HDI Global Specialty SE boosts professional lines team with new hires

It also announces an update on its professional lines offering

HDI Global Specialty SE boosts professional lines team with new hires

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By Roxanne Libatique

HDI Global Specialty SE (HDI Global Specialty) has boosted its Australian professional lines team with two new senior underwriting hires, Alexandra Fox-Slater and Luke Southwell.

Fox-Slater and Southwell both join HDI Global Specialty’s professional indemnity (PI) team in Australia from insurance giants Chubb and Zurich, respectively, where they worked as senior underwriters.

The team brings together over 35 years of combined professional lines insurance experience, positioning HDI Global Specialty to meet the PI insurance needs of local brokers and their clients.

Justin Klietz, head of professional lines at HDI Global Specialty, noted the new hires’ significant PI underwriting experience and commercial acumen. He said: “I am delighted to have them on the team. They have a strong track record of success, and our brokers and their clients will benefit from their customer-oriented approach.”

Mark Fleiser, the head of branch at HDI Global Specialty, added: “We now have in place an experienced team who will be tasked with driving the further development of our PI portfolio in what is a dynamic market environment. We see this development as just one of a number of strategic initiatives supporting our ambition to broaden our product and service offering in the market.”

HDI Global Specialty has also launched a new PI Primary Policy Wording to further enhance its existing product offering and capabilities in the region.   

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