Chris Tomkins added to QBE's Birmingham team

QBE has appointed Chris Tomkins as a senior property underwriter at its Birmingham operation.

Tomkins joins QBE’s team in Birmingham from Ace European Group, where he was senior property underwriter responsible for their commercial property book within the regional portfolio.

Prior to Ace, Tomkins was a senior regional underwriter at Catlin, where he built Catlin’s presence in the local marketplace and a senior commercial broker at James Hampden and senior property underwriter at Lloyd’s Syndicate KGP 105 (John Poland & Company Ltd).

Tomkins is also a member of the CII and was president of the CII of Nottingham between 2006 and 2007.

Terry Whittaker, managing director of UK National, QBE European Operations, said: “With the appointment of a senior underwriter of Chris’ calibre and breadth of market experience, it demonstrates that at QBE we are truly dedicated to building a UK regional network that can offer underwriting excellence and the highest quality of service.”

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