Total Objects hires new MD

Insurance software provider Total Objects has appointed Colville Wood as managing director.

Wood will have responsibility for Total Objects’ global operations. Jim Barry is moving to the position of group development director and will focus on continuing to grow the business through sales and acquisitions.

Wood was previously chief architect for CSC and Cognizant. H

Total Objects has also acquired Coublis (subject to shareholder approval), a company founded by Wood. Coublis provides ClaimsDesk, a ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) platform offering lifecycle fulfilment processing and management for claims.

Colville Wood, managing director of Total Objects said: “Having spent many years working in this industry delivering large projects and starting my own company, Coublis, the offer to join Total Objects provided an incredibly exciting opportunity to lead a major insurance industry IT solutions provider. We have a great team and fantastic products. I am really looking forward to strengthening our client base and developing more unique offerings for the insurance and reinsurance industry”

Laurence Shaw, Total Objects’ chairman, added: “Colville’s appointment comes at what is an exciting time at Total Objects. Jim Barry has led the company through an incredible period of growth since the company was founded ten years ago, and we now look to Colville to carry that good work on by increasing the client base through ongoing innovation in our products and services.”