Exciting times ahead, as our Irish colleagues begin life as Pen Underwriting Ireland. Today, Wrightway Underwriting completes its evolution into Pen Underwriting – establishing a strong, unified platform for future growth and product diversification, while our broker partners in Ireland will continue to trade with the same great team, with the same expertise, decision-making authority and service mantra. Welcoming the brand alignment, our CEO Tom Downey spoke of how our Irish colleagues’ market knowledge and expertise had benefitted the wider business since joining the Pen family last year, adding: “Together we are focused on continuing our investment to further expand our Irish operations, scale the business and diversify the suite of specialist insurance products available under the Pen Underwriting name in Ireland, for the benefit of broker partners and customers.” Read more about the rebrand here > https://okt.to/oKJ3CG #OnePen
Pen Underwriting UK
Insurance
London, London 18,667 followers
For every sector, there's a pen.
About us
Welcome to Pen Underwriting. Here at Pen, we’ve come a long way in a short space of time. And exciting new chapters keep being written as we constantly strive to deliver more for brokers and their customers. Over the past decade, we’ve built a multi-class, muti-territory virtual insurer, able to offer all the capabilities you’d expect from an insurance company but with the entrepreneurial energy, niche expertise and flexibility that MGAs are known for. Already one of the largest MGAs headquartered in the UK, responsible for managing around £1bn gross written premium (GWP), we have a bold ‘2030 Vision’ – to become a £1.75bn GWP underwriting and distribution business and the leading MGA in the UK and wider EMEA region with the best products, people and culture. Only by continuing to deliver the underwriting expertise, product relevance and responsive service brokers and customers need will we achieve that. So, we will listen, learn, enable brokers to trade with us in multiple ways and continue adding real value for customers at every step of their journey with us. Our specialisms range from professional indemnity, property owners and the public sector to cyber, marine, specialist household risks and hazardous & environmental industries. With a huge amount in between. And more than 30% of the business we write now emanates from outside of the UK. We’ve also expanded our physical presence into Europe, adding teams in Norway and the Republic of Ireland– and we remain focused on bringing quality underwriting businesses and strategic hires with complementary specialisms and cultural alignment into the Pen family. With a collaborative culture, we’re proud to be an underwriting and distribution business with quality underwriting at its heart, led by an energetic executive team. A business that demonstrates every day the added value it brings to customers, colleagues, brokers and capacity providers alike.
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https://www.penunderwriting.ie/
External link for Pen Underwriting UK
- Industry
- Insurance
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- London, London
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- MGA, Cyber insurance, Technology insurance, Construction insurance, Professional indemnity insurance, Household insurance, Property owners insurance, Marine insurance, Hazardous good & environmental insurance, and Risk managed commercial
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Great to announce a raft of leadership appointments and internal promotions within our specialist Marine practice, to support strategic growth and future expansion. Congratulations to Tom Batterbury, Jack Buchan, James King and Stephen Loader who all take up Managing Director roles on 1 January 2026, responsible for the performance of Pen’s individual marine risk specialisms. Congratulations also to Munro Anderson and James Kent who will take up newly created pan-practice roles to drive operational excellence, develop new marine products and solutions, and execute on Pen’s strategic vision for growth. As Seb Simmonds said on announcing the appointments: “Since we entered the specialist marine market in 2023, we have continued to invest in and enhance our proposition – expanding underwriting appetite, raising cover limits and adding new specialist lines, such as yacht insurance. Our focus now is on ensuring the practice is best positioned for future growth and expansion into adjacent product specialisms as and when the time is right, while ensuring our existing marine specialisms continue to deliver quality service and solutions for brokers and clients. “All those appointed today to take on pivotal practice roles have demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities since they became part of Pen – and being able to promote from within speaks to the talent and bench strength within our individual marine underwriting specialisms.” Head here for the full story: https://okt.to/YkmfAb
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🌟 Sweet Success 🌟 A massive thank you to everyone who baked, bought, and indulged in our delicious treats at the Pen Underwriting bake sale. Together, we raise an incredible £635 for our chosen charities – FoodCycle and the Charlie Watkins Foundation. 🎂🍪 From cakes to cookies, brownies to buns, the display of creativity and generosity was truly heart-warming. Your support will help these amazing charities continue their vital work - tackling food poverty and supporting young people's mental health. Special thanks to Gabby Hinman and Jordan Turner for encouraging colleagues to contribute! Here’s to making a difference, one slice at a time 🧁✨ #OnePen
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Did you know our Property Owners policy covers over 800 commercial trades, as well as residential properties specialising in non-standard needs? Enquire with our experts now ➡️ email [email protected] #PropertyOwnersInsurance
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Terrorism insurance for UK business and property owners if the unthinkable happens. Backed by A-Rated capacity, our cover offers protection for UK commercial, residential, and business properties and is designed to be an easy, quick-to-quote e-traded proposition. Find out more here ➡️ https://okt.to/fP59MD #TerrorismInsurance #PenUnderwriting #ProductSpotlight
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🎉 We’re thrilled that our creative partners at Free Brands have been shortlisted for The Drum Awards this week! 🏆 Their inspired work on our ‘for every sector, there’s a pen’ campaign has been recognised in the B2B: Insurance category—an accolade celebrating the very best in the media and marketing industries. Your fantastic reactions to our funny and bold pen characters—showcasing some of our key specialisms—have been incredible, and we couldn’t be more grateful for your support. A huge thank you to Free for their creativity and collaboration. Wishing you the very best of luck at the awards! 🤞
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Today we are hugely excited to launch our comprehensive suite of property and liability covers for anaerobic digestion plant operators, to support a growing industry that produces one of the ‘cleanest’ forms of renewable energy by converting waste to energy and beneficial biproducts. Not only does our risk-management led proposition, with pre-quote surveys, help identify and address issues upfront to enhance operational resilience and avoid costly disruptions, but brokers and their clients gain the comfort of knowing skilled emergency environmental response teams are on-hand 24/7 to provide immediate support in the event of an incident. As Adam Shefras, MD of our Hazardous Goods & Environmental Industries practice said: “Over the past 25 years, the UK biogas industry has transformed itself through technological innovation, market evolution and regulatory change from a niche waste management solution to an industry of scale and bedrock of renewal energy infrastructure. And yet there are few insurance markets that specialise in understanding anaerobic digestion and its exposures, resulting in limited choice for brokers and their clients. We’re here to change that, while simultaneously helping AD businesses proactively manage their risks, support their growth and mitigate any losses.” Head here for the full story > https://okt.to/UpfmuO #AnaerobicDigestion
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Why traditional business insurance won’t do the job for Recruitment Agencies...⬇️ The unique nature of a recruiter’s work can make their liability exposures more complex. Insurance brokers should address this through specialist cover. Specialist Recruitment Agency cover from Pen Underwriting includes: 🟣 Contingent liability cover 🟣 Cover for dishonesty of placed personnel 🟣 Contract disputes 🟣 Directors' and officers' cover 🟣 Errors and omissions 🟣 Cyber Read more ➡️ https://okt.to/V3ye4v 📩 Contact us today: [email protected]. #RecruitmentInsurance #SpecialistRecruitmentInsurance #PenUnderwriting #InsightKnowledge
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Flood insurance claims are often complex and challenging for policyholders. By improving their property, owners can better prepare to protect themselves from future flooding. Find out more about Build Back Better, the clever initiative from Flood Re here https://okt.to/jmI9o7