Fusion Specialty announces managing partner and global CUO M&A appointment
London, 31st August 2023
Fusion Specialty (“Fusion”) today announces the promotion of Samuel Shirley to the dual role of managing partner, M&A, Fusion Specialty UK, and global chief underwriting officer, M&A (CUO), effective immediately.
Samuel played a pivotal role in launching and establishing Fusion’s UK operation, joining as a senior partner in 2022 from Aviva, where he helped grow the insurer’s M&A business and transactional risk portfolio.
In his new position, Samuel will support the business’s growth ambitions, by bringing his market leading underwriting practices and technical expertise to bear across Fusion’s global business, which offers differentiated solutions for cross-continental transactions in the small to mid-market segment.
David Rogers, Fusion Specialty co-founder and executive partner, said: “Since joining Fusion Specialty UK, Samuel has consistently demonstrated exemplary leadership capabilities and his promotion is richly deserved. His underwriting philosophy and knowledge complement Fusion’s strategic ambitions and he is perfectly positioned to help grow our UK and international M&A insurance portfolio. The recent minority investment in Fusion’s parent Pop Group Holdings from private equity fund Direct Capital will further support our global expansion, organically and through selective acquisitions, and I look forward to Fusion’s continued success as Samuel assumes his new role.”
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About Fusion
Established in 2018, Fusion Specialty is the leading specialist underwriting agency (MGA) focussed on providing innovative, tech-driven and sustainable insurance solutions, primarily to the small and medium-sized business market. Fusion has underwritten more SME deals than any other insurer across the APAC region since 2019. Backed by large global insurance partners, Fusion has rapidly expanded globally with offices in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany, Spain and the USA. Fusion Specialty is the first M&A insurance MGA with a local presence in each key M&A market, globally; and through its partnership with io.insure, the first to deliver tech-driven M&A insurance products.
About POP Holdings
POP Group Holdings is an owner of / investor in M&A and specialist, data & technology-enabled insurance businesses. POP is building a unique specialist insurance ecosystem that transforms the insurance experience for customers, through partnerships, products, services and technology.
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London, 31st August 2023 Fusion Specialty (“Fusion”) today announces the promotion of Samuel Shirley to the dual role of managing partner, M&A, Fusion Specialty UK, and global chief underwriting officer, M&A (CUO), effective immediately. Samuel played a pivotal role in launching and establishing Fusion’s UK operation, joining as a senior partner in 2022 from Aviva, […]