GHL Insurance Services UK, the appointed UK service provider to Gibraltar based insurers Link and Zenith, has appointed Simon Richards as Pricing Manager.

In his new role, Simon will report into Claire Hazlehurst, General Manager Product and Pricing, and will work with her to deliver the pricing business plan for GHLIS. This will include monitoring, analysing and interpreting the underwriting performance of each of the Link and Zenith products serviced by GHLIS, as well as researching and analysing market data.

Simon is an ACII qualified product developer and underwriting pricing manager with over 12 years’ industry experience. He joins GHLIS from Towergate AUL where he was Head of Product Development. Prior to that, Simon worked for AIG and Royal & SunAlliance in senior underwriting roles.

Commenting on this new appointment to her team, Claire Hazlehurst said: “I’m delighted to welcome Simon on board. His product knowledge extends across a wide range, and he has extensive experience of pricing, product design and development. I am confident that his expertise will prove invaluable as we look not only to refine our existing product range but look forward to what we can bring to market on behalf of our insurers in the future.”