Nathan Holt

Director of Underwriting

City Of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

About

DAS has been a pioneer of the legal expenses insurance market since the concept was first introduced to the UK in 1975. The company provides protection against unforeseen legal costs to millions of families and motorists, and hundreds of thousands of businesses every year, offering both before-the-event and after-the-event products and a range of telephone advice and assistance services, including the flagship legal advice service. DAS is an authorised and regulated insurance company.Based in Bristol, with offices in London, Manchester and Bedwas, South Wales, as well as a branch offices in Dublin and Toronto, DAS employs some 600 staff and has become one of the UK's leading specialist insurers

Experience

  • Director of Underwriting at ARAG Legal Services UK
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • DAS UK Group (London, United Kingdom)
    • Head of Trading Underwriting
      Apr 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 4 mos

      Head of Trading Underwriting and part of the insurance executive leadership team. My team is responsible for all operational underwriting across BTE and ATE insurance products.

    • Head of Trading Underwriting
      Apr 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 4 mos

      Head of Trading Underwriting and part of the insurance executive leadership team. My team is responsible for all operational underwriting across BTE and ATE insurance products.

    • Business Development Manager
      Sep 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 11 mos

      - Development of new business, retention and expansion of exisiting schemes and stand-alone business within the London insurance market - Achievement of sales target in a designated area - Promotion of all DAS products to broker panel - Appointing new brokers - Manage product campaigns - Relationship management of key accounts, provide product training to broker partners on DAS products - Provide support to brokers in developing new business / maintaining exisitng business relationships - Perforamnce review of Broker Account Technician

  • Head of BTE & ATE Underwriting DAS UK Group at DAS
    Jun 2019 - Mar 2025 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Head of underwriting performance across all classes of business

  • Regional Sales Manager at Lockton Companies
    Mar 2014 - Sep 2014 · 7 mos

    Checkmate delivers ten and twelve year latent defects structural insurance and new home warranty insurance policies across a wide range of new and newly converted/refurbished homes and commercial premises throughout the UK. Checkmate utilises a bespoke, innovative and market leading online platform for the provision of these policies which allows our customers access to their developments 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from any location.

  • Regional risk solutions leader, midlands and west at RSA
    Mar 2010 - Mar 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Midlands and West regional leader for RSA risk solution account. Manage an account of large/complex and global property and liability accounts placed in the midlands and west market. Manage and develop a small team of underwriters. Manage the regional broker relationships for the global accounts with the support of regional broker account managers. Manage direct client relationships with end clients and grow the portfolio.