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DUAL M&A Liability Team Open for Business in Frankfurt and London

Sep 4 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, announced that its Frankfurt and London-based M&A Liability team is open for business. Niki Demirbilek joins as global head of M&A Insurance, supported by...

DUAL Acquires Oliva Underwriting, UK-based MGA

Jul 24 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, announced it has acquired Oliva Underwriting, the UK-based MGA specializing in property & casualty, contractor trades and marine insurance. The acquisition...

DUAL Strengthens Latin America & Caribbean Team with Hayes Appointment

Jul 24 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, announced it has appointed Amanda Hayes as managing director of Latin America and Caribbean Business Development. Hayes starts on August 1 and will report to...

DUAL Appoints Watson as Chief Claims Officer

Jul 7 2015 // DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, announced it has appointed Angus Watson as global chief claims officer, joining September 1, 2015. Watson will join from Arch Insurance Company...

DUAL Enters Central, East European Market with Launch of DUAL Polska

Jul 1 2015 // DUAL Group, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, announced its launch into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), following the acquisition of the majority stake of Toruń, Poland-headquartered insurance...

DUAL Australia Launches Suite of Marine Products with New Team

Jun 26 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group*, has announced the continued expansion of its global marine and energy practice following the launch of a marine offering at DUAL Australia Pty Ltd. DUAL...

DUAL Launches Marine Operations in The Netherlands

Apr 14 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting agency arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has opened its first office in The Netherlands. The Rotterdam office will initially write marine and energy lines with DUAL’s complete suite of products...

DUAL Marine & Energy Forms Underwriting Partnership With CNA Hardy

Apr 8 2015 // DUAL, the international underwriting agency, announced its global marine and energy business has started underwriting with support from CNA Hardy’s Lloyd’s syndicate. DUAL is the underwriting arm of Hyperion...

Hyperion Insurance Head David Howden on U.S. Expansion by MGA DUAL

Oct 31 2013 // David Howden, the chief executive of the London-based Hyperion Insurance Group, founded the company in 1994, “as a business to take on wholesale products in the international market,” he explained in a...

Hyperion Group Subsidiary DUAL to Acquire PGI Commercial

Oct 28 2013 // The London-based Hyperion Insurance Group, an international insurance intermediary, announced its intention to expand its underwriting agency business in the U.S. through the acquisition, by its subsidiary DUAL, also based...

UK Underwriter DUAL Strengthens Operational and Governance Functions

Mar 7 2013 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has announced the next phase of its structural strengthening following a strategic review. Shane Doyle, Deputy CEO of DUAL International, will take on the new role of...

Gorman Joins DUAL Ireland Team as Financial Lines Underwriter

Jan 19 2012 // Specialist underwriting agency DUAL Ireland has expanded its Dublin-based team with the appointment of Martha Gorman as Development Underwriter for financial lines. She joins DUAL from Marsh where she was a commercial...

DUAL Corporate Risks Adds More D&O Capacity from Aspen, Pembroke

Dec 5 2011 // London-based specialist underwriting agency DUAL Corporate Risks announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Aspen Managing Agency Limited (Syndicate 4711) and Pembroke Managing Agency Limited...

DUAL Starts Specialty Reinsurance Business

Dec 2 2011 // DUAL Corporate Risks has launched Tamesis DUAL, a specialty excess-of-loss reinsurance business with capacity from Lloyd’s. Tamesis DUAL will access global clients writing a specialty excess-of-loss account. This...

DUAL Corporate Risks Appoints Blake Prof. Indemnity Underwriter

Jun 21 2011 // UK-based specialist underwriting agency DUAL Corporate Risks has appointed Christopher Blake as a Professional Indemnity Underwriter in the company’s National Business Unit. He was previously at Chartis where he...

DUAL Corporate Risks Launches Product for Computer Consultants, Contractors

Apr 4 2011 // DUAL Corporate Risks has launched a product for computer consultants and contractors combining professional indemnity and products liability. “This is the first time DUAL Corporate Risks has offered a combined...