Our Team

EmergIn's transatlantic team of cyber and media-risk specialists stands apart due to our diverse skillset. Our breadth of experience includes backgrounds in insurance, law, engineering, risk management, government and IT.

Our diligent team believes in "table-top" underwriting and the careful dissection of each risk. Coverage and prices are crafted based on the merits of the client's exposure and are not dictated by obstinate ratings or automated systems.

Jamie Bouloux - President

Jamie launched EmergIn Risk London in 2015 after leading various cyber, technology, and media departments across CFC Underwriting and AIG. At EmergIn, he leads the charge on strategy, policy, and governance and acts as the capstone underwriter for all risks.

• London Team - Cyber & Tech

  George Paraskeva - Practice Lead

  George has seen cyber from both sides, first as a cybersecurity consultant and latterly as an underwriter. Before joining EmergIn in 2021, he led Occam Underwriting’s cyber practice, and before that, he was Information Security Officer at MS Amlin, which he joined from BAE Systems’ cybersecurity consulting team.

  Jessica Campbell - Underwriter

  A cyber specialist in Lloyd’s for more than ten years, Jessica joined Barbican’s cyber and technology team. Her particular skill with complex technology E&O covers has attracted the respect of market peers, as do her notable insights and interventions into tactical issues within the cyber market.

  Isabel Farrow - Underwriting Assistant

  Isabel provides intimate underwriting support to the London team. Before EmergIn, she operated across Cyber, Political Violence, and Terrorism lines and brings a wealth of experience outside of the Cyber niche. Isabel is a graduate of English Literature from St Mary’s University, London.

  Conor Houlihan - Underwriting Manager

  Conor underwrites cyber risks with a particular focus on energy, financial institutions, and manufacturing. Before joining EmergIn, he specialized in cyber at Lloyd’s TM Kiln, after almost a decade underwriting property, energy, and construction risk for Warren Buffet’s General Reinsurance.

  Alexandra Leventaki - Operations Assistant

  Alexandra is the operational focal point of EmergIn for client services and internal and group liaison. Her broad experience inside and outside insurance is reinforced by an extensive cultural prowess honed in multiple European countries, including as a technical administrator for engineers.

  Josh Neary-Gibson - Underwriter

  Josh joined EmergIn directly from the broking community, having previously worked at JLT and then Marsh in London. With a focus on large and complex cyber, tech E&O and media risk transfer, he has also been heavily involved in industry-specific projects, including an aviation cyber facility, marine cyber placement drives, and the growth of cyber property damage.

  Thomas Wedlake - Senior Underwriter

  Tom joined EmergIn to focus on European cyber and technology risks. He was previously an underwriter with Talbot at Lloyd’s, where he spent ten years underwriting US and international property risks from its London and Dubai offices.

  Peter Williams - Senior Underwriter and Distribution Lead

  Pete, who has been with EmergIn since its genesis, is its top production underwriter. He has spent a dozen years in London underwriting and broking roles and possesses far-reaching market knowledge and relationships that support his lead on broker engagement.

• North America Team - Cyber & Tech
  

  Mike Maraini - Practice Lead

  Mike leads EmergIn’s US cyber and technology E&O team. He joined ThinkRisk in 2014 before the transatlantic merger that created EmergIn and boasts more than a decade’s experience in the class. Prior he was at Philadelphia Insurance Company, where he underwrote management liability and professional risks.

  Ryan Kelley - Senior Underwriter

  Ryan spent three years at Chubb underwriting cyber, technology E&O, and management liability before reuniting with Mike Maraini at EmergIn Risk in 2020. He had spent seven years at Philadelphia Insurance Company, where he wrote his first cyber risk.

  Ryan Kratz - Senior Underwriter

  Ryan practised insurance coverage law for a decade with Kissel Stratton & Wilmer LLP before he joined EmergIn, so he brings an invaluable perspective. He understands the interests of insurers and has first-hand experience in claims management, coverage disputes, policy language, and claims evaluation.

  Marty Manion - Senior Underwriter

  Marty brings over a decade of industry experience to EmergIn Risk. Most recently, underwriting cyber and technology risk at Zurich. Before this, he was with Brit overseeing their E-Trading strategy in the US market. His experience includes working with retail and wholesale channel partners on complex assignments for large, middle-market, and national accounts.

• Global Media Team

  Angela Buenning - Practice Lead, Media

  Alongside underwriting, Angela manages EmergIn’s media liability team, which she’s been part of for over a decade. Before that, she was a business analyst and senior underwriting assistant at AXIS. In all, she has 18 years of experience in speciality insurance.

  Nicole Simmons - Media Liability

  Nicole is supremely experienced. She has been underwriting EmergIn media risks for a decade, after passing 15 years at Chubb in various underwriting roles covering media liability, miscellaneous professional liability, and other speciality insurance products.

  Cheri Baker - Underwriter

  Cheri is responsible for producing new Film & Entertainment opportunities. She underwrites film and media risks within the global media team and has over a decade’s experience in underwriting. Before which, she was a Risk Manager at Warner Bros, where she was responsible for the management and implementation of insurance programs for television and music video productions.

  Alyson Cain - Underwriter

  Alyson joined EmergIn with underwriting experience in miscellaneous professional, townhome, and homeowners’ association risk and excess lines garnered at carriers including Hiscox, US Risk, and Markel. She even made a brief venture into claims, which provides a useful point of view.

  Chelsey Gagnon - Underwriter

  After more than six years at EmergIn, Chelsey oversees renewals and underwrites a substantial portion of the book. Before joining the team, she spent several years at Business Risk Partners as an underwriting assistant in their management liability practice.

  Hui Yu - Underwriting Manager

  From her start as a loss adjuster, Hui shifted her career first into broking cyber, technology and media coverage, then to underwriting it. She has 20 years' experience, including 15 in cyber and media, for companies including Allianz and Principia.

• Global Claims

  Brooke Tanner - Global Head of Claims

  Brooke heads up EmergIn’s claims capability. She has practiced insurance coverage, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and data privacy law at various New York City-based law firms for nearly a decade. Her prior role was manager/claims counsel for a third-party administrator. For the past five years, Brooke managed bustling cybersecurity, data privacy, and intellectual property claims practice, as well as personally adjusting claims herself.

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