SiriusPoint has announced its third specialty appointment in roughly two months. It has named Mark Aspinall (pictured) to lead a new fine art & specie team, effective January 2027.
The appointment follows the announced launch of a Crisis Solutions unit in May and a further hire to that team announced in June. All three moves sit within SiriusPoint's London Market Specialty division.
Aspinall will be based in London and report to Chris Fenn, global head of marine. He will build a portfolio across high-value asset risks. These include fine art institutions, galleries, private collections, auction houses, and secure transportation providers.
Insurance and specialty lines accounted for 59% of SiriusPoint's core net premiums written in 2025, up from 37% in 2021. The shift has come alongside a pullback from international property catastrophe reinsurance.
Aspinall has more than 35 years of experience in the Lloyd's and London insurance markets. He joins from Liberty Specialty Markets, where he was most recently senior underwriter for fine art and specie. He previously held senior underwriting roles at Travelers Syndicate 5000.
Liberty Specialty Markets reshaped its European fine art and specie leadership team in April. It appointed new underwriting managers for the class. Markel separately hired a senior underwriter for its London fine art and specie team the same month.
The class has faced recent testing. Lloyd's of London estimated US$2.3 billion in net losses from the 2025 California wildfires. Markel's Kyle McGrath said the class increasingly covers collectibles beyond art, from wine to luxury handbags.
David Govrin, SiriusPoint's group president and chief executive of global reinsurance and London market specialty, said the new offering adds a line "which complements adjacent marine classes like cargo and war, political violence and terrorism."
SiriusPoint announced its Crisis Solutions unit in May. It named Ed Winter and Paul Beattie as joint heads, with both due to start on December 1, 2026. The business will be written through SiriusPoint's Syndicate 1945 and will initially focus on war, political violence and terrorism risks.
SiriusPoint also announced the hire of Ella Stevenson to that team as crisis solutions underwriter in June, effective September 28, 2026. Chris Fenn linked the hire to rising demand across the specialty market. Armed conflict topped the 2026 Allianz Risk Barometer's list of feared exposures at 53% of respondents, up from 48% a year earlier.
None of the three specialty hires had started in their new roles as of the announcements. It is also unclear which underwriting vehicle will carry the Fine Art & Specie book, or whether it will sit on Syndicate 1945.
