Chubb expands cyber underwriting team

Chubb has appointed Lauren Webb as senior underwriting manager for the London Market and Chris McMurray to the new role of senior cyber underwriter for the UK and Ireland regions.

Formerly senior professional indemnity and cyber underwriter for Chubb, Webb will be responsible for underwriting the US, UK and international risks placed via Lloyd’s and London company market brokers into Chubb and the development of London broker relationships.

She has eleven years of insurance industry experience and joined Chubb 4.5 years ago to develop the portfolio of professional indemnity and cyber placements, specifically in the London market.

McMurray will be responsible for the underwriting and profitable growth of Chubb’s regional cyber portfolio outside London. Having 12 years of insurance industry experience, McMurray was formerly senior financial lines underwriter for Scotland at Chubb. Prior to that he has held underwriting positions at Hiscox and QBE.

David Robinson, executive vice president for Europe and president for UK and Ireland at Chubb, said: “The appointment of Lauren and Chris, two underwriting experts in their field, highlights our commitment to providing our UK and Ireland-based clients with superior underwriting solutions and easy access to decision-makers. Supported by our risk engineering capabilities and end-to-end risk management solutions, I am confident their skills and experience will ensure we offer an exceptional service as we take our cyber risk proposition into its next phase.”