Rob Tolley serves as CEO and co-founder of Global Specialty Underwriters, LLC, based in Dubai and delivers solutions in the international insurance and reinsurance spheres. Among Rob Tolley’s areas of expertise are surety bonds, bank assurance, and credit life programs. He is adept in analyzing credit-related risks and helping clients navigate reinsurance protection options for construction/engineering and stressed-property programs acrossinternational markets.
Mr. Tolley completed high school at Trinity Comprehensive in the UK and was a highly ranked table tennis player. Also captaining the rugby team, he excelled in karate and judo. He began his career in the European reinsurance markets as a broker and producer with a Dutch firm.
As partner with First City Partnership, Ltd., from 1999 to 2004, he was a pivotal force in driving growth in the emerging Latin America and Middle East reinsurance markets.
From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Tolley held leadership responsibilities with Aon Benfield, overseeing regional growth in the Middle East, with a focus on non-marine classes of reinsurance. Rob Tolley managed policies for a range of turnkey construction projects, as well as niche assignments that met specific client requirements.
