Headquarters:
One Creechurch Place, London, EC3A 5AF
Year founded:
1998
Number of employees:
500+
Phone:
+64 9 916 0116
Email:
enquiries@dualgroup.com
Website:
dualinsurance.com/uk-en
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/dual-uk
“We target wealth managers and RIAs that are looking for ways to differentiate in their offering and cater to a growing number of high-net-worth individuals looking for alternative investment vehicles such as private equity investment”
Kevin Collins
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Simon McGinn
Chief Executive Officer
Catherine Dixon
Chief Underwriting Officer
Caroline Stone
Chief Risk Officer
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SimonMcGinn joined DUAL in 2024 to drive ambitious growth plans for our UK business. He’d previously worked for 19 years at Allianz, where he was CEO of Allianz Commercial and sat on the UK PLC board. Before that, he spent three years at Aviva, having started his career as a graduate at Commercial Union.
Chief Executive Officer
Simon McGinn
Catherine Dixon is Chief underwriting Officer for DUAL UK. Joining the company in June 2024, she is responsible for leading the underwriting functions in the UK. She brings over 35 years’ experience in the insurance industry, including roles in underwriting, risk control and portfolio management. Prior to joining DUAL, she was chief underwriting officer at Allianz Commercial UK.
Chief Underwriting Officer
Catherine Dixon
Caroline Stone joined DUAL in 2022 to head up our risk and compliance teams in the UK, where she sits on the board of DUAL Corporate Risks Limited. She previously held roles at BGL, Nottingham Building Society, Experian, Capital One and Mars.
Chief Risk Officer
Caroline Stone
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“We target wealth managers and RIAs that are looking for ways to differentiate in their offering and cater to a growing number of high-net-worth individuals looking for alternative investment vehicles such as private equity investment”
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“[Automation] has resulted in productivity gains far greater than 80 percent and allowed our customers to grow their business by handling a greater number of clients, client portfolios, and assets under management”
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CEO and Founder
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Catherine Farnworth
Chief Actuary
Catherine Farnworth joined DUAL in 2024 to head up our actuaries in the UK and Europe. She was previously chief risk actuary at IQUW in London and MS Amlin in Zurich. She spent five years in Bermuda as lead actuary for PwC and then as group actuary for MS Frontier.
Chief Actuary
Catherine Farnworth
Julie Adams-Moore
Chief Financial Officer
Julie Adams-Moore joined DUAL in 2023, having previously worked for KGM, which is now part of DUAL. As KGM’s finance director, she also led the company’s data strategy and broker service operations.
Chief Financial Officer
Julie Adams-Moore
DUAL’s strength lies in our local teams, whose knowledge of their market helps them better understand and meet our clients’ needs. We believe that our success is built on creating and delivering the right products to the right people.
We’re on an ambitious journey to build a different kind of underwriting business. An underwriting business that challenges the status quo. For more than 20 years, we’ve been doing just that.
Our entrepreneurial spirit continues to drive profitable growth. It’s also reflected in our plans to broaden our impact and grow our regional presence where there’s clear demand for service-led, solution-orientated capacity. We believe in local trading and are adding to our footprint with offices in Manchester and Bristol.
“[Automation] has resulted in productivity gains far greater than 80 percent and allowed our customers to grow their business by handling a greater number of clients, client portfolios, and assets under management”
Kevin Collins
CEO and Founder
Rebecca Ince
Chief Operating Officer
Robert Corner
Chief Distribution Officer
Sophie Cresswell
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Becky Ince joined DUAL in 2019 as COO for the UK and Europe. She’s responsible for a number of teams, including IT, data, change, operations and management information, and also oversees DUAL’s outsourced functions.
Chief Operating Officer
Rebecca Ince
Rob Corner joined DUAL in 2024 as chief distribution officer. He was previously regional director for AXA and, before that, managing director of Premierline insurance broker. He spent nine years at Allianz, having joined as management trainee with a master’s degree in international business from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Chief Distribution Officer
Robert Corner
Sophie Cresswell joined DUAL in 2019 and was appointed head of marketing in 2023. Her responsibilities include marketing strategy, brand awareness, events, content and communications. Before joining DUAL, she held a number of marketing roles in various law firms and start-ups.
Head of Marketing
Sophie Cresswell
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Becky Ince joined DUAL in 2019 as COO for the UK and Europe. She’s responsible for a number of teams, including IT, data, change, operations and management information, and also oversees DUAL’s outsourced functions.
Chief Operating Officer
Rebecca Ince
Rob Corner joined DUAL in 2024 as chief distribution officer. He was previously regional director for AXA and, before that, managing director of Premierline insurance broker. He spent nine years at Allianz, having joined as management trainee with a master’s degree in international business from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Chief Distribution Officer
Robert Corner
Sophie Cresswell joined DUAL in 2019 and was appointed head of marketing in 2023. Her responsibilities include marketing strategy, brand awareness, events, content and communications. Before joining DUAL, she held a number of marketing roles in various law firms and start-ups.
Head of Marketing
Sophie Cresswell
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Rebecca Ince
Chief Operating Officer
Sophie Cresswell
Head of Marketing
Robert Corner
Chief Distribution Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Becky Ince joined DUAL in 2019 as COO for the UK and Europe. She’s responsible for a number of teams, including IT, data, change, operations and management information, and also oversees DUAL’s outsourced functions.
Chief Operating Officer
Rebecca Ince
Rob Corner joined DUAL in 2024 as chief distribution officer. He was previously regional director for AXA and, before that, managing director of Premierline insurance broker. He spent nine years at Allianz, having joined as management trainee with a master’s degree in international business from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Chief Distribution Officer
Robert Corner
Sophie Cresswell joined DUAL in 2019 and was appointed head of marketing in 2023. Her responsibilities include marketing strategy, brand awareness, events, content and communications. Before joining DUAL, she held a number of marketing roles in various law firms and start-ups.
Head of Marketing
Sophie Cresswell
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
“There has also been a determined approach to leverage automation as much as possible to significantly reduce overhead and eliminate ‘burnout’ for our customers and their employees,” explains Collins. “This has resulted in productivity gains far greater than 80 percent and allowed our customers to grow their business by handling a greater number of clients, client portfolios, and assets under management.”
Naturally for a dynamic firm, Charli Capital is focused on the future. There are plans to launch a next generation AI platform that can facilitate the intelligent matchmaking of private investors and promising private companies.
Collins adds, “The team moves fast – extraordinarily fast – and is disciplined to ensure that it doesn’t drop the ball, is prepared for future advancements, and embraces an eyes-wide-open fail-fast mentality for learning.”
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Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sophie Cresswell
Head of Marketing
Robert Corner
Chief Distribution Officer
Rebecca Ince
Chief Operating Officer
Julie Adams-Moore
Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Farnworth
Chief Actuary
Caroline Stone
Chief Risk Officer
Catherine Dixon
Chief Underwriting Officer
Simon McGinn
Chief Executive Officer
