People Moves – Page 158
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NewsZurich names personal lines and Endsleigh heads as broking director exits
Zurich is planning to split the management of Endsleigh and its personal lines divisions. The decision follows the resignation of Patrick Cohen earlier this month who headed up both divisions. He had only been in the role for eight months. As a result Jeff Brinley is ...
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NewsRSA names new head of direct brand More Than
RSA has appointed Rob Flynn as the new managing director of its More Than direct brand. He takes over from Phil Wilson-Brown, who is leaving to return to his native Australia to take a job at Australian insurance group IAG. Flynn, who has worked for RSA ...
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NewsGovt calls for evidence on non-compete employee clauses
The government has asked for evidence on whether non-compete clauses in employment contracts unfairly hinder people moving between jobs and stops them starting their own businesses. The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has opened up a consultation period for evidence to see whether restrictive covenants ...
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NewsNew head for Zurich Municipal as Anne Torry shifts to life unit
Zurich has named Zurich Municipal managing director Anne Torry (pictured) as its new permanent UK life chief executive. Torry’s deputy and director of public sector, Andrew Jepp, will replace her as head of Zurich Municipal. Jepp has been at Zurich for 22 years, Torry will take ...
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NewsZurich personal lines and Endsleigh MD departs after eight months
Zurich UK Personal Lines and Endsleigh managing director Patrick Cohen has resigned after less than a year in his role, Insurance Times can reveal. Cohen was appointed in October 2015. He took over from David Nichols, who had been running personal lines and Endsleigh on an ...
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NewsABI names new chairman to replace Paul Evans
Aviva UK life chief executive Andy Briggs will replace AXA’s Paul Evans as ABI chairman in October. The association has also named Direct Line Group chief executive Paul Geddes as deputy chairman, replacing Briggs. Evans, currently group chief executive of AXA UK and Ireland, has chaired ...
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Online onlyL&G reportedly lines up Whitehall mandarin as new chairman
Legal & General is lining up a senior Treasury civil servant as its new chairman, the Daily Mail reported. John Kingman, who is acting permanent secretary at Number 11 and played a key role in the bank bailouts during the financial crisis, is said to be ...
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NewsEsure to review possible demerger of Gocompare.com
Esure announced a strategic review of its Gocompare.com business, including the possible demerger of the price comparison site it acquired full control over a year ago. The company said it has also appointed Matthew Crummack as chief executive of Gocompare.com, subject to to regulatory approval. “Now ...
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NewsBluefin Network hires new recruits
Bluefin Network said it has hired three new recruits to join its broking desk and insurer relationship teams. Andy Chapman, Chris Dawson and Danny Beeson join the Network from The Underwriting Exchange, Churchill and Hamilton Leigh respectively. Chapman and Dawson are based in Milton Keynes ...
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NewsJLT hires professional indemnity veteran Martin Ellis from Willis
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Specialty has hired professional indemnity veteran Martin Ellis as head of UK Professions in its financial lines division. Ellis who has 30 years’ experience in the market joins from Willis where he led the UK professional indemnity practice. He is the co-founder ...
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NewsRSA hires Swiss Re underwriters to risk management team
RSA has hired Kevin Demmon as specialist underwriting leader and Rosie Dalton as property underwriter in its UK risk management team. Both join the insurer from Swiss Re. Demmon was a senior underwriter there, and Dalton was a property underwriter at the reinsurer’s insurance division, Swiss ...
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NewsGallagher bolsters aviation team with Willis hires
Arthur J Gallagher has hired long-serving Willis Towers Watson executives Mark Champion and Paul Rogers as divisional directors of its aviation unit. Champion has joined Gallagher this week after serving as Regional Director for Continental Europe for Willis Towers Watson, where he was responsible for a ...
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NewsBarclays Corporate Banking names new UK insurance heads
Barclays Corporate Banking has named James Morris as head and Dan Broome as deputy head of its UK insurance team. The team manages banking relationships with insurers and brokers and provides financing, banking and financial risk management services. The new roles were created following a team ...
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NewsCo-op Insurance finance chief heads back to LV= to replace Steve Castle
Co-op Insurance chief financial officer Kieran O’Keeffe will leave on 14 October this year to join rival insurer LV= as general insurance finance director. He replaces current LV= general insurance finance head Steve Castle, who wil leave LV= towards the end of the year following a ...
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NewsMunich Re insurance arm to axe 1,800 jobs
Munich Re’s ERGO insurance unit is planning to axe 1,800 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive. The job cuts have been dubbed “ruthless” by a union representative. The job losses will fall in Germany as the insurer tries to lower its gross annual cost base ...
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NewsRSA completes sale of Mexican operation
RSA has completed the sale of its Mexican operations to Suramericana, the insurance subsidiary of Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (Grupo SURA). The transaction is part of RSA’s plan to sell all of its Latin American operations to Grupo SURA for £403m, which it announced in September ...
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NewsBluefin Underwriting hires Coughlan as head of finance
Bluefin Underwriting has hired Ian Coughlan as head of finance reporting into Paul Drake (pictured), head of Bluefin Underwriting. Coughlan has spent the last eight months working with the Bluefin Underwriting team as a specialist consultant. He previously spent six years as finance director at Jardine ...
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NewsUK General hires two to beef up broker business
UK General said it has hired Barry McCormick and Rob Tustin business development managers. McCormick has joined UK General’s sales team to develop its new broker business in Scotland. The role has been created to meet a surge in demand for bespoke personal lines schemes which ...
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NewsEx-Zurich CEO Senn commits suicide
Martin Senn, former chief executive of Zurich Insurance Group, has killed himself, the company said. Senn stepped aside from the top spot at Zurich in December following problems with the company’s general insurance business and its failure to take over RSA. In February, Zurich reported larger ...
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NewsBlanc vows to keep AXA’s momentum in her new role
AXA’s Amanda Blanc is keen to ensure that the insurer keeps up its pace of development when she takes over as UK and Ireland group chief executive. Blanc, currently UK and Ireland general chief executive, will take over as head of AXA UK and Ireland as ...
