About us
We look at the risks most insurers don't understand: complex security threats to your people, assets and reputation. Samphire exists to do one thing: insure people and organisations against malicious and hostile risk, and stand beside them when it happens.
We pride ourselves on being experts in the subject matter, assessing risks that don't fit a standard format. That is the qualification that matters when your situation stops being theoretical.
When something happens, you need the right responder, not the one we happen to have a contract with. We work independently on your behalf, offering choice and flexibility of access into the world’s leading crisis responders.
You need cover that will pay out on risks most markets won't touch. Our panel of Lloyd's and A-rated capacity backs us precisely because they trust our judgement on these risks, which means you can get terms that aren’t available elsewhere.
The Samphire Team
CHARLIE HANBURY
Chief Executive Officer
Charlie is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on insuring hostile and malicious risk, and a long-standing presence in crisis management insurance. Over two decades, he has supported globally recognised corporations, not-for-profits and private individuals through their most difficult moments.
MARK SKINNER
Chief Underwriting Officer
Mark has nearly twenty years in the specialty insurance market, placing complex risk portfolios into the London Market. He previously held senior roles at Lloyd’s syndicates, managing international portfolios and building new business across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
LEE HARRISON
Senior Underwriter
Lee has spent over fifteen years in malicious risk insurance, following operational experience in hostile regions before joining the market. He is well-versed in complex-environment placements and knows in detail what each crisis response provider is capable of.
RICHARD HARRIS-DEANS
Underwriter
Richard brings extensive experience of risk analysis covering geopolitical developments and political violence. Before joining the insurance sector in 2022, he spent thirteen years working for the British Government at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, focused on the Middle East and national security.
OLIVER WEST
Assistant Underwriter
Oliver supports the underwriting team, bringing an entrepreneurial approach built on start-up ventures across international markets after graduating. He is adaptable and detail-oriented, with a strong grasp of regulatory considerations, compliance and the standard of service clients expect from us.
MATTHEW DAWES
Chief Financial Officer
Matthew’s twenty-five-year career spans law, accountancy, corporate finance and management consultancy, beginning at a magic circle law firm, a Big Four accounting firm and a FTSE 100 company. He has since spent two decades helping SMEs manage rapid growth and complex transactions.
SIMA AKTER
Underwriter
Sima spent over five years in a Lloyd’s syndicate, and blends technical underwriting knowledge with earlier experience in claims project management and transformation programmes. She focuses on service delivery and building long-standing relationships with brokers and their clients.
ELLA HOOPER
Underwriting Assistant
Ella supports the underwriting team, bringing international experience gained in Dubai’s real estate market, where she was exposed to international transactions and client engagement. She combines strong organisational capability with a client-focused, service-led approach to supporting our brokers and the underwriting team.
What you can expect from us
We set up Samphire Risk with a singular focus on hostile and malicious risk insurance. When it comes to products and service, our pledge is to always strive to do it better, to innovate and to place your best interests at the forefront of all that we do. We aim to provide business owners and those responsible for the duty of care of your people with the reassurance you need when a critical incident occurs. It may be that the nature of the event threatens the safety of your people, your reputation and your assets. We know that how you respond and react is critical. We live and breathe our values, and our code of conduct guides our actions every day.
INCUBATOR OF IDEAS
Our expertise means that we truly understand what is needed to protect people from “bad people doing bad things”.
Your risk rarely fits a standard policy, so we build cover around your situation, not a template.
You get access to thinking most insurers won't offer: scenario planning, not just a schedule of cover.
New and unusual exposures get a proper answer from us, not a decline because it's unfamiliar.
WE ARE TARGETED
You benefit from our genuine expertise and world-class insurance.
Every product you're offered has been built specifically for malicious and hostile risk, nothing else.
You're covered by people who track this threat landscape daily, not occasionally.
Your policy reflects current tactics and current geography, not a wording written years ago.
FLEET OF FOOT
When something happens, we are reachable, and we move.
We strive to deliver exceptional service in times of need.
Your data stays secure on an encrypted platform we control tightly.
We issue quotes and documents on demand, achieving certainty of cover, near instantly.
STANDING BEFORE YOU
If it happens, you're not managing it alone because we are there from the first call.
You get people who've sat with clients through the worst of these situations before.
We are exclusively focused on understanding, managing and insuring against malicious and hostile risk.
We value our independence and are not tied to any insurer or service provider.
Contact Samphire
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Samphire and Samphire Risk are trading names of Samphire Services Limited which is an appointed representative of Davies MGA Services Limited, a company authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 597301 to carry on insurance distribution activities. Samphire Services Limited is registered in England and Wales number 13421262. Registered Office: 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom. Trading Address: Samphire Risk, 34 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7AT.
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