Specialty re/insurance group Chaucer has promoted Chris Baker to Head of Global Reinsurance, overseeing all lines of Reinsurance business and territories.
An experienced veteran within the industry, Baker has been with Chaucer for almost two decades, having joined the firm in 2004 as a Marine and Energy Reinsurance Underwriter.
Moving forward to 2016, he was then appointed Head of Specialty Reinsurance before being promoted to Head of International and Specialty Reinsurance in 2020.
Baker is a Charted Insurer and recently served as Deputy Chairman of the LMA Marine Reinsurance Committee.
Meanwhile, throughout the last several years, Chaucer has steadily grown its reinsurance book by 120% across all major lines, delivering on their long-term growth plan. Across the Chaucer Group GPW has increased from $1.3 billion in 2018 to $2.4 billion in 2022.
Nicola Stacey, Chief Underwriting Officer at Chaucer says: “I would like to congratulate Chris on his well-earned promotion, and I am delighted that he has accepted this new challenge. Chris has played an integral role over the years in developing Chaucer’s reinsurance strategy. He has been a key player in ensuring the service we provide to brokers and clients is second to none,” commented Nicola Stacey, Chief Underwriting Officer at Chaucer.
She continued: “His deep understanding of our business and risk appetite will be critical to our ongoing development as a leading global (re)insurance group.”
Addressing his promotion, Baker said: “Leading Chaucer’s high-performing global reinsurance team is an exciting opportunity and I look forward to extending our value proposition to brokers and clients. Working with such an accomplished and collegiate team has been a huge privilege and I’m very much looking forward to helping further develop Chaucer’s reinsurance portfolio.”
Earlier this month, Chaucer hired Liberty Specialty Markets’ Nadine Sidawi as a new Class Underwriter within its political violence team in Dubai.
