Russell Bean is the Chief Underwriting Officer at Talbot having previously been Head of Specialty and Joint Acting Active Underwriter for Syndicate 1183. He joined Talbot in 2002 from RSA, where he was a Financial Lines underwriter. He has sat on multiple London Market commitees acting as Head of the Bankers Underwriters Group, Chairman of the LMA Financial Lines Panel and Deputy Chairman of the LMA Non-Marine Panel.