About Chaucer Group

About Chaucer Group

Chaucer are a leading specialty (re)insurance group working with brokers, coverholders and clients to protect and support business activities around the world. Our services are accessed both through Lloyd’s of London and the company markets.

Chaucer is a member of the China Re Group and backed by their financial and operational resources. China Re is one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies whose outstanding and comprehensive strength is rated A (excellent) by AM Best and A (strong) by S&P Global Rating.

We are defined by an enterprising, bespoke approach to (re)insurance, enabled by the individual character, experience and imagination of our expert teams.

Through Lloyd's, Chaucer Syndicates 1084 and 1176 offer clients strong financial security with every policy has the support of an A (excellent) rating from A.M. Best and an A+ (strong) from Standard & Poor’s and AA- (very strong) rating from Fitch.

Chaucer Insurance Company has an A (excellent) rating from A.M. Best, and A (strong) from Standard and Poor’s. Our parent, China Re, maintains excellent ratings from A.M. Best, and Standard & Poor's.

We have a global reach.

Headquartered in London, with international hubs in Copenhagen, Dubai, Miami, Dublin, Singapore, Sydney and Bermuda, we employ more than 500 people worldwide, including more than 120 specialist underwriters.

Our services

We offer an exceptional range of insurance and reinsurance risk classes and a first-rate service.

    • Gross premiums written in 2022$2.4bn
    • Underwriters Globally120+
    • Group-wide claims paid in 2022$701m

    Leadership

    • Rob Callan

      • CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

      • London

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    • Nicola Stacey

      • Chief Underwriting Officer

      • London

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    • James Wright

      • Chief Financial Officer

      • London

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    • David Bendle

      • Chief Operating Officer

      • London

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    • Duncan Gemmel

      • Chief Strategy Officer

      • London

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    Insurance

    Supporting business activities around the world
    We work with brokers, coverholders and clients to protect and enable growth

    Reinsurance

    Delivering in-depth expertise & insights for our clients
    We provide leading, innovative and bespoke reinsurance solutions

    Syndicate 1084

    7th largest syndicate at Lloyd’s of London
    Writes specialty insurance and reinsurance business across casualty, energy, marine, political and property classes.

    Chaucer Insurance Company DAC

    Providing clients with access to the benefits of Chaucer's expertise and products through our insurance company in Ireland.
    Writes global specialty insurance and reinsurance business via branches in London, Copenhagen and Bermuda.

    Syndicate 1176

    The world’s leading insurer of nuclear risk
    Protecting primarily against physical damage loss to civil nuclear power stations

    Delivering the promise

    Claims are at the forefront of everything we do for clients.
    Every client who buys a policy backed by Chaucer is buying a promise, that should things go wrong, we will be there to help.

    Celebrating a century of success

    We find a way.

    From enabling ships to sail, to helping businesses get back online in the event of a cyber attack, we have developed and innovated to protect our clients and enable growth. In today and tomorrow's unpredictable and uncertain world with political, environmental and economic uncertainty at every turn, our risk expertise is needed now more than ever.

    Today, tomorrow and for the next century, we find a way.

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