Byron’s experience over the past decade includes a plethora of cross-class responsibilities within the (Re)Insurance industry, having held both analytical and transactional roles at several leading insurance organisations, including Argo Syndicate 1200, Chubb, and Aon. As well as founding an analytics and targeted client acquisition business, Byron has supported the capacity acquisition, product development, and growth strategies of a number of market leading MGAs. Byron’s commitment in the co-founding of Ignite is driven by a strong appetite to further develop the harmonisation of Insurance and Commercial Litigation.

David has worked in the Legal Expenses market for over 20 years and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute. He has notable experience at a number of BTE and ATE insurance companies as well as most recently holding a senior management position at a leading reinsurer. David’s experience covers a wide breadth of ATE products, having insured high volume, low value claims, right through to multi–million international arbitrations. David drives Ignite’s ATE proposition forward and solidifies Ignite’s industry presence as the go-to market for ATE.

Jamie has worked in the ATE market for the past 17 years. His experience includes underwriting and managing a significant volume of High Court disputes as well as supporting successful appeals to both the Court of Appeal (Salt v Stratstone Specialist Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 745) and Supreme Court (Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd [2015] UKSC 17). Jamie has created bespoke hedging products for commercial litigation funders and also a number of novel insurance schemes across the areas of privacy, property, and nuisance litigation. He holds both Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Law as well as Cilex and CII qualifications and has a keen interest in the development of the litigation risk transfer market, having written both his undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations around these topics.

Kyle oversees new business opportunities and manages key client accounts for Ignite’s insurance scheme business. With 20+ years in the legal and insurance sector, Kyle has worked for some of the most respected and recognised firms within the litigation sector. His most recent role was Director of Business Development at Blume (part of the Fletchers Group). Kyle also has extensive experience providing LEI insurance products to the legal sector via his senior management role at Financial and Legal Insurance. Kyle’s record of delivering significant growth greatly enhances Ignite’s operational efficiencies and capacity to serve clients effectively.

Mike has more than 40 years insurance experience including the last 22 years in senior positions in the legal expenses insurance sector. He has been actively involved with Legal Protection International – the global association for legal protection insurers. Mike believes in access to justice for all and the vital role that legal expenses insurance plays in serving such justice. Mike is a Chartered Insurer and a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Amy is responsible for technical underwriting and contributes to the team with her knowledge of Commercial Disputes and Insurance Litigation, acquired during her tenure at the law firm Mayer Brown, where she spent five years as a Restructuring and Insolvency Associate.

Sally-Anne has 25 years of legal operational experience and is responsible for assisting the team in its delivery of its ATE insurance product suite. She joined Ignite from her own consulting business, before which she worked as Operations Manager at Elite Insurance for 9 years and 6 years at Eversheds Sutherland prior to that.

Duval is an Underwriting Assistant working across Ignite’s commercial and consumer business lines. Prior to joining Ignite, Duval worked as a paralegal for a national defendant law firm, assisting with a case load of high-value, complex injury claims role which involved managing litigation, GDPR issues, document filing, legal research and liaising with various stakeholders.

Duval graduated with a 2.1 in Law from De Montfort University.

Duval is currently undertaking Chartered Insurance Institute studies.