Mitsui confirms expansion into Ireland with Chubb defections

As revealed by Post Europe the new operation will be headed by Alan Shiel as managing director, Ireland, previously Ireland country manager at Chubb.

Joining him from Chubb are Cormac McNamara, who has been appointed as underwriting manager (Ireland), Greg Wilde, who will underwrite business in Northern Ireland and Scotland and David Jenkins, who joins as claims and risk engineering manager.

The team will build the Mitsui Sumitomo brand in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

This initiative follows the recent recruitment of Mick Turvey as Northern UK regional manager based in Manchester and is part of Mitsui Sumitomo's on-going development of a mid-market presence.

Andrew McKee, CEO of Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd's said: "We are delighted to welcome Alan and his team to Mitsui Sumitomo. They are established and highly respected figures in their markets and this initiative demonstrates our commitment to delivering excellent levels of service to both brokers and clients across all our core lines of business throughout the UK & Ireland."