Meet our team

About my role
Responsible for the overall performance of Touchstone Underwriting Ltd

My favourite
Football: Nottingham Forest
Holiday: Cuba
Food: Italian
Drink: Good red wine
Hobby: Watching all sports, fast cars. golf, cycling

Areas of Responsibility
Development of the commercial and property owners classes; Widening our underwriting footprint; Development of differentiated, bespoke and non-standard (NOT sub-standard) products and services; Coaching and mentoring of the team to optimise performance.At Touchstone Underwriting, my ambition is for us to be recognised as the market leader for service, innovation and development of niche, specialist and bespoke products to match our Customer's needs.

Interesting Fact
TOUCHSTONE (definition) - as well as being a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the colour of the mark which they made on it... It is also a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognised.

Hobbies
Football; Tennis; Learning to play the piano; Topiary

About my role
Managing a team who are claims handling across all products, from FNOL to settlement and recovery. Monitoring service from Insurer claims departments and helping brokers to ensure that our claims team give the best service we can.

My favourite
Holiday: Anywhere with some sun and good food
Hobby: Watching Formula 1 and going to races when I can

Areas of Responsibility
Development of Touchstone Underwriting's business relationships with brokers in the West and South Wales area.

Hobbies
Youth football coaching, food judging

Areas of Responsibility
David is responsible for the Specialist renewal book and is also able to prepare new business quotes . He has been with the company for over 10 years

Hobbies
Football, Travelling, Socialising, Music and Contemporary Art.

Areas of Responsibility
Elaine is responsible for the accounts and credit control functions of the business

Interesting Fact
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no-one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand

Hobbies
Socialising, Ballroom & Latin dancing, music performance and keeping fit

About my role
Responsible for expanding the Touchstone Underwriting Hospitality & Leisure footprint through the development of trade specific products and services, providing all-encompassing solutions to cater for your clients needs.

My favourite
Football: Chelsea
Holiday: Hot & sunny
Food: Chinese
Drink: Black Sambuca
Hobby: Golf, watching and occasionally participating in most sports. Ex semi-pro tenpin bowler!

Areas of Responsibility
Documentation & administration for the Liability & Construction department.

Interesting Fact
Each birthday is a celebration of every time you have travelled around the sun.

Hobbies
Skiing and mechanics.

Areas of Responsibility
Responsible for Professional Indemnity portfolio.

Interesting Fact
We are the Universe experiencing itself.

Hobbies
Travel, wine, reading, wild swimming.

About my role
Developing Touchstone Underwriting business across the North East/West broker market.

My favourite
Football: Leeds United
Holiday: The Maldives - pure heaven!
Food: Italian
Drink: Fizz/G&T
Hobby: Holidays in the sun

About my role
Renewals and general administration across the Property & Commercial portfolio of products.

My favourite
Football: Celtic
Holiday: Anywhere hot
Drink: Lager/vodka
Hobby: Football/music

About my role
Development of Touchstone Underwriting's business relationships with brokers in the West and South Wales area.

My favourite
Football: Watching my son play
Holiday: New Zealand
Food: Lamb roast dinner
Drink: New Zealand Sauvignon
Hobby: Darts, travelling

About my role
I am the Renewals Underwriter for the Tour Operators and Travel Agents Combined Liability and Travel Office Schemes, also picking up Legal Expenses and Management Liability for our Travel Risks.

My favourite
Football: Cork GAA, but Hurling is better
Holiday: Anywhere hot!
Food: Lasagne
Drink: Tea
Hobby: Walking and family time

Areas of Responsibility
Documentation & administration across the Touchstone Portfolio of products.

Interesting Fact
Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

Hobbies
Art, live music/festivals, makeup.

About my role
I control and maintain our underwriting system. On a day to day basis I am busy ensuring things run smoothly for our Underwriters; amending rates and rules; keeping documentation up to date and generally maintaining our platform. I also take any new product and design how it will integrate into the system. These schemes eventually appear on the web for our brokers to use.

