The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 9 to 13 March 2026
Markel appoints new international chief information officer
‘His leadership will be instrumental as we continue to enhance our operational performance and provide brokers and clients with best-in-class service,’ says chief operations officer
SME firms are ‘the sector that needs the most advice’ – Lee Mooney
’We need to provide advice throughout that cycle so, if an SME is paying that premium and needs advice, we can be there to help and mitigate risk before it happens,’ says UK managing director
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The biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, departures and leadership changes from 12 to 16 January 2026
Markel eyes UK life sciences growth with new combined proposition
‘Life Science Combined is a key addition to our proposition suite. It will enable us to grow our presence in the sector and support our ambitious plans for 2026 and beyond,’ says managing director
IWD: Promoting more women requires the sector to ‘shine a light’ on invisible barriers
‘It’s not about relying on people to be ‘brave enough’ to ask – managers should be given the tools to cultivate their team culture in a way that provides psychological safety,’ says head of diversity, inclusion and community engagement.
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Lee Mooney: New UK boss gearing up to ‘change the pace’ at Markel
Rather than ‘reinvent the wheel’, managing director plans to tap into global group expertise to increase insurer’s ‘share of wallet’ with brokers and ‘dial up the pace’ on product and people volume
Jo Sykes: Markel UK devises five pillar plan to become ‘more relevant’ for brokers
Among the insurer’s key focuses for the next five years is developing further schemes propositions, building out its eTrading strategy and improving its regional distribution network
Mark Plews: ‘Proactive’ risk management is ‘an increasing part’ of Markel UK’s service for care sector
Insurer is determined ‘to highlight that it is [a] false saving to reduce investment [on] risk management’, says underwriting director
Jo Sykes: Markel UK set ‘to invest in future growth’ for 2025
In particular, schemes with brokers will be a ‘focus’ for the ‘end-to-end’ insurer next year, says divisional director
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