Welcome to Navium Marine. We are a marine focused specialty MGA.
We strive to create a digitally enhanced business blending underwriting, claims leadership and competence with modern day solutions.
Our team are all long-standing insurance market professionals with a strong desire to leave a legacy of technical performance and discipline and not just ride underwriting cycles. We have a track record of delivering profitable results and we are committed to delivering value to our capacity and to our clients.
About Us
Navium Marine Limited was established in May 2021 with a focus on quality marine insurance. Our team has a reputation for approachability and flexibility in developing new structures for both existing and emerging risks.
Clive Washbourn
CEO, CUO & Director
Clive has over 35 years’ experience in the Marine and Specialty Markets. Clive has stellar underwriting performance through all business cycles, and a reputation for building balanced portfolios and delivering upper-quartile results in the Lloyd’s Market. Clive is an admired practitioner in the London Market, most recently working as Head of Marine at Beazley.
Oliver Clark
Deputy CUO & Senior Underwriter
Oliver joined Navium in May 2021 from Atrium where he was a Marine Underwriter. Prior to this he held roles at AXA XL and MS Amlin where he underwrote a combination of Marine and Energy Liabilities and Ports and Terminals. He is currently completing an MBA at Cranfield University’s School of Management.
Henry Maughan
Head of Cargo & Specie
Henry has over 14 years’ experience in the London Cargo Market and joined Navium in November 2021. Previously he was the Cargo Class Underwriter at Antares Syndicate responsible for managing a large, diverse portfolio of international cargo business. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, Henry joined the industry on the Willis Graduate scheme in 2007 leaving there in 2010 to join the Cargo Division at Marsh prior to becoming an Underwriter at Antares in 2014.
Alex Hill
Underwriting Assistant
Alex joined Navium in August 2022.
Alice Edwards
Executive Assistant
Alice joined Navium in June 2022.
Amy Slade
Underwriting Assistant
Amy joined Navium in October 2022.
Danielle Basstoe
Cargo & Specie Underwriter
Danielle joined Navium in June 2021 after 21 months as a Cargo Underwriting Assistant at Antares. Prior to her career in insurance, she worked as an Assistant Auditor for two years at the National Audit Office (NAO) as part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) department. Danielle completed her ACII qualification to become an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute in January 2022.
Emma Roadnight
Cargo & Specie Underwriter
Emma joined Navium in November 2021, after 5 years as a Cargo Underwriter within the Antares Marine team. Prior to this she worked at both MS Amlin and Travelers within the Cargo and Specie underwriting teams. Emma began her career in insurance as a Catastrophe Risk Analyst at Canopius after graduating from the University of Leicester with a MSc in Business Analysis and Finance and a BSc in Economics.
Gillian McCombes
Underwriter
Gillian has over 18 years of experience as a Marine Underwriter. She joined Navium in April 2022 and prior to this worked in Lloyd’s of London at Atrium. IN her previous role, she wrote a consistently profitable Marine book and developed significant market expertise in Hull, Disbursements, War and Builder’s Risks.
Lewis Ross
Underwriting Assistant
Lewis joined Navium in February 2022.
Millie Perrin
Hull & War Underwriter
Millie joined Navium in November 2021. Prior to this she was on the Lloyd’s of London Insurance Graduate Scheme where she undertook placements in the Lloyd’s Corporation and the Marine teams at Canopius and Marsh. Millie completed her ACII qualification in 2021 and achieved a BA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic History from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2018, and an MA from Newcastle University in Early Medieval Archaeology in 2019.
Tarryn Pongrácz
Underwriting Assistant
Tarryn joined Navium in November 2022.
Simone Holliday
Senior Claims Adjuster
Simone joined Navium in November 2022.
Rinku Patel
Director
An ICAEW qualified accountant having trained with BDO and then moving to Andersen. Rinku was Group CFO & COO of DUAL Group, Group CFO of Howden Broking Group and Director of Finance at Hyperion Insurance Group (Now Howden Group Holdings) before consulting in 2016/7 supporting a number of businesses and in the intermediary space. Rinku’s industry experience includes software (SAAS and non-SAAS), Information businesses and Insurance (at DUAL, Howden and Hyperion). Rinku founded Pine Walk in 2017 with Fidelis, as an MGA platform, now managing six MGAs and a European platform as well.
Grahame Dawe
Director
Grahame has over 25 years’ experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Grahame was previously at Aspen Insurance Group where he worked for 17 years in various finance roles, including as Group Financial Controller and most recently as Group Chief Accounting Officer and UK CFO. Prior to joining Aspen, Grahame was at KPMG in the Insurance audit practice where he was responsible for a portfolio of London market and international clients. Grahame began his career at Sedgwick Lloyd’s Underwriting Agency. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, qualifying in 1997.
What we do
Navium offers insurance across the full range of Marine classes. Our experience allows us to understand the keys risks faced by our clients whilst also looking to pioneer new approaches to risk selection and loss management.
Ship Building
Ship Owning
International Movement of Goods
Marine Liability
War/Kidnap and Ransom
Ports and Terminals