Our People

Anthony Mowatt - Chairman

Anthony received his initial training in the law practice of David Pinto and Co., pioneers in the development of uninsured loss recovery. Recognising the trend of the business towards the insurance industry and away from purely legal practices, he went into partnership with the Brian Johnson Group of Redhill to form Linkfield Legal Services as a legal expenses insurance brokerage. Development of Linkfield was also combined with the development of the general broking business of the group, providing general insurance experience. In 1988 Anthony sold his interest in Linkfield and formed Keystone Legal Benefits Limited.

Anthony was a member of the Lord Chancellor’s consultative committee responding to the Government’s initial proposed changes to Access To Justice. He had an active involvement in the ABI/Law Society sponsored industry summits and has been closely involved in an advisory capacity with the successful milestone cases Callery v. Grey and Sarwar v, Allam. Anthony has also spoken at Lloyd’s of London on related insurance topics.

Chris Marden ACII - Underwriting & Technical Director

Chris gained his ACII in 1978 and is also a Chartered Insurer. This reflects his long experience of liability and motor insurances, as well as claims work during his twenty six years with Zurich Insurance. In his final fifteen years with Zurich he had a great deal of ‘Front line experience’ in investigating all manner and classes of claims, including the associated negotiations with solicitors. Since joining Keystone in 1996 this breadth of experience and his knowledge of liability issues has proved invaluable in his own role at Keystone and also incorporated within Keystones internal training programme.

Chris has a sharp eye for identifying solutions to practising problems. This has manifested itself in the ever growing range of innovative Keystone products, as well as often proving of great assistance to solicitors who might otherwise be at risk

Trevor Lennox - Underwriting Manager (Legal) & Solicitor (In House)

Trevor entered the Legal Profession in 1983, spending 5 years at David Pinto and Co, 16 years with Amery Parkes Solicitors, followed by 9 years with Flint Bishop Solicitor (as an Associate towards the end of his tenure)

During that time, Trevor secured the following qualifications –

ACII
Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives
Admission to the role in 2001 as a Practising Solicitor of the Supreme Court

In the course of his career, Trevor has dealt with personal injury litigation, both as a Claimant and a Defendant Lawyer, specialising in high value catastrophic loss cases, Mesothelioma Claims, Road Traffic Act / MIB matters and the investigation and Defence of fraudulent Claims.

Trevor joined Keystone in 2013 as ‘Underwriting Manager (Legal) & Solicitor (In-House)’.

Outside work Trevor was engaged for 10 years as a School Governor (Chair of Premises and Health & Safety).

Nick Arnold - Underwriter & Operations Coordinator

Nick joined Keystone in January 2002, having graduated with an upper second class Honours Degree.

Starting in the call centre he cut his teeth appraising prospective claims before moving in to the Underwriting team. Initially Nick developed in the department through on the job training, dealing with volume fast track matters. He has now developed broader technical and litigation handling skills for all standard Personal Injury claim types, for both the fast track and the multi-track, as well as cultivating new competences in Industrial Disease and Clinical Negligence work.

In addition Nick provides a valuable contribution to other areas of the business including management reporting, solicitor liaison and creative marketing support.

Shahed Noor - Underwriter & Claims Controller

Shah began his career at Keystone in 2006 initially as a call centre Claims Qualifier having previously been in a managerial role at a well known international services business. Shah’s experience, natural aptitude & methodical approach made him obvious candidate for our established Underwriting team, which he joined in 2008. 

Shah was promoted to Underwriter in 2008 where as well as managing his own caseload he has gained a significant understanding of the technical, legal & insurance issues surrounding many PI claim types, including RTA, EL, PL & OL cases

Andy Russell - Underwriter

Since joining Keystone in 2009, Andy is an established member of our experienced Underwriting team, having first served his apprenticeship by gaining broad based experience in all of Keystones business units. 

With a keen interest in the technical side of claims and the wider commercial and legal issues, Andy became an Underwriter in 2010 and continues to develop his experience in conjunction with the rest of the team, handling his own caseload and also progressing with his CII qualifications