About us

Philip Wood is the chief executive officer at Novus Underwriting.

He has more than 28 years’ experience in extended warranty, all risks and niche product specialisms of the insurance market spanning across Europe, the Middle East and Far East markets.

Outside of work, Philip spends time with his family, including long walks with the pet dog. He also cycles to keep fit and shoots.

John McGonigle is the Chief Underwriting Officer at Novus Underwriting. His main responsibilities include the profitable development and management of the warranty and consumer products portfolio underwritten on behalf of Novus’ capacity partners.

He has worked within the insurance industry since early 1991, mainly within the London market (both company and Lloyd’s). His focus since 1997 has been on the underwriting of warranty and associated consumer insurance products, both in the UK and on an international basis.

Outside of work he has undertaken a number of personal and team challenges for charity, including rowing the English Channel, riding the off-road London to Brighton route and climbing the three peaks.

Grant McMorrow is Head of Underwriting, Warranty & Affinity at Novus Underwriting. Grant specialises in sourcing, underwriting and managing multiple product lines across the broad spectrum of ‘specialist consumer products’ for our various capacity partners, focusing predominantly on warranty style business.

Grant previously worked within the Lloyd’s market, working for multiple managing agencies spanning the last 13 years. In that time he helped manage and develop multiple key relationships in the warranty space – helping the book to grow to one of the largest within Lloyd’s.

Outside of work Grant has a young family, but when time allows he enjoys playing and watching multiple sports, as well as walking his beloved dog.