Former NIG boss to lead loss adjuster

Charles Crawford is to leave RBS Insurance (RBSI) to become group chief executive of loss adjuster Davies.

He will leave as managing director of partnership and international business at RBSI in July to replace managing director Mark Champan at Davies. Chapman will now become deputy chairman.

Crawford, a former managing director at broker NIG, said he was ‘relishing the opportunity of leading the business forward’.

Crawford will be given licence to grow the company, which is currently going through a regeneration of its IT platform across the group.

Meanwhile, Chapman will focus on the client facing aspects of the business.

Last year Davies completed a £27m management buyout that ended its long-standing partnership structure.

Mark Chapman said: “Since we completed the MBO, the business has seen a period of change and sustained growth. During this time it has become ever more apparent that our clients are looking to us to continue to deliver genuine added value and innovation to their claims services."

For more, see this week's Insurance Times, out today, or online: RBS takes axe to NIG as top boss bows out to Davies

See also: NIG to cut jobs in restructure