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Chaucer’s new business development team


Chatsworth challenge


development management team was recently appointed to provide expert technical underwriting and risk management support to its global energy practice underwriting team. The practice was established in November 2010 as part of the Chaucer’s Foundation Flex Flagship corporate strategy. It


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he Chaucer syndicate 1084 seven-strong business


incorporates the existing energy and engineering expertise together with Nuclear Syndicate 1176 to provide an integrated energy underwriting capability for broker and client. Gary March leads the team as divisional underwriting manager. He joined in March 2011 and previously held underwriting and broking roles at Travelers and JLT Group. Laura White, business development analyst, joined Chaucer in April 2011 as


underwriting development analyst and most recently worked at Catlin. She qualified as a chartered accountant in 2005 and spent four years at Lloyd’s where she completed her ACII. Lynn Macdonald transferred to Chaucer as syndicate manager on Nuclear Syndicate 1176 in 2003. Prior to joining Chaucer, she started her insurance career in 1996 and previously held underwriting roles at Euler Trade Indemnity and Cox Insurance. Kerry Brown joined in 2010 as the senior wordings technician within the energy division with responsibility for reviewing and agreeing all facultative policy wordings for the team; performing contract certainty checks; and monitoring contract certainty and peer review performance. Prior to joining she spent seven years with Zurich Global Energy as wordings manager.


Defeat from the jaws of victory Brian Susman writes:


have been a better summer’s day.


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he Celebs CC cricketers gathered once again at Chatsworth House last month for the annual meeting with a team representing Oval Group. For a change there were no last-minute decisions to be made as to whether the weather would justify the considerable round trips made by some - it could not


Celebs players are witty, resourceful people, who are always delighted to be in each other’s company. Just as well really, because their record on the cricket field is not the finest. Indeed in many years of trying, we have still not won a single game against Oval. This time, frankly, we should have broken


in association with


From left to right: Kerry Brown, Lynn Macdonald, Kimberley Friend, Susan Hennessey, Gary March, Amy Youngs and Laura White


Susan Hennessey is


underwriting support administrator and has worked in insurance for 20 years. She joined Chaucer in 2008 in the underwriting support team and moved across to the energy division last year. Amy Youngs, modelling technician, joined the energy division in 2010 having graduated


our duck (notice the clever play on words!) but our batting let us down. We all started by doffing our


caps to Phillip Hodson, the Oval chief, who has recently been elected to the prestigious position of president of the MCC, and who paid us the considerable compliment of turning up to play instead of attending the first day of the Lord’s test against the Sri Lankans.


Celebs were without their


Howzat, umpire! Keith Fowles, of the Celebs, is lbw to Jon Simpkin early in his match-winning spell for Oval


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captain, David Haynes (Arag), who had dislocated a finger on the eve of the match; his vice, Geoff Doyle (ex-Sterling), was a more than capable deputy, however, and was wise enough to allow Oval first use of a green Chatsworth wicket. All the Celebs bowlers performed well; all seven were among the wickets, with the pick Andy


with a Maths and Statistics degree from the University of Kent in that year.


Kimberley Friend is


underwriting support administrator and joined as data entry administrator in February 2011. She completed her


A-Levels at college in May 2010, studying maths and accounts.


Parkinson (DAS) with 2 for 7 in four overs.


Oval were restricted to an all- out total of 106 - a target which the Celebs should have made in their 40-over innings. But it wasn’t to be. With Phillip Hodson bowling his usual tight line, to take 1 for 11 in six overs, and Jon Simpkin at the other end sending down four overs and taking 2 for 3, the Celebs innings got away to a poor start. Steve McNally (Open GI) with 24 and guest Peter Lennon with 28 put on 52 priceless runs, but the rest of the Celebs side could not match their abilities, and we fell 17 runs short at 89 all out. Another day where


everything went right - except for the result. But at least we finished the day with a superb Chatsworth barbecue. And maybe next time .....


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