Chief Underwriting Officer
London, UK
+44 (0)79 7034 6005
Beazley’s Group Chief Underwriting Officer, Paul Bantick is responsible for actively managing Beazley’s diverse range of specialist insurance underwriting. This includes cyber, property, liability classes such as Directors & Officers and environmental liability and the highly specialist classes which are a feature of London underwriting such as marine, aviation and political risks.
Paul built his reputation over two decades as a pioneering leader in cyber insurance, where he was instrumental in the ongoing development and maturation of the marketplace. Under his leadership Beazley launched the market’s first cyber catastrophe bond and established Full Spectrum Cyber and Beazley Security which is the market most comprehensive cyber security and insurance ecosystem, protecting thousands of businesses before, during and after a cyber incident.
Latterly he was Beazley’s Group Head of Cyber Risks, was appointed to Beazley’s Global Executive Committee in 2022 and the Beazley Furlonge Limited Board in March 2024.
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