Partner
Stephen Catlin
Non Executive Director, Bloc Ventures
- Firm
- Bloc Ventures
- Title
- Non Executive Director
- Role
- Executive
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Stephen has over 40 years’ experience in the Insurance industry. Having begun his insurance career in 1973 joining BL Evens & Others on Syndicate 264 at Lloyd’s, he founded Catlin Underwriting Agencies Limited in 1984, which later became part of Catlin Group Limited. Stephen served as the Catlin Group’s Chief Executive throughout its history and also served as the active underwriter of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1003 and later Syndicate 2003 until May 2003. He assumed the position of Executive Deputy Chairman of XL Group Ltd from May 2015 (upon the completion of XL’s acquisition of Catlin Group Limited) until May 2017. He was selected as Ernst & Young’s UK Entrepreneur of the Year in October 2011. Stephen was inducted into the International Insurance Society Insurance Hall of Fame in June 2015. He is Chair of the Insurance Development Forum. Stephen is a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.
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