Horizon bolsters board
Horizon (UW) Ltd., the specialist underwriting agency for high value homes, announces the appointment of Wendy Travers as underwriting director and board member, effective March 1st.
Travers, who has senior-level underwriting experience across a broad range of product lines, joins Horizon from Covea, where she served as Midlands branch manager. She brings a strong high-net-worth pedigree to Horizon having held senior management, underwriting and business development roles in this class. Travers began her career at Lloyd’s, progressing to Axa Art, Fusion Insurance and Sterling Insurance, which was purchased by Covea.
Reporting to Horizon founder and executive chairman Richard Pexton, Travers will support the underwriting team as Horizon embarks on the next phase of its development.
Pexton said: “Wendy’s talents as an underwriter are matched by her vitality and tenacity in developing books of business. Her consistency in returning underwriting profit is extremely impressive and she is also highly regarded among brokers. It therefore gives me great pleasure to welcome Wendy to the Horizon board. Her expertise and input will be of tremendous benefit as Horizon enters a new phase, challenging convention in order to meet the changing needs of our clients.”
For further information please contact:
David Haggie / Richard Adams,
Haggie Partners
+44 20 7562 4444
About Horizon
Horizon is a Cheltenham-based specialist Mid and High Net Worth underwriting agency and Lloyd’s coverholder for Sompo Canopius Syndicate 4444 focused on providing exceptional service to brokers and end clients. Our vision is to bring the traditional and innovative together. Collectively we have over 100 years of underwriting expertise in this field and truly understand the need to be flexible.