DUAL, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, announced today the strengthening of its risk and governance functions with a number of senior management appointments.
Hazel Beveridge joins DUAL from Markel as chief actuary and strategic director. Prior to that she held various positions with Swiss Re and KPMG.
Rinku Patel has been promoted to chief operating officer and will also continue to lead DUAL’s finance function, and Paul Ferris, chief underwriting officer, will take on the additional responsibility of chairing the DUAL Risk Committee.
Shane Doyle, deputy CEO of DUAL said: “What has always been unique about DUAL is our longstanding relationships with our capacity providers. We do not take the capital entrusted to us by our capacity providers lightly, and Hazel will ensure that any capital entrusted to us receives the maximum return that we are able to deliver.”
In his role as COO, Patel will be charged with delivering DUAL’s external web-based broker platform and management information system to help ensure the provision of market-leading technical breadth and depth to DUAL’s capacity providers, including Lloyd's.
