Former colleagues heap praise on BIA Achievement winner Amanda Blanc
This year’s British Insurance Awards achievement winner Amanda Blanc has been described as an "outstanding strategy executor", "principled", and "the best boss I ever had", by those who know her best.
Blanc began her insurance career in 1989 at Commercial Union, moving on to lead Axa’s northern regional team of 470 staff, and then Groupama in 2003 as distribution and customer services director.
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