Broker adds to senior team with four new hires

Giles Insurance Brokers has announced that Howard Pearson, retail managing director, and Mark Addis, wholesaling managing director, have joined the board subject to regulatory approval.

Simon Brooke assumes responsibility for the South and Tom Ernoult has joined as director of underwriting services.

Chris Giles, chief executive of Giles, said: "With the success of our underwriting agency, acquisitions and wholesale business, I have been able to draw on an excellent pool of internal and external candidates for these roles.

"We have now become an employer of choice, as well as the name most commonly linked with acquisitions".