Recruitment
QBE creates new combined team
QBE has combined its casualty international and professional and financial lines teams to form a new division led by David Harries.
Chubb rides in with seven new staff
Chubb Insurance has recruited seven new senior London-based employees to enhance its personal lines offering.
Allianz Legal appoints new sales chief
Allianz Legal Protection (ALP) has appointed Phil Ruse to the newly-created role of head of sales and distribution.
Mapfre points to broker commitment with new appointment
Mapfre Abraxas has appointed Skye Khilji as key account manager in its finance and insurance division.
Manchester appointments boost regional underwriting presence
Arista and Sterling have both made several appointments to their offices in Manchester.
Acturis vows to revolutionise personal lines
Acturis is poised to make an attack upon the personal lines market with two key hires.
JLT opens new Reading office
JLT has announced it is opening a new regional office in Reading.
RSA man to lead Tokio construction practice
Tokio Marine Europe has launched a new construction practice in the UK.
NIG appoints former Axa regional director to lead in Manchester
NIG has appointed Warren Bainbridge as area business development manager (ABDM) for its Manchester office with business development responsibility for the Greater Manchester region as well North Wales, Merseyside and Lancashire.
Liberty Mutual appoints head of claims
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has appointed Katie MacGregor as head of claims in London.
Lorica appoints ex-Towergate director as new COO
Lorica Insurance Brokers has appointed former group director at Towergate Darryl Clark (pictured right) as chief operating officer.
XL planning for construction growth with new appointment
XL Group has appointed Ian Lushington as construction underwriting manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region.
Market moves: A good month for the management
It’s well into the new year but the insurance industry is certainly still ringing the changes. As usual, there were moves between rival companies, with Willis losing a COO to Aon, and Lifestyle Services dipping into Ace for a new CEO.
New London sales chief for Axa
Axa Commercial Lines has appointed Ryan Birbeck as its new London sales manager.
Ex-Gallagher Heath MD joins Knowlden Titlow
Knowlden Titlow Insurance Brokers has appointed Rod Palmer, former managing director of Gallagher Heath’s Norwich branch, as broking director.
Ex-Groupama claims chief appointed as IFB director
Phil Bird has been appointed full-time director of the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) on a six month secondment.
K Drewe chief takes on dual role within Canopius
Canopius Group has appointed Douglas Young as head of distribution for the group’s UK retail insurance division.
XL appoints ex-Chartis commercial lines chief
XL Group has appointed Jason Harris as chief executive of its international property and casualty insurance business.
Liberty Mutual names new COO
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe (LMIE) has appointed John McCammon as chief operating officer.
New head of sales at PHP
The Private Health Partnership (PHP) has appointed Andrew Middleton as head of sales.
Assurant Solutions appoints manager from Allianz
Assurant Solutions has appointed Emma Poultney as client development manager.
Ex-Powerplace director joins Perkins Slade
Perkins Slade has named former Powerplace sales and marketing director, Darren Rowe, as managing director for corporate business.
LV creates 50 jobs in Bristol
LV has announced it is to create 50 new jobs in the first quarter of 2012 through expanding its Bristol operation.
Aon swoops for Willis COO
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corporation, has appointed Chris Lee-Smith as chief operating officer of its UK retail business.