ACE grows in Birmingham

ACE UK has appointed Dave Hall and Tez Roberts to its midlands regional management team.

Hall joins ACE as Midlands property and casualty manager based in the Birmingham office and will reporting to Paul Jennings, ACE Midlands regional manager.

Hall has joined from Chartis where he was regional development manager for property and casualty.

He has also held a number of senior underwriting roles with AIG, Aviva and Provincial Insurance Company (now Axa) and also had a spell at broker Aon.

Roberts has been appointed regional property underwriting manager, also based in Birmingham and reporting to Hall.

Roberts joins from Aviva where he was supporting the strategic development of the insurer’s commercial on-site trading propositions.

Previously, he has held roles with Chartis, RSA and NZI (now part of Aviva).

Pat Drinan, ACE's director of corporate risk, UK & Ireland said: “Our investment in developing strong regional underwriting and service capabilities is an important part of our strategy as we build ACE’s Corporate segment in the UK and Ireland.

“Dave and Tez bring with them relevant expertise and insight which reflects our commitment to deliver support and services that are directly aligned to the needs of large to medium sized corporate clients and their brokers.”