Tim Usher-Jones

CEO, Banyan Risk

Session: MGAs: Catalysts for Innovation and Efficiency in Captive Markets

Tim is the Founder and CEO of Banyan Risk Ltd. Banyan is a specialty insurance Managing General Agent (MGA) based in Bermuda and regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

Banyan is currently writing Specialty lines in Bermuda and Canada, with a measured growth plan to expand into other products and geographies.  Banyan is currently working with six highly rated insurer and reinsurers, providing solutions to clients and brokers in almost 150 countries.

Tim started his insurance career at Chubb Insurance Company of Canada in 2005. He worked his way up through the ranks from Underwriter to Senior Vice President, where he led a team and managed a profitable book of Specialty Insurance, including D&O, Employment Practice Liability, Fiduciary, Fidelity, Errors and Omissions, Surety, Transactional Risk and Trade Credit.