John Richards is Head of Financial Lines for Sompo UK, overseeing Cyber, Commercial D&O, Professional Indemnity and Financial Institutions. He joined Sompo in 2017 as Head of Financial Institutions and was promoted to his current role in 2022.
With more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, John began his career on the AIG graduate programme in 2004 before moving to Zurich in 2008. In 2012, he joined Novae, where he was Deputy Unit Head of FI, building extensive expertise across financial lines underwriting.