Client onboarding
We begin by gathering the essential information required to set up your account. This includes company invoicing details, basic candidate contact information, and payroll requirements.
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Payroll as a service.
Payroll as a Service. Exclusively for the Insurance industry.
Fast, compliant payroll solutions for your interim and contract workforce.
Arthur’s Payroll as a Service (PaaS) takes the stress out of contingent workforce management. Built for the insurance sector, our end-to-end solution ensures contractors are onboarded and paid quickly, accurately, and in full compliance with Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), HMRC, and IR35. From contract management to seamless payments, we get people started fast and keep things running smoothly.
Payroll as a Service is a fully outsourced solution for managing payroll, compliance, tax, and admin for contractors and interim hires. Arthur ensures your workforce is paid correctly and on time, with contracts that protect your business, compliant HMRC submissions, and full AWR adherence. It’s payroll, without the pain.
Choose Arthur’s payroll solution when you need to scale fast, reduce admin, or mitigate compliance risks. Whether you're onboarding a single contractor or managing multiple interims, we take care of the details, so you can stay focused on performance, not paperwork.
From admin staff and interns to interims and C-suite leaders, we provide fast, compliant payroll solutions for anyone working in the insurance sector. Whether it's a one-off contractor or an entire contingent workforce, our service ensures accurate pay, clean contracts, and full compliance.
Our payroll process
Our Payroll as a Service model is designed to reduce risk and remove the admin burden of managing contract payroll. Our consultants handle every detail, from onboarding to accurate, compliant payments, ensuring your contractors are paid on time and in line with all legal requirements.
What to expect from us.
When you partner with Arthur, you can expect:
Transparency. You’ll receive clear, consistent communication, with full visibility into onboarding timelines, pay cycles, compliance status, and HMRC submissions.
Teamwork. We work closely with your internal teams to understand your people processes delivering a payroll solution tailored to your business needs.
Consistency, quality and speed. We move fast, getting contractors onboarded and paid quickly with watertight contracts, accurate AWR compliance, and error-free processing.
Expertise. With deep insurance sector experience, we ensure every engagement meets the latest legal, tax and regulatory standards and adapt swiftly to change.
Results. We support everyone from interns to interims and executives, helping insurers pay their people correctly and compliantly, with zero hassle and total confidence.
Our expertise.
We support insurers across all business types and functions, typically recruiting for roles from mid-management to executive board level. These include Heads of Function, Directors, VPs, MDs, and C-suite positions in accounting and finance, actuarial, CAT modelling and exposure management, claims, compliance, delegated authority, legal, risk management, technology and change, and underwriting and broking.
Our team.
Get to know the experts behind our Payroll as a Service team.
Dan
Faulkner
CEO & Founder
Simon
Caplan
Chief Innovation Officer
Antony
Williams
UK Managing Director
Technology
Change
Jon
Sharpe
Director
Compliance
Legal
Ibrahim
Ali
Director
George
Hudson
Head of Client Relationships
Delegated Authority
Claims
Underwriting & Broking
Underwriting & Broking Operations
Vicki
Filer
Divisional Director
Risk Management
Internal Audit
Aaron
Scott
Divisional Director
Catastrophe Modelling & Exposure Management
Vasiliki
Grigoropoulou
Divisional Director
Legal
Ben
Sargent
Associate Director
Accounting & Finance
Gareth
James
Divisional Director
Technology
Change
San
Doan
Divisional Director
Actuarial
Sami
Alkarim
Divisional Director
Actuarial
Afwaz
Choudhury
Associate Director
Actuarial
Jake
Morton
Associate Director
Technology
Change
William
Bennett
Associate Director
Internal Audit
David
Stacey
Associate Director
Risk Management
Harrison
Callen
Manager
Legal
Matt
Rowson
Manager
Claims
Chris
Hughes
Principal Consultant
Actuarial
Damian
Bialozynski
Principal Consultant
Technology
Change
Charlie
Nash
Principal Consultant
Compliance
Conran
Russell
Principal Consultant
Underwriting & Broking Operations
Stacey
Roast
Principal Consultant
Underwriting & Broking
William
Bragg
Associate Director
Actuarial
Charlie
Stewart
Senior Consultant
Catastrophe Modelling & Exposure Management
Diana
Ionita
Senior Consultant
Actuarial
Sarah
Reid
Senior Consultant
Risk Management
Lachlan
Callaghan
Senior Consultant
Accounting & Finance
Benjamin
Stark
Principal Consultant
Accounting & Finance
Tasmania
Smith
Senior Consultant
Compliance
Matt
Bacon
Senior Consultant
Technology
Change
Jamie
Stewart
Senior Consultant
Actuarial
Vinay
Dhanda
Consultant
Technology
Change
Sofia
Chaves
Consultant
Delegated Authority
Tom
O'Dell
Consultant
Risk Management
Tyler-Rose
Kellaway
Consultant
Underwriting & Broking
Thomas
Grubb
Consultant
Compliance
Nicole
Overend
Consultant
Real results in action.
