Howden Re International commits to fully integrated client proposition with London-based investment in Motor Reinsurance and Prospective Capital Solutions

London, 10 October 2024 – Howden Re, the reinsurance arm of Howden, the international insurance intermediary group, has announced the further enhancement of its international broking and advisory capabilities with the hire of two senior product experts based in London. 

Grange Turner joins Howden Re as Managing Director, International Casualty, and Head of International Motor Reinsurance on 11 November 2024, and Tom Finch joined as Managing Director, Head of Prospective Solutions, International on 1 October 2024.
 
Working across all Casualty lines, Grange brings extensive P&C reinsurance broking experience to his role which will span Howden Re’s global international region, with a particular focus on the UK and Nordics. His specific experience in Motor Reinsurance completes Howden Re’s ability to offer client support across all P&C lines both in the region and out of the London office. The new offering will strengthen Howden’s existing UK P&C Motor proposition and collaborate closely with Howden Insurance, which sells via the 100+ UK high street branches, making use of Howden Driving Data, an end-to-end telematics platform. 

Most recently Grange served as a Partner at McGill & Partners in the Treaty Reinsurance team. Previously, he spent over 11 years as an Executive Director at Willis Re and nearly 6 years as a Managing Director at Guy Carpenter. At Willis Re and Guy Carpenter, Grange constructed reinsurance treaties for UK and international clients across motor, public and products liability, professional lines, and medical malpractice. 

Tom Finch has joined the business to provide prospective structured reinsurance solutions to Howden Re clients. Tom sits within the London International Team but will work closely with Howden Re’s existing Lloyd’s and North American Capital solutions teams, and with Alex Roth, Managing Director, Head of Capital & Operational Solutions Europe, who joined Howden Re earlier this year to focus on retroactive capital and operational solutions. Tom’s appointment completes Howden Re’s suite of Capital Solutions capabilities and provides increased ability to tailor reinsurance products to more precisely address clients’ individual needs.

Tom has more than 17 years of industry experience including 12 years at Swiss Re in a number of global Structured Solutions teams covering regions including Bermuda, Japan, Africa and the UK. Tom joins Howden Re following five years at AXIS Capital, where he was most recently Group Head of Underwriting Governance. 

Sebastian Cook, Deputy CEO, Howden Re International, commented: “Tom and Grange joining Howden Re is further evidence of our continued commitment to invest in the best and most proven talent in the market. Adding colleagues of this calibre enables us to present an integrated value proposition to our clients. This allows us to be truly product and capital agnostic when supporting our clients in meeting their business and reinsurance objectives.”

Matthew Westerman, Head of London, Howden Re International, commented: “Grange’s extensive experience and deep understanding of the Motor market will be invaluable as we expand our capabilities in this area. Given the mixed dynamics of the global Motor market, our clients will greatly benefit from Grange’s deep understanding of its macroeconomic drivers and, therefore, implications. 

"Likewise, I am thrilled that, with Tom’s hire, we can offer our clients a full suite of capabilities across structured reinsurance solutions.”