Southampton is AXA’s newest branch, committed to further strengthening, engaging, and enhancing our offering to our regional brokers along the South Coast. The Southampton branch operates as a trading hub and has a dedicated underwriting team focused on both new and existing business across all AXA Commercial product lines.
Our team is made up of some very talented underwriters who have in-depth knowledge of their local markets and are well known by their brokers. They are out in the market for most of their time, with the emphasis very much on face to face dialogue with their broker customers.
The expertise and knowledge we have available to us in this office means that we can offer a professional and efficient service to our broker customers.
Our local market knowledge, a wide range of market-leading products and services as well as being close to our broker customers enables us to accommodate business from within many of the major industries across the South Coast.
Dene Smith - Branch Manager
Email: dene.smith@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07775 017126
Michelle Fitzgerald - Branch Distribution Manager
Email: michelle.fitzgerald@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 777160
Graham Kendall - Operations Manager
Email: graham.kendall@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07866 032232
Karen Young - Branch Underwriting Manager
Email: karen.young@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 821 082
Laura Fox - Trading Team Manager
Email: laura.fox@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 644440
Tim Griffiths - Development Underwriting Manager
Email: tim.griffiths@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07501 465351
For help and support with Fleet new business and existing business, please contact one of our underwriters:
Laura Fox - Trading Team Manager
Email: laura.fox@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 644440
Laura Bosher - Senior Underwriter
Email: laura.bosher@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07855 146606
Heather Gale - Underwriter
Email: heather.gale@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07929 825733
Linda Hill - Underwriter
Email: linda.hill@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07929 825750
Paul Fincham - Underwriter
Email: paul.fincham@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07974 861419
Our Management Liability underwriters are here to support on both new and existing business queries:
Ivan Barnsley - Senior Underwriter
Email: Ivan.barnsley@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07976 232537
Louis Rudd - Head of Motor Trade
Email: louis.rudd@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07775 017001
Michelle McTeer - Operations Manager
Email: Michelle.mcteer@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07775 014708
Paul Stagg - Lead Technical Underwriter
Email: paul.stagg@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07974 614541
Amber Foster - Team Trading Manager
Email: amber.foster@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07929 794075
Kate Fox - Team Manager
Email: kate.fox@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 01204 815615
Louise Leatherbarrow - Team Manager
Email: louise.leatherbarrow@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 01204 815131
Nick Vaux - Regional Development Underwriter
Email: nick.vaux@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07974 861412
Our Motor Trade new business team are here to help you trade. You can contact us on 0345 602 2675 or send an email: axamtp.ins@axa-insurance.co.uk.
For trading support on Motor Trade existing business call our team on 0345 602 2675 or send us an email: axamtp.ins@axa-insurance.co.uk.
For support with new and existing business queries for digitally traded Professional Indemnity quotes, call the team on 0800 051 8001 or contact an underwriter directly:
Chris Jones - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: christopher.jones@axa-insurance.co.uk
Mohammad Qadri - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: mohammad.qadri@axa-insurance.co.uk
Richard Barratt - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: richard.barratt@axa-insurance.co.uk
For new or existing Professional Indemnity queries, call 0161 958 2720 or contact an underwriter directly:
Mark A Snelham - Head of Financial Lines
Email: mark.snelham@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07775 017912
Scott Boulton - Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter (Bristol, Ipswich, London, Maidstone and Reading)
Email: scott.boulton@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07976 383485
Paul Semple - Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter (Glasgow, Leeds and Newcastle)
Email: paul.semple@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 0141 245 4417 / 07816 076047
Chloe Pitchford - Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter (NTC and Manchester)
Email: chloe.pitchford@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07966 679864
Our existing business Professional Indemnity underwriters support policies across our entire branch network. Please get in touch with an underwriter to discuss your query.
Beckie Coulson - Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: beckie.coulson@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 0121 644 5688
Mobile: 07866 032396
Joseph Clark - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: joseph.clark@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 958 2942
Mobile: 07977 274781
Hannah Howarth - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: hannah.howarth@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone:0161 958 2953
Mobile: 07977 274911
Chris Jones - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: christopher.jones@axa-insurance.co.uk
Mohammad Qadri - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: mohammad.qadri@axa-insurance.co.uk
Richard Barratt - Professional Indemnity Underwriter
Email: richard.barratt@axa-insurance.co.uk
For help and support with Property & Casualty new business and existing business, please contact one of our underwriters:
Mathew Clements - Senior Underwriter
Email: mathew.clements@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 777043
David Harrison - Senior Underwriter
Email: david.harrison@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 777087
Sarah Dawson - Development Underwriter
Email: sarah.dawson@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 007793 263528
James Kelly - Senior Underwriter
Email: james.kelly@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07929 825736
John Atkinson - Underwriter
Email: john.atkinson@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07979 825734
Jemma Badger - Underwriter
Email: jemma.badger@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07929 826 539
Gill Coates - Underwriter
Email: gill.coates@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07929 825735
Stuart Eels - Underwriter
Email: stuart.eels@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 01189 550005
Ian Grey - Underwriter
Email: ian.grey@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07971 846698
Richard Brown - Account Manager
Email: richard.brown@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07741 242394
Luke Wright - Account Manager
Email: luke.wright@axa-insurance.co.uk
Telephone: 07775 019 411
For support with online traded products, contact our self-serve team on 0800 051 8001 or send an email to OnlineTradingCentre@axa-insurance.co.uk.
For bespoke SME policies, contact our SME Business Team:
Property & Casualty
New Business:
01892 500158
Email: axantc2.ins@axa-insurance.co.uk
Existing Business:
North: 0330 332 1022
South: 01473 337 177
Email: axantc2.ins@axa-insurance.co.uk
Motor fleet (New and Existing Business):
0345 600 3032
Email: axantc2.ins@axa-insurance.co.uk