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Retained and executive search solutions.
Retained and executive search. Exclusively for the Insurance industry.
Choose a team that knows
insurance talent inside-out.
Eliminate risk in your search for a high-impact leader by choosing Arthur. Our retained and executive search consultants work collaboratively, move quickly, and focus only on the insurance industry. We have decades of experience finding best-in-market candidates for permanent and interim leadership roles from mid- to C-suite level. The depth of our insurance-industry knowledge and expertise helps us tailor search solutions to your specific needs, resulting in a process that is both flexible and fast.
Retained search is a partnership-based recruitment model for critical or senior-level roles. It involves exclusive collaboration between client and recruiter, a structured process, and a focus on quality over quantity.
With full market mapping, rigorous selection, and dedicated resources, retained search delivers results where precision is paramount.
Retained and executive search is ideal when the role is business-critical, senior, sensitive or hard to fill. Whether confidentiality, transformation, or market scarcity is at play, this model ensures a tailored, proactive search that aligns candidate experience, leadership style, and long-term impact.
We support insurers across all business types and functions, typically recruiting for roles from mid-management to executive board level. These include Heads of Function, Directors, VPs, MDs, and C-suite positions in accounting and finance, actuarial, CAT modelling and exposure management, claims, compliance, delegated authority, internal audit, legal, risk management, technology and change, underwriting and broking, and underwriting and broking operations.
Our retained and executive search process.
Our retained and executive search model is structured to deliver precision and confidence at every step. Every stage is handled by specialist consultants who engage with care and clarity, supporting you from first conversation to final onboarding.
What to expect from us.
When you partner with Arthur, you can expect:
Search methods conducted with sensitivity and confidentiality.
A flexible, adaptive approach with expert support and guidance.
Specialist knowledge and expertise in insurance recruitment.
Rapid access to the best available talent.
Search solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Results. We’ve placed over 2,600 happy people with insurance organisations, and we know this space better than anyone else.
Our expertise.
We support insurers across all business types and functions, typically recruiting for roles from mid-management to executive board level. These include Heads of Function, Directors, VPs, MDs, and C-suite positions in accounting and finance, actuarial, CAT modelling and exposure management, claims, compliance, delegated authority, legal, risk management, technology and change, and underwriting and broking.
Accounting & Finance
Claims
Actuarial
Compliance
Catastrophe Modelling & Exposure Management
Delegated Authority
Legal
Underwriting & Broking Operations
Risk Management
Technology & Change
Underwriting & Broking
Internal Audit
Accounting & Finance
Claims
Actuarial
Compliance
Catastrophe Modelling & Exposure Management
Delegated Authority
Legal
Underwriting & Broking Operations
Risk Management
Technology & Change
Underwriting & Broking
Internal Audit
Accounting & Finance
Claims
Actuarial
Compliance
Catastrophe Modelling & Exposure Management
Delegated Authority
Legal
Underwriting & Broking Operations
Risk Management
Technology & Change
Underwriting & Broking
Internal Audit
Our team.
Get to know the experts behind our retained and executive search solutions.
Dan
Faulkner
CEO & Founder
Simon
Caplan
Chief Innovation Officer
Antony
Williams
UK Managing Director
George
Hudson
Head of Client Relationships
Jon
Sharpe
Director
Ibrahim
Ali
Director
Vicki
Filer
Divisional Director
Aaron
Scott
Divisional Director
Vasiliki
Grigoropoulou
Divisional Director
Ben
Sargent
Associate Director
Gareth
James
Divisional Director
San
Doan
Divisional Director
Sami
Alkarim
Divisional Director
Afwaz
Choudhury
Associate Director
Jake
Morton
Associate Director
William
Bennett
Associate Director
David
Stacey
Associate Director
Harrison
Callen
Manager
Matt
Rowson
Manager
Chris
Hughes
Principal Consultant
Damian
Bialozynski
Principal Consultant
Charlie
Nash
Principal Consultant
Conran
Russell
Principal Consultant
Stacey
Roast
Principal Consultant
William
Bragg
Associate Director
Charlie
Stewart
Senior Consultant
Diana
Ionita
Senior Consultant
Sarah
Reid
Senior Consultant
Lachlan
Callaghan
Senior Consultant
Benjamin
Stark
Principal Consultant
Tasmania
Smith
Senior Consultant
Matt
Bacon
Senior Consultant
Jamie
Stewart
Senior Consultant
Vinay
Dhanda
Consultant
Sofia
Chaves
Consultant
Tom
O'Dell
Consultant
Tyler-Rose
Kellaway
Consultant
Thomas
Grubb
Consultant
Nicole
Overend
Consultant
Donka
Zaneva-Todorinski
Commercial Finance Director
Tommy
Wildego
Senior Financial Controller
Stacey
Jacobs
Payroll and Compliance Manager
Victoria
Wright
Credit Controller
Monika
Nikolova
Compliance, Payroll and Billing Administrator
Immy
O'Riordan
HR Advisor
Shreena
Gokani
Learning and Development Manager
Zoe
Macgregor
Talent Acquisition Lead
Lizel
Cedeno
EA & Office Manager
Real results in action.
Explore how we’ve helped insurance businesses solve complex hiring challenges and secure high-impact talent.
Arthur Helps a Global Insurance Firm Streamline Payroll and Stay Ahead of Compliance Reform
Discover how Arthur's Payroll as a Service transformed a global insurance firm’s payroll, ensuring compliance, reducing administrative burden, and improving efficiency.
Read this case study
Retained Search for Managing Agency CFO
Learn how Arthur successfully placed a Managing Agency CFO for a leading managing agent at Lloyd's of London, meeting strict qualifications and tight deadlines to deliver leadership.
Read this case study
Supporting a Strategic Transition to an Outsourced Managed Service Model
Explore how Arthur supported a leading global insurer’s transition to an outsourced managed service model, delivering cost savings, faster resource deployment, and improved project delivery.
Read this case study
Talent Acquisition for Global Non-Life Insurer
Discover how Arthur delivered a tailored talent acquisition strategy for a global insurer, placing 12 professionals to support transformation and UK growth.
Read this case studyRetained search is structured and consultative and is ideal for critical, senior, or confidential roles that require depth of process, precision, and long-term impact. Contingent recruitment is more flexible and responsive, suited to a wider range of permanent positions when speed and volume are key.
When the role is business-critical, senior, sensitive, or hard to fill or when discretion, alignment, and leadership impact are key.
We recruit Heads of Function, Directors, VPs, and C-suite leaders across all insurance disciplines, both permanent and interim.
We build a tailored process around your specific challenges, combining targeted headhunting with real-time market insight. You benefit from expert guidance, deeper due diligence, and access to talent you won’t find through traditional methods.
We work in close partnership. You'll be involved at key decision points, such as role scoping, longlist calibration, shortlist review, and final selection.
Other services.
Our recruitment solutions directly address your specific business challenges. Learn more about our full range of services, designed to deliver measurable impact when you need it most.
Interim and Contract Solutions
Rapid, flexible processes to help you quickly find outstanding individuals for managing change or dealing with increased project workload while hiring permanently.
Contingent and Permanent Recruitment
Adaptable, consultative permanent recruitment that gives you access to extensive networks in insurance for perfect-fit candidates.
Payroll as a Service
Simplify hiring and compliance with our fully managed payroll solution for temporary and contract professionals.
