The Fidelis Partnership has appointed Helen Wilson as its Bermudian-based reinsurance chief underwriting officer, pending immigration approval, and hired Sarah Ching as senior underwriter for international property.

TFP said the hires build on its “exceptional growth” in Bermuda, including the launch of Pine Walk cells Mezura Capital Partners and Adroit Underwriting, as well as several senior appointments and relocations.

Ms Wilson joins from Hannover Re Bermuda, where she was a senior underwriter. She has more than 20 years’ experience in reinsurance underwriting, catastrophe modelling, analytics and business transformation, including more than a decade with QBE in Bermuda, Sydney and London.

Ms Ching joins from MS Amlin and brings 13 years of property treaty underwriting experience, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.

Michael Davern, UK chief underwriting officer and group head of D&F property and energy at The Fidelis Partnership, said: “The growth we’ve achieved in Bermuda over the last 18 months has been exceptional — from the launch of two new Pine Walk cells to a string of top senior hires and relocations.

“Helen and Sarah are the latest additions to what we believe is a market-leading team on the island. Alongside Jeff Markowski, Shireen Gammoh and Greg Bowman, who have all joined or relocated to Bermuda recently, they represent a significant strengthening of our capabilities.

“I have no doubt that the momentum we are building will continue to translate into strong outcomes for our clients and partners.”

Ms Wilson added: “TFP has built something really compelling in Bermuda — the platform, the talent and the ambition are all there. The opportunity to lead the reinsurance underwriting function at a business growing at this pace, backed by the breadth of TFP's capacity and distribution, is extremely exciting.”