We are a specialist multi-line underwriting insurance agency
operating from our headquarters in the City of London.

We are part of the Validus Holdings Group, which also includes Talbot Underwriting Ltd, a Lloyd’s of London managing agent.

Underwriting Risk Services prides itself in being at the "heart of specialist insurance".

Bespoke underwriting
We recognise that our clients require a level of specialist service and expertise that many broad based insurers and underwriters simply cannot deliver.

We make it our business to employ specialist expertise in all of the different classes of business we underwrite.

So when you talk to one of our underwriters they will know their business intimately. Therefore they can be flexible in offering just the right policy for you or your clients.

Our specialist teams underwrite on behalf of some of the highest rated Lloyd’s syndicates and insurance companies in Europe.

We do not believe in off-the-shelf products that attempt to fit all, because we know this philosophy does not work for you or your client’s particular needs.

Where possible we will tailor a product to suit the situation. For example we are one of the only underwriters that will underwrite a ‘Wet and Dry’ package policy for the marine trades industry.

Service culture
At the centre of Underwriting Risk Services lies a professional support network that ensures that we meet all compliance and regulatory requirements.

Our service culture places what used to be regarded as traditional back office functions into the front line.

The result of this is that our claims team prides themselves in their ability to give quick response times and caring for our customers when they need us most.

Underwriting Risk Services will grow by adding more teams of experts in particular specialist lines of business.

Our central services will always maintain the objective to be at the forefront of new technology, setting the pace and not being frightened of change.

It is not our intention to be the biggest insurance underwriting business but it is our intention and stated aim to strive continually to be the best.