Amanda Blanc
Axa confirms senior commercial departure
As a result of the senior management restructure at Axa commercial, distribution director Keith Hector has left the business.
Editor's comment: The only way is up
Amanda Blanc's radical restructure of Axa's commercial lines business is undoubtedly a bold one. Not only does it leave more than 100 head office staff staring down the barrel of redundancy but her self-imposed deadline to devolve power to regional pens…
Axa pledges autonomy in mass branch overhaul
Regional brokers have welcomed an overhaul of Axa's "overly bureaucratic" regional strategy, after commercial chief executive Amanda Blanc outlined plans to devolve decision-making power from the insurer's head office.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny understands the launch of widely anticipated new insurance trade body the Managing General Agents' Association has been held up by a lack of technological foresight.
Post Blog: Brighton, Blanc, Transformers and Marty McFly
Sitting down on the couch after a hard day's baby sitting in Brighton on Saturday I flicked on the TV and Back to the Future was on.
Post Blog: Brighton, Blanc, Transformers and Marty McFly
Sitting down on the couch after a hard day's baby sitting in Brighton on Saturday I flicked on the TV and Back to the Future was on.
Blanc: Axa will open new branches if brokers want them
Axa Commercial Lines CEO Amanda Blanc has exclusively revealed the firm may open new branches as it seeks to “fill in gaps” in its UK regional network.
Axa jobs at risk in commercial shake-up
A host of Axa UK commercial senior management have been told their jobs are at risk under a strategic review of the business, Post has learnt.
Stewart exits CII in favour of Blanc team
Axa commercial chief executive Amanda Blanc has appointed the Chartered Insurance Institute's corporate development leader Alasdair Stewart to the position of commercial director.
Blanc reveals Axa management restructure
Axa commercial chief executive Amanda Blanc has outlined a number of changes to the insurers management structure.
Interview - Paul Evans: Axa's split decision
CEO Paul Evans didn't hang about when it came to splitting Axa UK's personal and commercial businesses - and now he's promising brokers great service, products and relationships, as Jonathan Swift discovers.
Axa CEO Evans shocked by the queue of suitors for broking arm Bluefin
Axa UK's new CEO Paul Evans has admitted there was a queue of companies lining up to buy the insurer's broking arm Bluefin when he took over in October 2010.
Power Place chief executive steps down
Matthew Reed has stepped down as Power Place chief executive — just four days after private equity firm Advent took a 45% stake in its parent company, Towergate earlier this month.
Editor's comment: Cullum's Advent calendar
The transfer deadline day, 31 January, saw a host of football clubs scrambling over themselves to secure deals to improve their stock ahead of the final push for safety, promotion, Europe or silverware.
Editor's comment: Love is in the air
The theme of romance, marriage and relationship meltdown permeated the insurance market this week.
Blanc to join Axa on Valentine's Day
Axa has revealed that Amanda Blanc will join Axa UK’s commercial lines business as chief executive on 14 February 2011.
Editor's comment: Fill in the Blancs
So with the country covered in the white stuff it was somewhat fitting that French insurer Axa unveiled the Amanda Blanc as its commercial boss.
Blanc's Towergate shares trigger fears of conflict
Amanda Blanc's appointment as Axa's commercial chief executive has raised questions over a potential conflict of interest with her position as a Towergate shareholder.
Bluefin's Reid predicts closer links with Axa under Blanc
Bluefin chief executive Stuart Reid has said the appointment of Amanda Blanc as CEO of commercial lines at Axa UK could spell a new era of closer trading between the insurer and its distribution arm.
Penny Black's insurance week
It could have been a disaster but the Broker Network conference in Harrogate kept ploughing ahead, displaying a determination to challenge that of keynote speaker and explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
Bluefin’s Reid predicts closer links with Axa under Blanc – Post in print: 9 December 2010
Reporter Amy Ellis outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post, which includes a prediction from Bluefin’s Stuart Reid that the recently announced appointment of Amanda Blanc to CEO of commercial lines at Axa, could lead to closer trading…
Bluefin's Reid looking forward to working with Blanc on M&A
Bluefin chief executive Stuart Reid has outlined his view that incoming Axa commercial chief executive Amanda Blanc will have a different take on M&A than the previous management.
Broking review of the year: A breakdown in momentum
2010 was a fairly low key year for the broking market, as the sector kept a low profile during the financial turmoil. Daniel Dunkley reports on the opportunities that were taken up and deals made.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny dragged her aching bones off to the world-famous Pineapple Dance Studios in London's Covent Garden for a spot of Latin dancing with the ladies of SSP and a select few from the insurance sorority.