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Ex-Hiscox UK CEO Thaker joins Abacai as Complete Cover CEO
Bob Thaker, the former UK CEO of Hiscox, has taken over as CEO of insurtech Abacai’s broking business Complete Cover Group, Insurance Age can reveal.
Broking Success: From football to insurance
Managing director of Mason Owen Financial Services, Andrew Gibbons tells Insurance Age how he went from being a semi-professional footballer to entering the world of insurance
Former Sky executive Andrew Griffith named as financial secretary to the Treasury
Andrew Griffith, ex-Sky chief operating officer, has been appointed as financial secretary to the Treasury and City minister, succeeding John Glen.
Zurich UK overhauls graduate hiring process
Zurich UK is changing its graduate hiring process to cater for “generation covid” after lockdowns affected young peoples’ chances to gain work experience.
Blog: The rising threat of underinsurance
Chris Andrews of Aviva discusses how today’s challenges could be creating an increased risk of underinsurance
People Moves: 5-9 September 2022
Keeping you up to date with the latest insurance moves.
Insurers and brokers pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II
Insurance brokers and insurers have paid their respects following the death of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday.
Analysis: Insurance dives deeper into returners talent pool
With an increasing number of insurance companies offering returners programmes Emmanuel Kenning looks into the benefits for all concerned as experts encourage even more firms to access this relatively untapped source of talent
Former RSA chief Scott Egan appointed CEO at SiriusPoint
Specialty insurer and reinsurer, SiriusPoint, has named ex-RSA boss Scott Egan as CEO, effective 21 September.
People Moves: 30 August - 2 September 2022
Keeping you up-to-date with the latest insurance moves.
Markerstudy recruits new head of fraud from LV
Markerstudy has appointed Clare Lunn to a new role of head of fraud.
Blog: Threat intelligence – the new battleground for cyber
James Burns, of CFC, explains what threat intelligence is and what it means for brokers’ SME clients.
Allianz snaps up chief compliance officer from Aviva
Allianz Holdings has appointed Alison Rayner to the newly created position of chief compliance and corporate affairs officer, effective from February 2023.
BGL Insurance appoints new managing director of distribution
BGL Insurance has named Laura Mullaney as managing director of distribution, a new position within the business.
Wiser Academy partners with GRP
Wiser Academy has partnered with Global Risk Partners to boost graduate development.
People Moves: 22-26 August 2022
Keeping you up-to-date with the latest insurance moves.
Nick Major to exit Aviva amid commercial lines shake-up
Aviva UK has spilt is commercial lines business into two divisions, SME and global corporate & specialty and, in personal lines, HNW boss, Simon Mobey is set to step down.
Blog: Insurance is interesting, it’s time to stop the negative language
Dan Cicchetti of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Insurance insists we need to change how we talk about the industry.
People Moves: 15-19 August 2022
Keeping you up to date with the top personnel changes in insurance.
Zurich UK appoints Sam Thomas as head of retail underwriting
Zurich UK has named Sam Thomas, who is currently head of mid-market, as head of retail underwriting, Insurance Age can reveal.
Top 5 read stories: 8-12 August 2022
The top five most read stories by brokers this week.
People Moves: 8-12 August 2022
Keeping you up to date with the latest insurance moves.
Registration opens for 2022 Dive In festival
Diversity initiative Dive In has opened registration for its 2022 festival as it calls on the insurance industry to build braver cultures.
GRP-owned Newstead promotes Sarah Giles to managing director
Newstead Insurance Brokers has named Sarah Giles as managing director as part of a leadership restructure.