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Xavier Laurent: Banging the drum for ‘consistency’ at Covéa Insurance following new UK leadership

By 2025-11-10T08:00:00

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Although emphasising that status quo will be maintained at the insurer in the short term, incoming chief executive adds that his business development expertise will prove ‘instrumental in supporting Covéa Insurance’s next chapter’

In September 2025, Covéa Insurance – the UK arm of Paris-headquartered Covéa Group – announced that incumbent chief executive Georges De Macedo would be stepping down from the leadership position he had relished and enjoyed for a little over two years.

Although happily exiting the business for purely personal reasons and a return to his homeland in France, De Macedo’s departure signals a step change at Covéa Insurance as the leader leaves his ‘Doing what really matters’ business strategy – which he first launched in December 2023 – in the hands of his successor to complete.

So, who has De Macedo and Covéa Insurance chosen to spearhead the insurer’s profitability focus from 2025’s fourth quarter and beyond?

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