Dale Underwriting Partners
Ashka Fozdar (née Shah) is a seasoned actuarial professional with extensive experience in reserving and finance roles. Currently serving as the Head of Reserving at Dale Underwriting Partners since May 2024, Ashka previously held key positions at Dynamo Analytics, where responsibilities included Associate Director and Senior Consultant from April 2020 to April 2024. Prior experience includes working as a Finance Actuary at Allianz Australia from January 2018 to February 2020 and as an Actuarial Manager at PwC Australia during an international secondment from July 2016 to December 2017. Earlier career stages involved Ashka's role as an Actuarial Consultant at PwC UK from September 2012 to June 2016. Ashka holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Durham University, earned between 2009 and 2012.
Dale Underwriting Partners
Welcome to Dale Underwriting Partners, an independent, high quality underwriting business operating in the Lloyd's market. Founded by Duncan Dale in 2014, we are a specialist provider of insurance and reinsurance lines across six core classes. In 2024, we expect to write Gross Written Premium of £540m of income across our two distribution platforms: Syndicate 1729 with GWP of £390m; and Our joint venture established in 2021, Dale Dual MGU Limited with GWP of £150m. Our people are central to our success. Led by Duncan Dale, and a team of highly experienced underwriters with successful track records supported by our line-up of subject matter experts across a wide range of functions, Dale is committed to providing a first-class underwriting service to brokers and clients around the world. Our Lloyd's Managing Agency, Dale Managing Agency Limited, established in October 2022, holds us to the highest standards of service and governance and enables us to remain diversified in our approach to providing leadership, creative solutions and expertise across our core business lines.