She is set to take up her new role on 1 July 2025
Allianz Trade has announced that Sarah Murrow, its UK and Ireland chief executive, will take up the reins at the firm’s Americas business later this year.
Murrow will succeed James Daly, who has decided to retire on 30 June 2025.
The appointee first joined Allianz Trade in North America in 2004 and held client service, commercial underwriting and strategic account manager positions.
She then assumed the regional head of broker management role in 2011. After five years, she was appointed as global head of commercial underwriting and product development, based in Paris.
From 2017 to 2021, she served as regional head of market management, commercial underwriting and distribution for Allianz Trade in Northern Europe, before moving to her current position.
Murrow is set to take up her new role on 1 July 2025. Her successor will be announced at a later date.
Daly experience
Meanwhile, Daly has held numerous leadership roles within Allianz Trade, joining in 2003 as commercial director for the UK and Ireland.
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He spent three years heading the commercial teams across Northern Europe, before his appointment as group commercial and distribution director in 2012.
He moved to the US in 2013 as commercial director of Allianz Trade in Americas and was nominated chief executive for this region in 2015.
His career began in 2019, when he joined a local north London newspaper after graduating from the University of Sheffield with a first-class honours degree in journalism.
He took up the position of deputy news editor at Insurance Times in March 2023, before being promoted to his current role in May 2024.View full Profile
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