Price Forbes Re builds Fac team with Fred Few Brown and Jonathan Gerken hires
Price Forbes Re has appointed Fred Few Brown and Jonathan Gerken as it scales up its facultative team across all product lines.
Few Brown, who is based in London, joins the team from Howden Re and will be responsible for property fac, reporting to Head of Facultative, Nikki Melbourne.
Melbourne commented: “Fred’s appointment is a pivotal moment for fac at Price Forbes Re. We’ve worked hard to build a platform that great people want to be part of and I am delighted to see the reaction to Fred joining and how he is helping make Property Fac at Prices Forbes Re a standout offering.”
Few Brown added: “I couldn’t resist the opportunity to join a team which is at a ‘once in a career’ stage of growth. I can’t wait to get stuck in and support the team to grow.”
Few Brown is joined on the Fac team by broker Jonathan Gerken who will focus on Terrorism and Political Violence Facultative Reinsurance – worldwide.
Based in London Gerken reports to Richard Penrose, Head of Political Violence & Terrorism at Price Forbes Re. He has held terrorism and political violence broking roles at Guy Carpenter, JLT Re and K.M. Dastur.
Gerken commented: “I am excited to be working with Nikki and Richard, and am looking forward to being a key part of the accelerating growth at Price Forbes Re.”
Melbourne added: “Jonathan’s appointment demonstrates our commitment to building bench strength for these products. He is well known and respected in the terrorism market both in the UK and internationally and will be a huge asset as we begin to capitalise on facultative opportunities with clients who appreciate the fresh and ambitious approach that working with an independent brings.”
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