My favourite
Holiday: Skiing
Food: A Carnivorous BBQ feast
Drink: Coffee (a computer person always likes a good Java upload)
Hobby: Skiing in the Alps; Taekwon-do; Family life; Computers; Tech

Areas of Responsibility
Concentrating on enhancing and growing our current facilities with selected Brokers as well as introducing a variety of new products and carriers to the Divisional offering.

Interesting Fact
Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

Hobbies
Golf (very poorly) and fine dining.

Areas of Responsibility
Broker facing business development.

Interesting Fact
The raincoat was invented in Scotland.

Hobbies
Playing golf and watching football.

About my role
I am responsible for the development of our business relationships and interactions through the delivery of insights and targeted communications.

I am able to assist with all agency related queries for new and existing brokers. I also manage our events, the website, and anything else that falls under Marketing!

My favourite
Holiday: Venice
Food: Too many options to choose from
Drink: Rum & coke
Hobby: Family time & gym

Areas of Responsibility
Chelmsford New Business, Renewals and Mid-Term Adjustments.

Interesting Fact
Only one in a thousand turtles reach adulthood. Most are eaten by their kind!

Hobbies
Cycling, Skiing & Walking.

Prefer to be called
Rich

About my role
I am responsible for overseeing and leading the Renewals Business team and seek to provide that extra level of guaranteed service and expertise where other providers fail.

My favourite
Football: Season ticket holder at Watford FC
Holiday: Greek Islands
Food: Roast Chicken
Drink: Real Ale
Hobby: Sport in general, reading and walking the dog

Areas of Responsibility
Documentation and administration across Touchstone Underwriting's renewals.

Interesting Fact
Vending machines kill four times as many people as sharks per year.

Hobbies
Football, golf, shopping and video games.

Areas of Responsibility
Dealing with new business, renewals and mid-term adjustments on commercial combined, property owners and package products.

Interesting Fact
The people who voiced Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were actually married in real life.

Hobbies
Shopping, boxing, reading and swimming.

About my role
Focusing on Internal management & underwriting across all TUL product lines, with a flexible UW strategy focusing on maintaining & growing a profitable underwriting book as well as assisting to develop & maintain existing partner broker relationships with our exclusive product offering.

My Favourite
Football: The Mighty Green and white Army- Northern Ireland for those not in the know!, Also a Man Utd fan.

Holiday: Safari

Food: Indian or Thai

Drink: Love a good cocktail or a Gin

Hobby/Interest: My actual title is “Lord” Bell having purchased a small piece of land with a title in north England. Also an Army Reservist in my spare time Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( I know a Northern Irish man defusing bombs!) Enjoy all contact sports and walking my dog!

About my role
Dealing with new business and mid-term adjustments across our portfolio of products.

My favourite
Holiday: Aruba
Food: Italian
Drink: Gin and Tonic
Hobby: Walks with my Cairn Terrier, shopping and reading

Areas of Responsibility
I am a specialist in travel liabilities and the lead Underwriter for the Tour Operators Liability scheme with AXA XL. I am also responsible for Company Compliance and Operations.

My favourite
Football: Manchester City – the blue moon is rising
Holiday: South Devon (Salcombe) or Costa Rica, its close.
Food: Steak, chips and peas
Drink: Timothy Taylor Landlord, draft Marston’s Pedigree, Green Kings Yardbird Pale Ale and St Austell’s Proper Job, but I am not fussy!
Hobby: Herts Wildlife Trust active member, Walking, Formula One, Travelling and International Speedway series

Prefers to be called
Tom

About my role
I maintain our systems and assist when problems occur alongside Martin Warr.

My favourite
Holiday: Scotland
Food: Spaghetti Bolognese
Drink: Mountain Dew
Hobby: Paintballing, gaming, tinkering, tech, cosplay and running