HDI Global Specialty UK has implemented a new structure for its underwriting function – a move that it says will better align its business to clients and brokers.  

The insurer divided its single risk business into six divisions or “pillars”, and Adam Curran was named as director of specialty lines, reporting to Rafael Rebitzky, managing director and chief underwriting officer of HDI Global Specialty UK.

The six new business divisions and heads are as follows:

• Financial risks, led by Nick Robinson
• Crisis management, led by David Palmer
• Mining and energy, led by Matthew Johnson
• Private clients, led by Mark Edwards
• Financial and professional lines, led by Charles Boorman
• Transportation, led by Neil Dave

“The new structure for single risk business will enable HDI in the UK to take the next steps in our successful growth story,” Rebitzky said. “Bringing together individual product lines into six pillars will enhance our ability to collaborate and innovate and establish a robust operating model that can maximise service to commercial brokers and clients.”