Tamesis DUAL appoints Ben Love as Director of Underwriting

Tamesis DUAL (“Tamesis”), part of the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Love as Director of Underwriting. Love will be based in London and report to Tony Lovett, Managing Director and Founder, Tamesis.

Commenting on the appointment, Tony Lovett said: “We are very excited that Ben is joining the Tamesis team. He is highly regarded and his relationships, knowledge and all-round experience will help develop our specialty excess of loss reinsurance business here in London as well as our New York and Miami offices.”

He continued: “Over the past eight years, we have established the Tamesis brand and have exceptional scope for growth, even in the current market. Ben’s appointment is a testimony to what we have achieved as a multi-class, low-cost, specialty reinsurance Managing General Underwriter. We have a real opportunity to expand the breadth of our products to our brokers, clients and coverholders whilst continuing to provide profitability, excellent client service and demonstrable attention to risk and catastrophe exposure management.”

Love brings over 20 years of treaty reinsurance experience across underwriting, broking, third party capital management, and strategy development and execution having transacted multiple lines of business in 15 countries. He joins Tamesis after 11 years at Hiscox Re, most recently as Head of Business Development, and prior to that, he spent 10 years at Greig Fester / Benfield.

Since its founding in 2011, Tamesis has delivered seven consecutive years of underwriting profit with circa $100m written premium income. Tamesis is a global Specialty Excess of Loss Treaty Reinsurance business operating in the London market and the Americas.