Canopius

Canopius is a global specialty lines (re)insurer. We are
one of the top 10 insurers in the Lloyd’s insurance
market and wrote over $1.2 billion premium across the
group in 2017.

We believe that our people make us different. We
challenge the prevailing wisdom, we ask the difficult
questions and we are proud to offer an independent
view of risk.

We were formed via a management buyout in
December 2003, with £25m equity capital and
achieved significant growth through a mix of organic
expansion and acquisition. We are privately owned,
backed by private equity funding.

Canopius AG is domiciled in Zurich and operates in the
UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Bermuda, US
and Singapore. The group operates through the
following underwriting platforms:

• Canopius Managing Agents Limited, which
manages our sole Lloyd’s Syndicate 4444 (For 2018,
Canopius owns 88% of capacity on Syndicate 4444,
whose Active Underwriter is Group Chief Underwriting
Officer Mike Duffy)
• Canopius US Insurance, Inc., a US excess &
surplus lines insurance company

Our name reflects our heritage:

• Nathaniel Canopius was a Cretan scholar
studying at Balliol College, Oxford, who is reputed to
have brewed the first cup of coffee in England in 1637
• Then in the 17th century, Edward Lloyd’s coffee
house became recognised as the place for obtaining
marine insurance in London
• Our name thus provides a strong association
with the Lloyd’s market, which remains at the core of
our operations

Group Companies
• Canopius owns 88% of capacity on Syndicate
4444 with the balance provided by third party capital
providers
• Canopius US Insurance, Inc. has an A.M. Best
Insurer Financial Strength rating of A- (Excellent)
We hold a number of underwriting platforms and
operating companies:
• Canopius Managing Agents Limited
• Canopius Underwriting Limited
• Canopius US Insurance, Inc
• Canopius Asia Pte Limited
• Canopius B.V.
• Canopius Underwriting Agency, Inc
• Canopius Underwriting Bermuda Ltd
• Canopius Insurance Services

DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT
Group Executive Committee
Our group executive committee is responsible for the
day-to-day running of the group.
Michael Watson – Chairman
Mike Duffy – Group Chief Underwriting Officer
Gaynore Moss – Group Chief Risk Officer
Barbara Turner – Group Head of Human Resources

Canopius AG Board
Board of Directors
Michael Watson – Chairman
Paul Meader –Non-Executive Director
Ian Owen – Non-Executive Director
Hans Kunzle – Non-Executive Director

Canopius Managing Agents Ltd Board
Board of Directors
Ian Owen – Non-Executive Chairman
David Broome – Non-Executive Director
Paul Ceurvorst – Non-Executive Director
Mike Duffy – Chief Underwriting Officer
Robert Harden – Finance Director
Stephen Gargrave – Non-Executive Director
Peter Hazell – Non-Executive Director
Gaynore Moss – Chief Risk Officer
Michael Watson – Non-Executive Director

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