Explore how we’ve helped insurance businesses solve complex hiring challenges and secure high-impact talent.
Arthur Helps a Global Insurance Firm Streamline Payroll and Stay Ahead of Compliance Reform
Discover how Arthur's Payroll as a Service transformed a global insurance firm’s payroll, ensuring compliance, reducing administrative burden, and improving efficiency.
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Retained Search for Managing Agency CFO
Learn how Arthur successfully placed a Managing Agency CFO for a leading managing agent at Lloyd's of London, meeting strict qualifications and tight deadlines to deliver leadership.
Read this case study
Supporting a Strategic Transition to an Outsourced Managed Service Model
Explore how Arthur supported a leading global insurer’s transition to an outsourced managed service model, delivering cost savings, faster resource deployment, and improved project delivery.
Read this case study
Talent Acquisition for Global Non-Life Insurer
Discover how Arthur delivered a tailored talent acquisition strategy for a global insurer, placing 12 professionals to support transformation and UK growth.
Read this case studyPaaS is an outsourced solution that manages payroll, tax, compliance, and contracts for your contingent workforce. It ensures your workers are paid accurately and on time, with zero admin burden for you.
Very quickly. We use pre-built processes and systems that allow us to onboard and process payments quickly, with the full co-operation of all parties, while ensuring full compliance.
Anyone working in the insurance sector, not just contractors or interims. We handle payroll for admin staff, interns, work experience placements, and more.
Yes. We manage all aspects of compliance including IR35 assessments, AWR adherence, HMRC submissions, and watertight contracts to reduce your legal and financial risk.
We use robust, secure, and scalable payroll systems designed for the insurance sector, ensuring accuracy, data integrity, and full audit trails.
Our insurance expertise means we understand your people, processes and regulatory pressures. We offer a tailored service that ensures speed, trust and total peace of mind.
With the Finance Bill and umbrella reforms coming into effect from April 2026, employers face significant financial risks when using umbrella companies . Arthur’s in-house PAYE payroll solution provides a ready-to-implement alternative that ensures full compliance with the new regulations, eliminating the legal and financial risks associated with umbrella arrangements. By partnering with us now, you’ll be ahead of the curve when these changes take effect.
Our services.
Our recruitment solutions directly address your specific business challenges. Learn more about our full range of services, designed to deliver measurable impact when you need it most
Retained and Executive Search
Bespoke, collaborative, search and recruitment for permanent and interim leadership roles from mid to C-suite level.
Interim and Contract Solutions
Rapid, flexible processes to help you quickly find outstanding individuals for managing change or dealing with increased project workload while hiring permanently.
Contingent and Permanent Recruitment
Adaptable, consultative permanent recruitment that gives you access to extensive networks in insurance for perfect-fit candidates.
