focuses on professional and general liability insurance.

Uwe Fischer

General Manager
T: 54 11 5353 3405
E: uwe.fischer@chaucerplc.com

Uwe joined chaucer in 2010, and has over 23 years of experience in the reinsurance field, working in Venezuela and Argentina. He heads the Chaucer Latin America office in Buenos Aires.

Helen Tarr

Class Underwriter - Houston
T: 1 713 260 1032
E: helen.tarr@chaucerplc.com

Helen Tarr is an Energy Underwriter for Chaucer, based in Houston, U.S.A. Helen is responsible for the Operator's Extra Expense portion of the North, Central and South American Energy account. From 2000 to 2002 Helen was a broker working for Willis in the Inspace division of Aerospace. For the next 6 years Helen then worked for Global Special Risks in Houtson as an Energy broker before joining Chaucer in 2009.

Morten Lehne

Head of Production and Office Manager
T: +47 90 18 62 26
E: morten.lehne@chaucerplc.com

Morten is Head of Production and the Office Manager for our office in Oslo. He is responsible for developing services to the Norwegian and regional North Sea energy sector.