Pine Walk
Dedicated to helping underwriting teams create, build and run successful businesses.
What we provide
Bringing together capacity, funding capital, the underwriter and a suite of back office services, Pine Walk is focussed on helping underwriting teams create, build and run successful businesses.
If you are interested in building long term value for yourself and all the stakeholders in your business, please get in touch.
Day to day Support
Operational support for the team, including credit control, and financial management for banking.
Start-up / Ongoing Execution
Sourcing carriers, working capital, Binding Authorities, and operational and insurance support and management
Compliance
Centrally managed compliance at an appropriate level, including the provision of regulatory permissions in the UK, and EEA for European placements
Executive Support
Supporting business planning, financial planning, budgeting, board governance, compliance, regulatory, IT, HR, marketing, and more.
Underwriters
Focus on underwriting
Information Technology
Centrally managed forward looking IT, proprietary technologies, underwriting and claims software, web and telecommunications, desktops, and hardware
All reporting managed
Core reporting is managed by Pine Walk including annual statutory financial statements, tax, management, insurance and reinsurance reporting, bordereaux, and more.
Long Term Strategic Support
Support in managing the strategy and long-term aspirations for the underwriting team and shareholders throughout.
Underwriters
Focus on underwriting
Start-up / Ongoing Execution
Sourcing carriers, working capital, Binding Authorities, and operational and insurance support and management
Compliance
Centrally managed compliance at an appropriate level, including the provision of regulatory permissions in the UK, and EEA for European placements
Executive Support
Supporting business planning, financial planning, budgeting, board governance, compliance, regulatory, IT, HR, marketing, and more.
Day to day Support
Operational support for the team, including credit control, and financial management for banking.
Information Technology
Centrally managed forward looking IT, proprietary technologies, underwriting and claims software, web and telecommunications, desktops, and hardware
All reporting managed
Core reporting is managed by Pine Walk including annual statutory financial statements, tax, management, insurance and reinsurance reporting, bordereaux, and more.
Long Term Strategic Support
Support in managing the strategy and long-term aspirations for the underwriting team and shareholders throughout.
Management Team
CEO of Pine Walk, Group COO of The Fidelis Partnership
CEO of Pine Walk, Group COO of The Fidelis Partnership
Rinku is an Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales qualified accountant having trained with BDO Stoy Hayward and moving to Andersen. Rinku was Group Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of DUAL Group, Group Chief Financial Officer of Howden Broking Group and Director of Finance at Hyperion Insurance Group (Now Howden Group Holdings) before consulting in 2016/7 to private equity and intermediaries. Previous industry experience includes Software Development (SAAS and non-SAAS), Data/Information businesses and Insurance.
Rinku founded Pine Walk in 2017 with Fidelis.
Group Information Manager
Group Information Manager
Tom qualified as an ACCA accountant at Reed Business Information and for the past 10+ years has focused on finance and information roles in insurance and MGA businesses. In 2010 he joined DUAL International as Group Financial Controller, consolidating the financial accounts and insurance data of multiple international businesses. Tom joined Pine Walk Capital in 2018 and built out the financial and insurance reporting systems for Pine Walk and the MGAs. Today he oversees the data, systems and reporting across the Pine Walk MGA Platform.
Deputy Group COO The Fidelis Partnership
Deputy Group COO The Fidelis Partnership
For 30+ years Nigel has held director level compliance and operations roles for regulated entities in the Lloyd’s, London Company and Hong Kong insurance markets. Joining Pine Walk in January 2018, Nigel has embedded our operational, compliance and control frameworks that are in place across Pine Walk and our underlying MGA businesses. Nigel holds a Master’s degree in Insurance and Risk Management from Bayes Business School, and he is a Fellow of the CII.
Financial Controller
Financial Controller
Pearly qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG. She has extensive experience in financial planning, accounting, controls and strategy implementation. Prior to joining Pine Walk, Pearly held several positions at DUAL including European Financial Controller and interim Head of Finance Transformation, working to deliver excellent services to stakeholders across the spectrum.
Pine Walk is a best-in-class MGA platform focussed on helping underwriting teams create, build, and run successful businesses
- Enabling underwriters to focus on underwriting
- Creating long-term value for all stakeholders
- Extensive MGA leadership experience
- Investment, working capital, capacity and infrastructure in one place
- 10-year binder capacity available through Fidelis Insurance Group
- Strong shareholder and capital base, standing us in good stead for our long-term aspirations
If you are interested in building long term value for yourself and all the stakeholders in your business, please get in touch.