Prudential has confirmed the appointment of Lloyd's chief executive Nick Prettejohn as chief executive of its UK insurance operations. He replaces Mark Wood.
Prettejohn will join the Prudential board on 1 January 2006.
Prettejohn joined Lloyd's in 1995 and was appointed chief executive in 1999. While at Lloyd's, he has overseen a programme of significant change to the strategy, supervision, processes and accounting system of the market.
He also led the Lloyd's response to the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the Society's debut on the international capital markets last year.
