Compre Group
Simon Hawkins is an experienced executive with a robust background in operations and claims management within the insurance industry. As Group Chief Operating Officer at Compre Group from July 2018 to February 2024, Simon led global claims and operations functions. Prior to this role, Simon served in various senior positions at QBE Insurance, including CEO Europe and Group Chief Operating Officer, where responsibilities encompassed retrospective solutions and claims analytics. Simon’s early career at PricewaterhouseCoopers spanned over a decade, culminating in a Senior Manager role. Educational qualifications include an FCCA from ACCA and a BSc in Accounting from Cardiff University.
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Compre Group
Compre is a leading legacy specialist with over 30 years of experience in the acquisition and management of insurance and reinsurance companies and portfolios in run-off. Compre is a business with operations in Finland, Germany, Malta, Bermuda, Switzerland the US, and UK. We have local relationships with counterparties across the whole of Europe and North America. Our key objective is to secure legal, financial and operational finality for insurers and reinsurers seeking to exit their legacy exposures. We aim to do this using a collaborative approach that ensures our solutions get to the heart of the problems that our counterparties face. Track Record Compre completed its first run-off company acquisition in 1994 and to date has completed: • 11 company acquisitions in Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK • 34 individual business portfolio acquisitions in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. The companies we have acquired business from include: Allianz, Axa, Generali, Gjensidige, HSBC, QBE and Swiss Re. We have been consistently trusted by major financial institutions for over 30 years to deliver complex finality solutions and manage their future claims.