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People Moves: 22-26 November 2021
Stay up to date with the latest insurance industry moves.
Pool Re boss to exit next year
Julian Enoizi is to step down in Spring 2022 after leading the terrorism reinsurer for eight years, with Pool Re stating that the process of finding his successor has begun.
Marsh overhauls management team
The changes will see former JLT boss Dominic Burke retire from his vice chair position.
Ex Be Wiser boss Mark Bower-Dyke launches consultancy firm
Bower-Dyke tells Insurance Age about his plans for the new venture and discusses why he believes there was a gap in the market for quality advice.
Lycetts takes from Aon and Marsh to drive growth plans
The farm and estate broker has appointed a divisional director and an associate director to help expand its national footprint.
People Moves: 15-19 November 2021
Keep up to date with the latest moves in the insurance space.
Aviva CEO joins The Geneva Association board
Amanda Blanc is set to join the organisation as Christian Mumenthaler, CEO of Swiss Re, gets appointed as its new chairman.
Blog: Counting the cost of liability claims
The pandemic combined with Brexit is inflating the cost of liability claims, says Mark Merrix of Allianz.
Allianz creates chief analytics officer role
Chris Varley is set to join the insurer from Willis Towers Watson next year.
ABI names director general
Hannah Gurga will replace Huw Evans in 2022 as former MP Nicky Morgan is revealed as independent chair.
Arag hires broker business manager
Alastair Sambrook will be responsible for developing relationships with brokers, predominantly in the South East of England.
Opinion: Fair value – fair play
The FCA’s rules on fair value have come at the right time, and those not ready to follow them may soon fall by the wayside, writes Partners& chairman Stuart Reid
Profile: Licence to chill - GRP's group CEO Mike Bruce
GRP’s Mike Bruce tells Ida Axling how an early career working with nuclear weapons has given him a sense of perspective in his latest role, running one of the UK’s largest broker consolidators
David Howden calls for collaboration in disaster relief funding
At the World Climate Summit, Howden stressed insurance was the key to unlocking the private capital needed to address the £14.8bn ($20bn) disaster relief shortfall.
Experts slam "badly worded" and "intrusive" FCA D&I survey
Compliance specialists highlight the problems that the voluntary survey, which was sent out last month, may cause brokers.
Aviva’s claims director exits
Dave Lovely is leaving the insurer with Hugh Hessing stepping in as chief claims officer on an interim basis
Kelly Ogley takes A-Plan CEO role
The moves sees group CEO, Carl Shuker, remain to focus on the wider business which includes Endsleigh, Assured Futures and KGM.
Blog: Why brokers need to think about intellectual property insurance
CFC's Maddi Brown discusses the need for SMEs to protect themselves amid a rise in the number of disputes as larger companies allege IP infringements in the hope that their smaller target won’t have the resource with which to defend itself.
In Depth: Schemes partnerships build opportunities in a changing market
Jonathan Forster, SME distribution director at Travelers, considers how brokers can make a success of schemes in the final part of our series.
People moves: 1-5 November 2021
Keep up to date with the latest people moves in the insurance sector.
Gallagher appoints Derek Henry to lead micro-SME
Henry, formerly of Brightside, will also be MD of personal lines as the broker zones in on digital innovation.
Nick Hobbs: “Rebalance, transform, outperform”
Allianz’s chief distribution and regions officer explains how the restructure of the business over the summer will impact brokers.
LawSure makes leadership changes
Mandy Brown takes over as managing director as Brian Hall moves to become executive chairman of the specialist broker.
QBE names Chris Wallace as executive director for the UK
Move follows Cécile Fresneau's promotion to run QBE's European Operations earlier this year.