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Treasury minister Morgan handed education remit
Nicky Morgan has been handed a new role as secretary of state for education just over three months after being named as replacing Sajid Javid.
Absolute recruits former London 2012 cybercrime advisor
Insurance investigator Absolute Partnership has named one of the UK’s leading cybercrime experts as its new director of data and intelligence.
Axa recruits three in Scottish agriculture growth drive
Axa has recruited a trio of underwriters as part of a bid to drive growth in North East Scotland, with a particular eye on the agricultural sector.
Willis deputy CEO Hearn handed UK leadership
Willis UK chief executive David Martin has been handed a newly created role as the broker’s global leader of placement, with deputy group CEO Steve Hearn replacing him in leading the UK business.
Gallagher promotes Oval’s Penketh to North West MD
Oval’s North West managing director Steve Penketh will expand his role to all of Arthur J Gallagher’s UK retail operations in the region following the departure of Paula Williams.
Career file - Chris Ladkin: Brunel appoints Ladkin as non-executive chairman
Brunel Professional Risks has appointed Chris Ladkin as non-executive chairman as it sets its sights on becoming one of the UK’s largest independent brokers.
Market Moves - 10 July 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market
RFIB recruits Howden’s Dyke for non-marine international ops role
Lloyd’s broker RFIB has swooped for Howden’s head of operations Richard Dyke to take on a role as non-marine international division operations manager.
Compass recruits from Cobra for London broking director
Gallagher-owned network Compass Broker Services swooped for a new broking director, recruiting from Cobra London Markets.
Davies’ Coombes takes on Garwyn growth remit
Davies Group chief commercial officer Darren Coombes has been handed an expanded role that will see him take on responsibility for growth and development at Garwyn.
LV Broker looks to Markel for product delivery role
LV Broker has appointed Carl Berriman as product delivery head.
Cunningham Lindsey recruits major loss duo
Cunningham Lindsey has added two to its major loss teams in Scotland and Northern Ireland, recruiting from BDO and Crawford.
Crawford names Dutch boss Baumann as CEMEA liability head
Adjusting giant Crawford & Company has promoted its Dutch business leader Rianne Baumann to a new role as head of liability across continental Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Towergate consulting on 69 underwriting roles
Towergate has confirmed that it will consult on a total of 69 roles as part of a redundancy programme at managing general agent Fusion.
BLM names ex-Zurich CEO Munnoch as strategic advisor
Law firm BLM has recruited former Zurich UK general insurance chief executive Guy Munnoch to serve as a special and strategic advisor its executive board.
Generali names Parisi as Europ Assistance CEO
Italian insurance giant Generali has named Antoine Parisi as the new chief executive of travel and healthcare cover provider Europ Assistance.
Career file - Jason Howard: Faber CEO Howard departs to lead Acappella
Jason Howard, chief executive of Willis facultative and wholesale reinsurance arm Faber Global, has left the firm to head up the newly formed Acappella Group Holdings
Market Moves - 3 July 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market
SSL recruits former Crawford fraud boss
Northampton-based SSL Loss Adjusting has recruited a former head of fraud from Crawford to helm its own anti crime operations.
Oval finance boss Story heads for the exit
Oval’s group finance director Ian Story is to depart parent Arthur J Gallagher at the end of this month.
RSA CEO Hester breaks silence on new UK boss Steve Lewis
RSA group chief executive Stephen Hester has proclaimed Steve Lewis will provide the "strong leadership, energy and commitment to make the changes that will ensure the future success of our UK and Western Europe businesses".
Zurich's Lewis appointed to replace Brown at RSA
Zurich UK general insurance chief executive Steve Lewis has left the business with immediate effect to take on the role of RSA UK and Western Europe chief executive.
Belfor Asia expands marketing team
Disaster recovery firm Belfor Asia has appointed Roger Fung as sales and marketing director and Stephen Williams as head of marketing communications.
Davies’ London market director Keilty heads for Questgates
Davies’ Group Lloyd’s and London development director Tony Keilty is to depart the adjuster, Post can reveal.