Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s expands into Ireland

Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s this morning said it is establishing branches in Dublin and Belfast as part of its expansion plans.

The new operation will be headed by Alan Shiel as managing director, Ireland. He was previously Ireland country manager at Chubb.

Joining him from Chubb are Cormac McNamara, who has been appointed as underwriting manager (Ireland), Greg Wilde, who will underwrite business in Northern Ireland and Scotland and David Jenkins, who joins as claims and risk engineering manager.

Mitsui Sumitomo wants to grow its presence in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s chief executive Andrew McKee, said: “We are delighted to welcome Alan and his team to Mitsui Sumitomo.

"They are established and highly respected figures in their markets and this initiative demonstrates our commitment to delivering excellent levels of service to both brokers and clients across all our core lines of business throughout the UK & Ireland.”