Richard Webb

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Biography

Richard has just shy of 40 years’ insurance experience having started his career with General Accident in 1986. In 2000, Richard moved to Hiscox Insurance Company where he took on responsibility for establishing the London branch, before moving to HCC International as Director of its professional indemnity (PI) division in 2004. In 2008, he took on the role of Head of Marketing & Broker Development working with all underwriting divisions of HCC International until 2010, when Richard joined the newly established Manchester Underwriting Management (MUM) as a Director working across the business. In 2021, Pen Underwriting acquired MUM as a full-service, multi-class underwriting agency specialising in professional indemnity, management liability and casualty insurance business. Following integration, Richard took on the role of Managing Director for UK Financial Lines & Specialist Liability, which encompasses MUM and Pen’s specialist teams in UK professional indemnity, specialist liability, recruitment and UK solicitors’ PI business.