Dale Underwriting Partners
Richard Palmer is an experienced professional in the insurance and underwriting sectors, currently serving as an Assistant Underwriter at Dale Underwriting Partners since January 2023. Previously, Richard held the role of Senior Reinsurance Technician and Lead Analyst at Convex Insurance / WNS from March 2020 to January 2023. Richard started as a Reinsurance Technician at Ambant Limited from September 2018 to March 2020 and gained initial retail experience as a Store Assistant at W H Smiths from September 2014 to August 2015. Richard holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham, earned from 2015 to 2018, and completed secondary education at Westcliff High School for Boys between 2008 and 2015.
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.