The Birchin team is led by Mark Addis, whose insurance career spans more than thirty years, nearly all spent within the professional liabilities area, and working with some of the leading insurance broking groups in the UK.
For more than fifteen years, he was the approved insurance broker to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), sitting on their insurance sub committee and insuring nearly 5000 member firms throughout the UK. He was also closely involved with the design and later implementation of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme insurance programme working with the lettings industry and insurers.
In recent years, Mark was the group wholesale managing director of the Giles Group, and led its Lloyd’s broker and MGA, INK Underwriting – helping create an underwriting platform that saw acquisition of more than 10% market share of solicitors professional indemnity insurance (both businesses having now been acquired by AJ Gallagher/Pen Underwriting).
Mark joined Birchin in 2022 to lead its development and help bring independence back to broking.
Starting his career in retail banking, Toby progressed into the world of commercial insurance in 2016, obtaining a high level of technical expertise in insurance broking with experience placing SME commercial, medical malpractice and professional indemnity business.
As a Development Account Executive, Toby works closely with the marketing team, overseeing all business transactions and managing relationships with prospects and the underwriters.
Toby understands the importance of a good presentation to the underwriters and works closely with prospects to fully understand their business and identify key attributes that can be used to negotiate a good deal.
Toby joined Birchin in 2022 to assist in the growth of the business, working closely with the marketing team and realising the strength of working for an independent specialist broker, with freedom to use the insurers who best fit his clients’ needs.
Tom leads all marketing and CRM functions for Birchin, drawing on his extensive career within the specialist insurance broking and underwriting agency sectors since 2008.
He has been involved with some of the UK’s market leading affinity insurance specialists, including Dallas Kirkland (now part of AJ Gallagher/Pen Underwriting), Thistle/Q Underwriting and Marsh – where he gained a deep understanding of the PII insurance needs of multiple professional sectors.
Tom’s dedication to the highest quality of service, communication and understanding of clients’ needs remain his driving motivation at Birchin.
Chris Hill is a Development Account Executive who joined Birchin in 2023. Moving over from a global corporate broker, Chris has experience in developing and servicing clients ranging from new start ups to 9-figure turnover multinationals.
Whilst he can advise on a multitude of products and services (including cyber and casualty), his specialty lies within the Professional Indemnity market and has a wealth of experience in providing the best possible risk transfer solutions for all professions and sectors.
He believes the key to finding the best solution for his clients is to first understand their business practices. From this, he is able to accurately assess their risk and ultimately secure an insurance programme which he has tailored to each individual clients’ specific needs.
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