Recruitment
New affinity leadership for Jubilee
Jubilee has appointed John McGonigle as head of affinity and special risks.
Dual appoints deputy chief from Zurich
Dual Group has appointed Shane Doyle as deputy CEO, reporting to CEO Damien Coates.
Bluefin appoints JLT man to beef up Midlands presence
Bluefin has appointed Nigel Bartlett as branch director of its corporate division office in Birmingham.
David Robinson to lead Ace UK and Ireland operation
Ace Group has appointed David Robinson as regional president, UK and Ireland, replacing Richard Pryce.
Giles sales director leaves for Tyser
Tysers has appointed John McLaren-Stewart as UK sales and marketing director from broking giant Giles where he was the UK sales director.
LV appoints sales executive for East Midlands
LV Broker has appointed James Townsend as a regional sales executive responsible for the East Midlands reporting to Mark Hands, North of England manager for the company.
Lorega grows regional broker development team
Lorega has appointed two former Towergate employees to its regional broker business development team.
Ex-Bluefin MD joins The Insurance Partnership
Graham Coates has returned to the market joining The Insurance Partnership as executive consultant.
Canopius shakes up executive committee
Canopius Group has announced a reshuffle of its group executive committee, with the creation of two new business units.
Axa swoops for Zurich personal lines broker chief
Axa Personal Lines has appointed Gareth Howell as its new product household director.
Henderson adds to senior team
Henderson Insurance Brokers has established a group company to cover its five operating companies, and made four senior apppointments since the beginning of 2012.
Insurecom adds to senior team
Insurecom has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) and chief technical officer.
Kiln races into horse market
Kiln has appointed Georgina Smart as an equine underwriter to focus on specialist risks for sports and leisure horses.
Arista boosts North East presence
Arista Insurance has appointed Adam Hirst as a commercial underwriter and promoted Pamela O'Loughlin to the role of senior fleet underwriter at its Leeds office.
Hodges lifts the lid on joining Towergate
Mark Hodges has revealed that when he was first approached to leave Aviva for Towergate he felt he needed to make sure there would be a meeting of minds on how to progress the broker’s business.
Market moves: Ready for regime change
It was all about big names and big moves last month. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) lost two big players as it approaches the end of its reign as regulator.
MMA CEO appointed deputy chairman of Covéa
Garry Fearn has been appointed executive deputy chairman of Covéa Insurance.
Senior returns to Towergate from Gallagher Heath
Towergate has appointed Richard Senior as managing director for its broking operation in Hull.
Barbon creates new roles to strengthen management
Barbon Insurance Group has appointed managing directors for the four businesses within its property and commercial division.
Ex-Willis Networks MD Phil Scarrett joins ECIC
Phil Scarrett has been appointed as sales and marketing director for the Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Company (ECIC).
MMA appoints BDM for North East
MMA Insurance has appointed Alexandra Thomson as business development manager for the North East working closely with the insurer’s regional office in Newcastle.
Aviva raids RSA for new underwriting chief in personal and commercial lines shake-up
Aviva has appointed new heads of underwriting for both personal and commercial lines.
Aviva reveals cost of recruiting UK CEO
Trevor Matthews, UK CEO at Aviva, received £2.49m in cash and shares from Aviva as part of his compensation package for leaving Friends Life, the insurer has revealed in its Report and Accounts for 2011.
RSA appoints trading director in SME push
RSA has appointed David Swigciski as SME trading director reporting to SME commercial director Tara Kneafsey as of April this year.