Helen Rees is an accomplished underwriter with over 20 years experience in the Lloyd’s of London market.  She specialises in North American Property insurance and has extensive expertise in Property Underwriting, Delegated Underwriting Authorities (DUAs), and Portfolio Management.  Helen has held senior underwriting roles at Aegis London and QBE, where she was instrumental in developing and managing profitable property facilities.

Helen has expert knowledge of Commercial Property and Personal Lines, as well as more complex niche classes including US Flood, Lender Placed, Mortgage Impairment and Deductible Buybacks.  Her strengths lie in blending technical underwriting knowledge with strategic oversight – translating complex risk profiles, modelling results, and business planning metrics into actionable underwriting and training frameworks. 

Beyond underwriting, Helen has spent the past decade playing a key role in developing and delivering in-house technical training for both junior underwriting staff and company-wide teams.  Her training programmes include ‘Back to Basics’ sessions to more specialised modules tailored to specific business needs.  These include, but not limited to technical underwriting, portfolio management, business planning and cycle management.  She has worked cross-functionally with various departments including Claims, Exposure Management and Compliance to create bespoke, comprehensive companywide training programme for junior staff members.