James Hastings

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Firms where this individual holds — or has held — an FCA-approved role.

W. R. BERKLEY SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
FRN 568355
- Responsible for Insurance Distribution (since 16 Apr 2026)
- CF3 Chief Executive (AR) (since 11 Dec 2025)
- SMF1 Chief Executive (since 30 May 2022)
W.R. BERKLEY UK LIMITED
FRN 710822
- Employed By (since 11 Dec 2025)
Markel International Insurance Company Limited (no longer approved here)
FRN 202570
- SMF3 Executive Director (6 Nov 2019 to 24 Aug 2021)
- [PRA CF] Significant risk taker or Material risk taker (10 Dec 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
Markel Syndicate Management Limited (no longer approved here)
FRN 204953
- SMF3 Executive Director (6 Nov 2019 to 24 Aug 2021)
- [PRA CF] Significant risk taker or Material risk taker (10 Dec 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
Markel Insurance SE (no longer approved here)
FRN 820468
- [PRA CF] Significant risk taker or Material risk taker (10 Dec 2018 to 24 Aug 2021)

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The FCA: The Financial Conduct Authority is the UK's regulator for banking, lending, insurance, investments and payments. Senior staff at any authorised firm have to be approved by the FCA personally.
Approved individual: Someone the FCA has personally signed off to hold a senior role at an authorised firm — directors, compliance officers and similar. They're held accountable for the firm's conduct.
Controlled functions: The specific senior roles the FCA approves people to hold, like 'Compliance oversight' or 'Money laundering reporting'. Each approval is tied to a particular firm.
IRN: Individual Reference Number — the unique ID the FCA assigns to each approved person. It stays the same as they move between firms.

Information on this page is sourced from the official FCA register.