COBRA Companies

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Sandra Chapman ACII
UNDERWRITING MANAGER

sandra.chapman@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1932
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Sandra left AXA Insurance to join COBRA Underwriting Agencies in May 2006. Having previously worked in underwriting, account development, project and managerial roles, she bought with her almost 30 years of general insurance experience acquired at several companies including Prudential, Independent, Northern Star and Groupama. In January 2008, Sandra was promoted to Underwriting Manager of COBRA Underwriting Agencies Limited.




Graham Ringer
SALES MANAGER

graham.ringer@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 7969 395 958
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

In January 2008, Graham joined CUA from NIG where he had been for the past 19 years as an Account Executive. Initially he covered Kent, Hampshire, Dorset and Surrey but in July 2003 his duties extended to cover the COBRA Panel nationaly. Before this Graham was involved in broking and brings with him over 30 years of insurance experience.  



COMMERCIAL TEAM

Steve Lewzey
SENIOR COMMERCIAL UNDERWRITER

steve.lewzey@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1941
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Steve has been working within the insurance industry for 14 years. He joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies in July 2007 from NIG for whom he had acted as an on-site Commercial Underwriter. Having also worked for Commercial Union/CGU, Independent and Towergate, Steve brings a wealth of underwriting experience to the team. 



Teresa Leppard
COMMERCIAL UNDERWRITER

teresa.leppard@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1928
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Teresa began working in the insurance industry over 20 years ago at Sun Alliance and has since gained experience at Groupama, Berry, Birch and Noble and as an on-site underwriter for NIG. She joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies in April 2007 and offers invaluable experience of both broking and underwriting.



Edward Halsey
COMMERCIAL UNDERWRITER / IT SYSTEMS MANAGER

ed.halsey@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 7967 802 299
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Edward joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies in March 2007 from AXA Insurance where he worked as a Commercial Underwriter. Edward was also responsible for the design and implementation of AXA’s quote engines for the CUA package policies. Prior to this he worked at Norwich Union and now has over 5 years experience of commercial underwriting. 



Adrian Frampton
COMMERCIAL UNDERWRITER

adrian.frampton@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1938
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Adrian joined COBRA Underwriting from Towergate in June 2008 and has over eight years experience of underwriting commercial insurance having previously worked for Royal & Sun Alliance and Pearl Assurance.



SME PACKAGES TEAM

Joanne Holroyd
SME SECTION HEAD

joanne.holroyd@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1934
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975


Whilst a Commercial Underwriter at AXA Insurance Joanne worked with COBRA Underwriting Agencies and this lead to her joining the company in August 2006. Joanne was subsequently promoted to SME Section Head where she is now in charge of the COBRA Underwriting Agencies’ package policy team. Joanne has  also worked for Royal & Sun Alliance and Francis Townsend Insurance Brokers in a career spanning over 13 years.




Beatrice Meier
SME UNDERWRITER

beatrice.meier@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1940
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Beatrice joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies as an Assistant Underwriter on the SME Package Team in September 2007. In May 2008 she was promoted to SME Underwriter.




Alex Andrews
ASSISTANT UNDERWRITER & DEPUTY IT SYSTEMS MANAGER

alex.andrews@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1933
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Alex joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies from Brownhill Insurance Group in January 2007. As an Assistant Underwriter, Alex works on the SME Package team dealing with new business and renewals. 




Karen Cyster
ASSISTANT UNDERWRITER

karen.cyster@cobraunderwriting.co.uk

Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1935
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Karen joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies July 2008 as an SME Underwriter and brought 8 years of underwriting experience with her from Towergate.



ACCOUNTS TEAM

Lisa Russ
ACCOUNTS RECONCILER

lisa.russ@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1942
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975

Lisa brings several years insurance experience with her having previously worked for Roadrunner's Motor Trade Risk Solutions in Purley and will act as Accounts Reconciler.



SPECIALIST MOTOR TEAM

Phil Harvey
SPECIALIST MOTOR UNDERWRITER

phil.harvey@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 1883 333502 
Fax           +44 (0) 1883 330222

Phil joined COBRA Underwriting Agencies in April 2006 to take charge of our High Net Worth Motor scheme. Prior to that he worked for AON and has over 7 years experience of motor insurance underwriting.



Ian Ward
SPECIALIST MOTOR UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT

ian.ward@cobraunderwriting.co.uk
Direct    +44 (0) 20 8256 1929 
Fax           +44 (0) 20 8256 1975 

Ian began work at CUA in May 2007 as an underwriting assistant and has since expanded his job role to include work on the specialist motor team..