Janet Helson (Chair of the Risk Committee and Independent Non-executive Director)

Janet Helson is a distinguished senior leader in the Lloyd’s and international insurance markets, with over 30 years of expertise in underwriting, reinsurance, executive management and corporate governance. She currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Risk Committee Chair at Premia Managing Agency Limited, The Dominion Insurance Company Limited and Trent Insurance Company Limited, and has previously held similar roles at Starr Managing Agents Limited and Starr International (Europe) Limited. As the Principal of Long Yard Associates Limited, she offers strategic support to managing agents and global insurers on syndicate development, market strategy, and international structures. Her earlier career is marked by CEO roles at China Reinsurance Underwriting Agency (UK) Limited and ANV’s Lloyd’s managing agency, along with senior positions at AmTrust, Randall & Quilter, and turnkey syndicate management at Chaucer, all underpinned by a robust technical underwriting and broking background across multiple Lloyd’s classes.