Christopher Caswell joins from AXA to take up newly created position

Brit Insurance has announced that Christopher Caswell has been appointed to the newly created position of e-Trading Schemes Underwriter.

He will report to Brit Insurance’s UK portfolio manager, Andrew Jackson and will be based in the Group’s Birmingham office.

Caswel most recently worked at AXA Insurance as an e-Consultant, building broker accounts with AXA’s e-Trade offerings and developing new e-Trading products and solutions.

He was formerly a commercial underwriter at the company, where he was responsible both for the service of existing business and the development of new business across a breadth of commercial lines insurance classes.

He was recently nominated as ‘Young Insurance Achiever of the Year’ at Manchester’s annual Young Professionals Awards.

Peter Burrows, Brit UK CEO, said: “Christopher’s appointment demonstrates Brit Insurance’s continued commitment to invest in the very best people and in the advancement of electronic trading.

"These are both key to the achievement of our goal to become a leading player in the UK market”.

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