New hires join teams in the South East and Bristol

Appoint, join, new, hire, woman, appointment

Bluefin has hired four new staff members for its specialist professional services division Bluefin Professions.

Bobby Payne has been appointed as broking director and will be responsible for running the division’s broking teams based in Bristol. Payne has previously worked at Jelf Professions as operations manager and at Alexander Forbes/Lockton as a team manager.

The move also sees Adam Burton join Bluefin Professions as account manager based in London. Burton will be responsible for servicing existing and new clients in the South East.

Nick Wakefield and and Alison Pugsley have also joined Bluefin as account brokers.

Bluefin Professions operations director Paul Gillett said: “We are very pleased to welcome all four new members to Bluefin Professions. We have been working with professional firms since 1992 to become one of the UK’s market leading brokers specialising in professional indemnity insurance.

“We are keen to grow our business both in Bristol and across the South East and our new joiners are ideally placed to help us with this expansion. We look forward to working with them.”

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.