Cathy Garner
Co-Founder and Director of G3P
Cathy Garner, BSc (Hons), ACII, Chartered Insurer, is a co-founder and Director of G3P, a company formed to set up a new life and health insurance carrier in Europe. During her 30+ year career, Cathy has been the Active Underwriter of both ANV Life Syndicate 779 and Kiln Life Syndicate 308 in Lloyd’s, and was the Global Head of Life and Disability for Global Benefits Group. Cathy also spent a decade in the (re)insurance company market, working for Swiss Re Life & Health UK and Friends' Provident.
She is currently a member of the DTI and ABI’s joint Access to Insurance Working Party, in the Insurance in the Workplace stream. She is a past chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association Term Life Business Panel, and of the Association of Medical Underwriters; a long-serving member of the Insurance Institute of London’s Financial Services Committee, a founder member of the Association of British Insurers’ Rare Genetic Conditions and HIV Working Groups, and a founder member and past chair of The Women’s Insurance Network.
Cathy built an exceptional team in Lloyd’s which was 80% female in a predominantly male section of the industry. She is passionate about the strength and opportunities of a diverse workforce in the insurance industry, and fundamentally believes in encouraging and mentoring younger staff to grow, develop and take risks.
In 2016 Cathy was identified by young insurers as an industry role model in an Insurance Post survey, and as an Influential Woman in Re/Insurance by the Intelligent Insurer. She is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers.