Jon Steer was appointed Deputy Group Chief Claims Officer in August 2019. He started his reinsurance career in 1986 as an LMX retro placing broker at CE Heath. He briefly left London to work on the London International Financial Futures Exchange as a trading assistant for James Capel, a UK stockbroker.

Jon was one of the 39 Wellington employees who set up Wellington Re in June 2002. He started with us as the property reinsurance claims manager within Aspen Insurance UK and progressed to become the head of claims for Aspen Insurance Limited and then group head of claims, before assuming his current role.