Pen Underwriting UK
Helen Barnes ACII is a skilled professional in the insurance sector, currently serving as a Business Development Manager at Pen Underwriting UK since February 2023. Previously, Helen held multiple roles at HSB Engineering Insurance from May 2016 to February 2023, including Business Development Manager and Development Underwriter, showcasing expertise in Construction and Engineering underwriting and maintaining strong broker relationships. Prior experience includes a role as a Construction Market Underwriter at Zurich Insurance, focusing on servicing substantial construction firms in the West Midlands. Helen began a career in customer service at Waitrose & Partners, where strong leadership and interpersonal skills were developed. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Southampton.
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Pen Underwriting UK
Welcome to Pen Underwriting, one of the UK’s leading MGA’s. Here at Pen, we’ve come a long way in a short space of time. But the truth is, the journey’s just begun. From a ‘super start-up’ of a dozen or so brands in 2015, to a single cohesive £600m GWP business, we’re setting our sights on our next milestone – with a bold new vision to become a £1bn GWP underwriting & distribution business. We’ve already built a well-known brand, transformed ourselves operationally and created a multi-class, multi-territory virtual insurer – combining all the security and capabilities you’d expect from an insurance company with the entrepreneurial energy, niche expertise and flexibility that MGAs are known for, as well as a true market place for our brokers. We’ve also created a strong culture of one team, which we call One Pen. An underwriting business, led by underwriters. A business that demonstrates every day the added value it brings to customers, colleagues, coverholders, brokers and capacity providers alike. Being part of a strong global organisation, we will continue to focus on core values as well as an emphasis on growing. We will do this by investing in the businesses, the talent and the innovation which will drive our business to the next level. It’s evolution, not revolution. And we’re just getting started.