Mark Hardinge, deputy chief executive of JLT Risk Solutions, left the company today.

Hardinge joined JLT Risk Solutions, which is a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, last summer from Mars ...

Mark Hardinge, deputy chief executive of JLT Risk Solutions, left the company today.

Hardinge joined JLT Risk Solutions, which is a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, last summer from Marsh. He spent 18 years there, mainly building its FINPRO (Financial & Professional) practice.

A JLT spokesman confirmed Hardinge's departure and said it had been decided by "mutual agreement".

According to market insiders, Hardinge may have been forced to resign.

JLT's spokesman added: "JLT remains fully committed to continuing to build a world-class Financial and Professional Risk business and to its team who have already made a strong contribution to the development of the JLT business."

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