Fledgling underwriter expands commercial lines with D&O move

Charles Manchester, chief executive of the broker-only managing general agent (MGA), which launched earlier this year with a professional indemnity (PI) offering, said he hoped the product would be available by the end of the year.

It came as the company announced the appointment of Richard Webb as a director of the business, a role that has been created as part of the company's plan for commercial lines expansion.

"We want to write a number of lines of business, the first one being PI as it was