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Lloyd’s insurer Sportscover is continuing to pursue its ambitious
expansion and diversification strategy by announcing the
appointment of highly respected Bloodstock underwriter, Robin
Blunt.
Robin has been in the insurance industry for more than 40 years,
initially as a broker but the latter half of this as an underwriter
in the Lloyd’s market, most recently with Lloyd’s insurer Brit. He
has been specialising in Bloodstock since 1979. Robin becomes
Bloodstock underwriter for Sportscover’s syndicate 3334 with
immediate effect.
When asked about his specialisation, Robin commented, “The
most interesting aspect of Bloodstock Insurance is that we are
insuring a certainty – all living beings ultimately die. Their lives are
controlled by humans and they have no way of communicating
how the feel or how they are being looked after so our risk has two
distinctive parts, the horse itself and those that care for them.”
Robin has been insuring horses since 1979 and probably the most
famous claim which he has been involved with was “Shergar” who
was the subject of one of the largest Bloodstock insurance claims
ever following his theft in 1983.
Robin added, “I am looking forward to working with Sportscover’s
talented and growing team of specialist underwriters. Sportscover
have ambitious plans for the future. I am pleased to be part of
a team who are determined to be the best in sports and leisure
insurance.”
Robin is also joined at Sportscover by Ally Halstead. Ally has
worked in the London insurance market since 2006, spending
two years handling Bloodstock claims for Lexington Insurance
Company, part of the AIG Group. In 2008 she joined Marketform
syndicate to handle Bloodstock claims, later expanding her role
Appointments keep Lloyd’s insurer
Sportscover on track with expansion strategy
to include PA, Marine and Specie claims. She has a keen interest
in horse racing, but her main focus is the Sport Horse industry, in
particular show jumping and eventing.
Matthew Riley, CEO of Sportscover Underwriting Limited, said “I
am delighted that we have been able to bring to Sportscover two
highly talented insurance professionals in Robin and Ally. We are
implementing our agreed development strategy and the recent
appointments show that we are making real progress towards our
goal of sustainable growth through diversification by employing
top quality specialists.”
The appointment of Robin andAlly follows on from the employment
of Contingency underwriter Simon Lyons in July last year. Simon
has over 20 years insurance experience including specific
contingency experience in Cancellation, Non-Appearance,
Prize Indemnity, Contract Bonus, Weather Day and Commercial
Producers Indemnity. His employment has led to a significant
increase in open market contingency business written by 3334.
Sportscover has also announced that Murray Anderson has
become joint Active underwriter for Syndicate 3334 with Chris
Nash.
Chris Nash explained, “Sportscover is seeing a significant
increase in business from around the world. Appointing Murray
as joint Active Underwriter will enable us to pursue the many
business opportunities that we are seeing by focusing on particular
geographic regions. This is a sensible approach to ensure that we
can make the most of the opportunities being presented to us and
provide a high quality service to brokers and clients.”
Murray’s appointment also sees him elevated to the board of
Sportscover Underwriting Ltd.
Pictured (left to right): Murray Anderson, Simon Lyons, Robin Blunt, Ally Halstead.
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