Upstream Energy

At The Fidelis Partnership we provide niche Upstream Energy products including excess of loss ‘Named Windstorm Only’ and Decommissioning Bond solutions for our clients with assets in the Gulf of Mexico. Our sponsored MGA Kersey offers more conventional Operational and Construction coverage in the Upstream Energy market.

Downstream Energy

We also provide Insurance & Reinsurance for Operational Downstream Energy / Power & Utilities risks. Downstream Energy scope includes Oil & Gas & Petrochemicals Refining, Processing, Marketing & Distribution. Power & Utilities encompasses both Conventional & Renewable Energy Power Generation assets. We provide coverage for All Risks of Physical Loss or Damage and Business Interruption with a preference to attach excess of Critical Natural Catastrophe and CBI sub limits.

We are committed to driving forward anti-coal initiatives, we look to shape change by not offering insurance to companies to support coal extraction or to generate energy using coal.

Renewables on/offshore

The Fidelis Partnership provides cover for both the construction and operational phase of renewable energy projects globally. With a particular focus on the offshore market, we can deploy meaningful capacity to support physical damage and business interruption risks across wind farms, grid connection projects, and interconnectors.  Our onshore offering covers solar and wind projects worldwide, providing cargo transit, CAR and OAR insurance to our clients on a quota share or excess of loss basis. 

Our cross-class capabilities allow us to offer matching terrorism capacity where required.


Our Team

  • Mike Davern

    Key contact
    Michael Davern
    UK CUO & GROUP HEAD OF D&F PROPERTY, ENERGY AND CONSTRUCTION

    Michael UK CUO and Group Head of D&F Property, Energy and Construction at The Fidelis Partnership. Michael joined Fidelis Insurance from AXA XL in March 2020. After graduating from Oxford University with a Master of Physics degree in 2003, he joined Lane Clark & Peacock Actuarial Consultancy. He joined Catlin in 2008 and qualified as Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA). He was the property actuary responsible for pricing, reserving and capital modelling for all property lines worldwide across the group. He moved over onto the underwriting side in 2010 as class underwriter writing International and US D&F property business for the Lloyd’s of London Syndicate. He progressed to Underwriting Manager and established the middle market cost centre writing a combination of delegated authority and open market business. Michael will be writing a shared and layered D&F portfolio through the London Market Wholesale Broker network.

    Email: [email protected]

  • Key contact
    Jordan Ray
    HEAD OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

    Jordan is a Senior Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Jordan joined Fidelis Insurance in 2021 as an underwriter in the North American treaty team.  Jordan started her career at Tamesis, gaining insight in to multiple specialty lines of business with a particular focus on international property treaty.  She left Tamesis in 2016 to join the newly established Agora Syndicate to help build and develop the reinsurance portfolio across both international and North American geographies. Jordan holds an honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics and is ACII qualified.

    Email: [email protected]

  • Richard Coulson
    Deputy Group CUO & CEO OF INSURANCE

    Richard is Deputy Group CUO and CEO of Insurance at The Fidelis Partnership. Rich Coulson joined Fidelis Insurance in 2015. With over 20 years of insurance industry experience, including both underwriting and broking, Rich joined Fidelis from RK Harrison, where he was Executive Director of Political Risk, Structured Credit and Surety. His early career was spent at MMC Capital and Marsh, where he focused on structuring alternative risk transfer, and captive solutions. After Marsh, Rich spent three years at Hiscox underwriting the company’s space and satellite and offshore energy books – winning the Hiscox Award for Innovation whilst there, before returning to broking and serving as a partner at JLT, specialising in Credit and Political Risk. Rich was elected a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Insurers and Chartered Institute of Risk Management eleven years ago and during his career has also won the IRM Award for Risk Analysis excellence and an ABI Young Insurer of the Year award – recognising his work on developing innovative new products within the insurance industry. Rich is a member of the Executive Committee.


    Email: [email protected]

  • Simon Crone
    HEAD OF PARTNERSHIP UNDERWRITING & EEA CUO 

    Simon is Head of Partnership Underwriting and EEA CUO at The Fidelis Partnership. Simon joined Fidelis Insurance in 2019 from AmTrust where he was the Chief Underwriting Officer for the Mortgage & Credit division. Simon has over 20 years of experience in insurance in a variety of roles ranging from underwriting to operations to project management. Previously he was at General Electric and Genworth Financial. Simon holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Cape Town.

    Email: [email protected]

  • Raza Hassan
    UNDERWRITER

    Raza is an Underwriter at The Fidelis Partnership. Raza joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. He previously worked as a broker at Ed Broking, and prior to this as an account executive at Marsh. Raza joined the insurance industry in 2014 as an underwriting assistant at Munich Re Syndicate. Raza studied Geophysics at Imperial College London and Maths & Physics at the University of Bath.

    Email: [email protected]

  • Gary Redmond
    HEAD OF TERRORISM

    Gary is Head of Terrorism at The Fidelis Partnership. Gary Redmond joined Fidelis Insurance in 2020 from Zurich where he worked in New Business Underwriting dealing primarily with Property & Casualty lines. Prior to this he worked for Aon in their Global Inwards Team where he held a position on their EMEA Board of “Millennials”. He graduated from DIT with a BA in International Business & Chinese Language.

    Email: [email protected]

  • Cathal Ruane
    UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT

    Cathal is an Underwriting Assistant at The Fidelis Partnership. Cathal joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. Prior to joining Fidelis, Cathal worked in the renewals team at Arachas Corporate Brokers. Cathal holds an honours degree in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Limerick.   

    Email: [email protected]

  • Conor Pearson
    UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT

    Conoris an Underwriting Assistant at The Fidelis Partnership. Conor joined Fidelis Insurance in 2022. Prior to Fidelis Insurance, he worked for Axis Capital as a control operations and DUA intern. Conor graduated from the University of Limerick with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Insurance and Risk Management.

    Email: [email protected]

  • James Barham
    UNDERWRITING ASSISTANT

    James is an Underwriting Assistant at The Fidelis Partnership. James joined Fidelis Insurance in October 2022, working in both the Treaty and Renewables teams. James has a Geography degree from the University of Liverpool.

    Email: [email protected]

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