Hymans Robertson, the leading financial services consultancy, announces several new appointments to its Property & Casualty (P&C) team – part of the firm’s Insurance & Financial Services (IFS) practice. The team’s expansion is part of the consultancy’s move to broaden its support for P&C clients.

Gaynore Moss, Head of Lloyds and London Market – P&C, recently joined the firm from Canopius, where she has held the role of Chief Risk Officer and Chief Actuary. Gaynore is a qualified actuary with thirty years’ non-life experience. Gaynore’s key areas of expertise include risk management, business planning, capital, reinsurance review, M&A and reserving and design of management information to support strategic business decisions. In her new role she will focus on using her breadth of experience to support on all key actuarial and risk areas for Lloyd’s and London Market firms, as well as providing wider support for the team.

Natanya Taylor, Head of Retail Business – P&C, has worked at some of the UK’s largest retail insurers including Direct Line Group and AXA, and most recently at the consultancy BDO. She is a qualified actuary with nearly fifteen years’ general insurance experience and in her new role she will use her expertise in pricing and underwriting, reserving, capital reporting and enterprise risk management to support clients.

Siddhant Chopra, Consultant – P&C, who has recently qualified as an actuary, will focus on leading reserving projects across the London Market and Retail lines of business, as well as supporting the enhancement of existing processes across the actuarial function. Having joined from Hiscox, he has 5 years of general insurance experience in both industry and consulting roles. 

Dharshini Navaratnam, Associate Consultant – P&C, joins from Cigna and has more than 5 years’ experience working in pricing and quantitative risk management. Day-to-day, Dharshini, will focus on work including pricing, capital management, risk and investment in the P&C team.  

Commenting on the appointments, Richard Stock, Head of P&C, IFS at Hymans Robertson says: 

“I’m delighted to welcome our new P&C colleagues into our IFS practice. They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience, and the ability to apply their superb breadth of skills across the entire P&C landscape. Their appointments reinforce the unique depth of skills we have in the IFS practice.

“Our firm and team are in a period of continued growth, operating in challenging times – with rising inflation impacting across the general insurance industry and wider UK economy. Our new colleagues, with their combined knowledge and experience across reserving, pricing, capital modelling, risk management and reporting, will enable us to deliver even more for our clients, helping them successfully navigate the volatile and evolving risk environment.”