Rural hires sales manager from Jelf

Rural Insurance has appointed Dean Holloway as regional sales manager for the south west.

Holloway joins from Jelf, where he was an account executive. He will report to Rural head of sales Dean Robertson.

Rural managing director Simon Stevens said: “Dean is a highly experienced executive with 20 years in insurance, and I am delighted to welcome him to Rural Insurance.”

Stevens added that Rural was sticking to its plans to double in size by 2015 and become a top three player in the agricultural market.