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Newline Group appoints Christopher Moy as Head of Professional Indemnity
19th March 2026
Newline Group, a specialty insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Christopher Moy as Head of Professional Indemnity. In his new role, Moy will be based in London and will report to Andy Pecover, Chief Underwriting Officer at Newline Group. He brings more than a decade of underwriting experience. Moy joined Newline ... Read the full article
Newline Group names John Driscoll as Deputy CUO
4th June 2025
Newline Group, a specialty insurance provider, has appointed John Driscoll to the newly created position of Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer. Driscoll will be based in London, working alongside Andy Pecover, the Chief Underwriting Officer of Newline Group. The position aligns with the company's strategy to drive and lead its underwriting performance globally. Driscoll ... Read the full article
Newline Group adds Malcolm Newman as a Non-Exec Director
6th January 2025
Newline Group, a specialty insurance provider, has appointed Malcolm Newman as a new Non-Executive Director. Newman is a re/insurance industry veteran with over four decades of experience, most recently serving as the Chairman of Tindall Riley & Co., before which he served as a Non-Executive Director. His career started as a Trainee ... Read the full article
Newline expands operations in Hong Kong
17th December 2024
Specialty insurer Newline Group (Newline) has expanded its operations in Asia with the establishment of Newline Hong Kong Services Limited, appointing Carson Choi as Head of Financial Lines. The company has had a presence in Asia since 2007, when it opened its Singapore office. The Hong Kong office will offer the ... Read the full article
Newline Group grows UK presence with opening of Manchester office
6th September 2024
Newline Group, a specialty insurance provider, has announced the launch of a new office in Manchester, reinforcing its ongoing dedication to brokers and clients in the UK's regional market. This Manchester location is the company's second regional office in the UK, following the opening of its Leeds office in 2017. Newline remains ... Read the full article
Newline Australia opens in Sydney with Beswick as Head of Professional Indemnity
26th March 2024
Specialty insurer Newline Group has expanded into Sydney with the opening of Newline Australia Insurance Pty Ltd, and has named Nicholas Beswick as Head of Professional Indemnity. “Establishing offices in key territories is part of our ongoing strategy to be closer to our distribution partners and clients,” said Bob Pollock, CEO ... Read the full article
Richard Spotswood named Head of Cyber at Newline
11th January 2023
Specialty insurer Newline Group has announced the appointment of Richard Spotswood as the new head of its Cyber Liability product team. In this position, he will oversee and lead the development of Newline’s global cyber portfolio. Spotswood brings 20 years of specialty and financial lines experience to Newline, including more than 10 ... Read the full article
Newline appoints Andrew Pecover to take over from William Beveridge as CUO
8th June 2022
Newline has appointed Andrew Pecover as its new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). The firm said that Pecover will be responsible for the underwriting operations for Newline Syndicate 1218 and Newline Insurance Company Limited across all lines of business. It added that Pecover will be based in London and will report directly to ... Read the full article
Newline expands into Latin America through Lloyd’s in Mexico
30th July 2019
Specialty insurer Newline Group has joined the Lloyd's of London representative office in Mexico City, expanding its global footprint into the Latin America region. Newline has said that it will service clients in both Latin America and the Caribbean from Lloyd's in Mexico. The company's Latin American Division will commence the underwriting ... Read the full article
Newline’s post-Brexit EU hub approved by German regulator
1st April 2019
Specialty insurer Newline Group has announced the establishment of Newline Europe Versicherung AG (Newline Europe), a subsidiary of Newline Insurance Company Limited that is set to operate from Cologne, Germany. Newline Europe will serve as the company's new European Union (EU) hub. Manuel Wirtz, previously Newline's general representative for Germany, has been appointed ... Read the full article
Newline adds Markus Schäfer to Cologne team
23rd January 2019
Speciality insurance group Newline has appointed Markus Schäfer as Senior Underwriter, General Liability at Newline Insurance Company Limited in Cologne. Newline set up offices in Cologne last year after announcing in May that it had selected the city as the location for the European Union (EU) insurance hub of Newline ... Read the full article
Cologne perfectly placed as an insurance hub, says Mayor Henriette Reker
6th June 2018
Following the announcement last month of Newline Insurance Group’s Cologne-based headquarters for European business - via new subsidiary Newline Insurance Company - the city’s Mayor Henriette Reker has praised the move and invited “insurance companies from all over the world” to consider Cologne’s “outstanding business environment.” The creation of Newline’s new ... Read the full article
Cologne selected as Newline’s EU insurance hub
31st May 2018
Speciality insurance group Newline has selected Cologne as the European Union insurance hub of Newline Insurance Company. Having already started the application process, Newline is now seeking to create an insurance company subsidiary that will be capitalised, licensed and regulated in Germany. The company had previously established a branch office in the ... Read the full article
OdysseyRe’s Newline Group launches Affinity & Special Risks operations
30th June 2017
Specialty insurer Newline Group, which is part of specialty insurer and reinsurer Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. (OdysseyRe), has announced the launch of a new business line dedicated to U.K. and International Affinity & Special Risks solutions. The new business line sees Newline offer Motor-related Warranty, Non-motor Warranty and value-driven add-ons, such as Excess ... Read the full article
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