Motor insurer Highway has appointed Alan Hickman as a regional account manager.
Hickman originally joined Highway from AXA in 2001. After working in a variety of underwriting roles, he was promoted to regional account manager for the South East including south and west London.
In his new role, Highway said Hickman's key responsibilities would be to manage and develop relations with its broker partners in his specified region.
He would be the main point of contact for brokers to discuss all aspects of their trading relationship with Highway including further business opportunities.
A regional underwriting operations team would be available on a day-to-day basis to service the brokers and ensure that they obtained the right response, quickly, the company said.
Michael Lawrence, Highway's sales and marketing director said: "Alan's technical expertise, drive and enthusiasm will ensure that he will be able to build upon our existing broker relationships in the region as well as look for opportunities for Highway to write profitable new business.
"Highway is committed to the broker channel and so are all our people."