The Fidelis Partnership (TFP) has hired Aon reinsurance broker Marcus Taylor (pictured above) as head of strategic relationships, a newly created role aimed at strengthening ties with external distribution partners as the broader reinsurance market enters a more competitive phase.
TFP confirmed the appointment is effective immediately.
Taylor, who is based in London and reports to Richard Coulson, group president of strategic partnerships, brings more than 25 years of experience spanning the US, UK and Asia Pacific. At Aon, he worked within the Global ReSpecialty division.
He previously served as CEO of IAG's reinsurance operations in Singapore and Malaysia, and as head of reinsurance for Asia Pacific at Ed Broking, now part of The Ardonagh Group.
In the role, Taylor will work across both TFP and Pine Walk, the Fidelis specialist MGA platform. Founded in 2017, Pine Walk houses 17 underwriter-led businesses across casualty, property, reinsurance and alternative risk transfer.
The platform generated $1 billion in gross written premium in 2025, up from $900 million the year prior, according to the firm.
His remit covers broker strategy execution and growth-market development across Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, including through Sevanta, Pine Walk's international casualty MGA.
The hire comes at a time when surplus capital is reshaping dynamics across the reinsurance sector. Gallagher Re's First View report described the January 1, 2026 renewal as "a period of choice, change and opportunity for cedants," noting that risk-adjusted global property-catastrophe rates fell 14.7% on average, the steepest annual decline since 2014.
When pricing alone no longer differentiates carriers, the depth of broker relationships becomes a sharper competitive edge.
Fidelis has been laying groundwork on this front. TFP earlier this year opened a new London base at Grace Hall on Leadenhall Street, featuring a dedicated Broker Lounge designed to foster face-to-face engagement.
Separately, its Blackstone-backed Lloyd's Syndicate 2126 secured NAIC approval effective April 1, enabling it to write excess and surplus lines across all US states. TFP is targeting $1.3 billion in Lloyd's premium for 2026.
Coulson described Taylor's "extensive broker relationships and multi-decade experience" as an asset to the firm's operating classes and geographies. Taylor said the role offered a chance to apply his career-long experience across the re/insurance value chain to Fidelis' international strategic goals.
