American Martin Feinstein to take post from December

Amlin has announced the appointment of Martin Feinstein as an independent non-executive director, to take effect on 1st December this year.

Feinstein, a US citizen, is also a non-executive director of Reynolds American Inc, Clear Technology Inc and GeoVera Insurance Ltd.

He previously worked as chairman and chief executive of Farmers Group, the third largest property and casualty insurance group in the US, until 2005.

Mr Feinstein has also served as a director on two FTSE 100 companies, BAT Industries and Allied Zurich.

Roger Taylor, chairman of Amlin, said, “Marty Feinstein was an outstanding CEO of Farmers, one of the leading US insurers, and we look forward to his contribution to our Board”.