One of the founders of UIB, Bassem became managing director of UIB in January 1998 and applies his wealth of experience on the intricacies of insurance broking, multi-faceted knowledge of the insurance business and negotiating skills for the benefit of clients. He maintains in-depth expertise in marine cargo, aviation, energy, liability and property insurances, including claims negotiation. He has also lectured on aspects of marine insurance, particularly on oil movements, to audiences in many countries. He was born in Dhahran and raised in Lebanon. He speaks Arabic fluently and has working knowledge of Japanese.

A former Managing Director of Willis Corroon Aerospace, Philip was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the UIB Group in January 2001. With over 25 years experience in the aviation and aerospace insurance market, he has a proven track record of innovation and strategic development, with wide experience of systems, compliance, management and product development.

George is a Post Graduate of the University of Southern California and majored in Finance and Marketing. He joined UIB in October 1987 and was one of the founders of UIB’s Offshore Division. Previously, he had been with Marsh & McLennan - Los Angeles’ International Property & Casualty Department and was involved in the handling of California based multinationals.

George is an expert in Well Control insurance and is one of the few insurance practitioners who has actually had first hand well control experience in post liberated Kuwait when he observed and worked with a specialist well control team on several wells out of control. He has authored, lectured and conducted Non-Technical Well Control Seminars in London and Internationally.

George is fluent in English, Arabic and French.

Misbah is a founding member of United Insurance Brokers Ltd (1987) and a Director of UIB Holdings (UK) Ltd, London.  A graduate of the University Of Wales, Swansea (1967) and the City University Business School, London (1977).

He started his insurance career with the National Insurance Company in Iraq (1968-1977) where he had assumed underwriting and claim management responsibilities first in the Fire & Accident and later in the Engineering Department.  He joined Marsh & McLennan Middle East Ltd in 1978 as an account executive for industrial and energy programmes in the Arab world and Europe.

Span of knowledge and expertise covers many classes of insurance, utilised by colleagues in the Energy, Engineering & Construction and Non Marine Divisions and used to service the insurance needs of corporate clients.  He is involved in co-ordination of insurance programmes, analysis and consultancy to clients and training clients' insurance personnel.

Misbah is fluent in Arabic and English.

He has contributed to insurance seminars in the Arab world and the compilation of an English-Arabic dictionary of insurance terms, co-translated to Arabic a book on risk management and published articles in Arab insurance journals.

After starting his broking career in 1970, Michael quickly developed specialisms in energy, non-marine and casualty risks, becoming responsible for UIB Energy and Non-marine after joining Marsh & McLennan Middle East (MMME) Limited in 1984, a forerunner company to the UIB Group, as Senior Broker.

Gary started his insurance career in 1965 with Sedgwick, before moving to MMME Limited in 1977 and then becoming Head of UIB Construction from inception in 1987. A specialist in all aspects of construction and engineering insurance, Gary is often consulted by major corporations on insurance-related issues.

Alan has more than 20 years experience in the Insurance Broking industry. He is a qualified accountant and holds an MBA in Finance.

Paul is Company Secretary and Financial Accountant for the UIB family of companies.