Canopius has been operating in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) for more than 15 years, writing risks from Singapore, Shanghai and Sydney. Our focus is a combination of Treaty Reinsurance, wholesale Direct and Facultative Property, and Casualty as well as SME business via coverholders and brokers. Canopius opened an office in Sydney in 2019 to complement our growing APAC operations.
Our specialist underwriters offer our brokers and clients a technical approach to pricing and breadth of knowledge. Through application of our underwriting expertise and technical, proactive approach, we have the capability and flexibility to respond swiftly to market developments and structure products to match our clients’ needs.
Yann joined Canopius in September 2018. As Chief Underwriting Officer, he has responsibility for Underwriting across the Asia Pacific region, with offices in Singapore, Australia and Lloyd’s China operations.
After a few years as an engineer in the oil industry, he began his insurance career as an Energy Underwriter. He relocated to Singapore in 2007 where he underwrote an Upstream and Downstream portfolio, before becoming Singapore Country Head for Catlin then XL Catlin. In that role, he oversaw three legal entities and sat on the regional leadership team.
He then set up Aspen on the Lloyd’s Asia platform as their country CEO prior to joining Canopius as Head of Insurance APAC & MENA.
Natt was appointed Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer for Canopius Asia Pacific in 2022. He joined the company in January 2019 as Head of Reinsurance Underwriting for Asia Pacific.
Natt began his career at Swiss Re in 2001 as a management trainee. Since then, he served the company across multiple management positions over 13 years, in Australia, China, and Singapore. He has experience in a variety of functional roles including underwriting, sales, client management, and general management. Most recently, he was Head of Property & Casualty China, Head of Property Underwriting Asia, and Head of Agricultural Reinsurance Asia Pacific.
Natt is a graduate of Swiss Re Group Management Development Programme. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s in finance.
Fern joined Canopius in 2019 as the Head of Finance, Risk & Compliance APAC & MENA where she is responsible for the Company’s financial, regulatory and compliance functions within the Asia Pacific Region. She began her career as an auditor with PwC LLP in Singapore, working on numerous insurance and reinsurance audits before spending nine years with Markel as the Regional Finance and Operations Manager.
Fern graduated with an honours degree in Bachelor of Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Thomas joined Canopius in June 2019 as Head of Actuarial - Asia Pacific & MENA. He is a qualified Actuary, with 15 years of experience in Asian and European (re)insurance markets. More than 10 years of this experience have been accrued in APAC, working at SCOR and Odyssey Reinsurance Company, overseeing pricing, CAT modelling and risk management activities.
Lorraine joined Canopius in March 2020 as Head of Human Resources, APAC & MENA, responsible for the full spectrum of HR functions across Singapore and Sydney offices. She began her insurance career with Allianz where she was responsible for talent management and training before moving to become Chief HR Officer with Tokio Marine Life Insurance and FWD Insurance Singapore.
In 2016, she joined FWD where she grew the human capital from a start-up business and was instrumental in the acquisition of Shenton Insurance by FWD Group.
