Newline Underwriting Management Limited, a unit of Stamford reinsurer Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., will appoint Philip T. Foley as active underwriter of Newline Syndicate 1218 at Lloyd's.

Foley will also serve as chief underwriting officer of Newline Insurance Co. Limited.

The Newline Syndicate and company operations focus primarily on specialized insurance lines in the non-U.S. casualty classes. Together with the London-based reinsurance branch operations of Odyssey America Reinsurance Corp., they form the London Market Division of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.