Nexus Underwriting
Derryck Blackman is an experienced professional in the field of risk and credit underwriting, with a career spanning several decades. Currently serving as a Risk Underwriter at Nexus Group since December 2007, Derryck specializes in CIFS within Nexus Underwriting Management. Prior experience includes roles as a Credit Underwriter at Euler Hermes focusing on Primary Products and Engineering, and as a Small Ticket Credit Underwriter at ING Lease UK Limited. Derryck's earlier career includes a position as Team Leader at Paragon Personal Finance and an Industrial Trainee role at IBM. Derryck holds a BA Hons in Business Studies from London South Bank University, earned between 1988 and 1992.
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Nexus Underwriting
Founded in 2008 and based in London, UK, the Nexus Group is a leading, independent, specialty Managing General Agent (MGA) group with a focus on niche insurance classes of business. Driven by talent and innovation, Nexus is a global business represented in nine countries: UK, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, USA, China (Hong Kong SAR) and Malaysia (Labuan FT). Our unmitigated focus on service and profitable underwriting underpin our strategy and growth. We support this with investment in proven platforms that facilitate efficient online quoting, and develop intelligent, bespoke insurance products together with our highly respected underwriting partners. From Financial Lines to Trade Credit, Accident & Health to Surety, Travel to Latent Defect, Marine to Aviation, our talented underwriting teams have expert knowledge in their specialty classes. We understand that we must add exceptional value for policyholders, brokers and insurers. We are always hungry to learn and adapt to market demand. Perceptive underwriting is key. All of this has enabled us to grow impressively through strong organic growth that has been further supported by a number of significant acquisitions, each bringing new talent and expertise to our team, developing our business to become a modern, successful and independent leader.