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Marsh and Citi support vaccine efforts; Hudson takes majority Occam stake; Simply Business in Barclays tie up; Aston Lark strikes Irish deal; RAC picks Premium Credit
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Staff at risk as A-Plan owned Endsleigh opens restructure consultation
Endsleigh has confirmed that people are at risk of redundancy from its restructure plans as it opened a 30-day consultation.
Ross Dingwall swaps Hiscox for Partners&
Partners& has recruited Ross Dingwall as managing partner for Scotland from Hiscox UK where he was distribution director, overseeing broker, direct, schemes, partnerships and marketing.
Swiss Re appoints Jason Richards as UK and Ireland CEO
Swiss Re has named Jason Richards as country president and CEO of UK and Ireland effective 1 January 2022.
Zurich’s Peter Hamilton appointed disability and access ambassador for government disability unit
Zurich’s head of market engagement Peter Hamilton has been picked by the government to represent the insurance sector as one of 12 new disability and access ambassadors.
Carl Hess to succeed John Haley as WTW CEO
Willis Towers Watson has named Carl Hess as president and CEO with John Haley set to retire at the turn of the year.
FCA yet to fully investigate more than half of Covid whistleblowers’ reports
Exclusive: The Financial Conduct Authority has yet to close investigations into more than half of the reports made by Covid whistleblowers in the first year of the pandemic, with general insurance businesses among firms that have faced allegations.
Rising Star: Alex Curme, Ensurance
Alex Curme quickly rose to head of finance at managing general agent Ensurance after making the jump to insurance from auditing.
Insurance Cyber Incident Tracker
Data rich insurance businesses have been warned they are a prime target for cyber criminals, with major firms facing up to cyber disruption and ransomware attacks. Who has been affected?
MCE Insurance appoints claims and finance directors
Motorbike specialist MCE Insurance has appointed Paul Ormiston as claims director and Leonard Labinjo as finance director.
Thingco appoints Premierline Direct founder Barrie Wells as NED
Premierline Direct founder Barrie Wells MBE has joined the board of telematics insurtech Thingco as non-executive director.
Penny Black's Social World: August 2021
From climate change to charitable donations and fundraisers
Editor's comment: Faster, higher, stronger and together
The Olympics never fail to inspire me. Every four years (in this case five) athletes from around the globe get together to compete in over 400 sporting events.
Matthew Crummack joins D&G as CEO
Matthew Crummack, former Go Compare boss, has been named Domestic & General CEO.
Sharon Bishop named Premfina UK and Ireland CEO
Premfina has hired Sharon Bishop as CEO for the UK and Ireland.
Analysis: The importance of diversity and inclusion in claims
Post spoke to senior claims figures on the role of diversity and inclusion in supporting customers' needs.
Aon lays out exec committee after WTW deal failure
Aon has established a new executive committee following the Willis Towers Watson acquisition termination.
Graeme Newman named CFC CEO
Graeme Newman has been promoted to CFC CEO as Dave Walsh becomes group CEO.
Ardonagh hires former Ireland rugby captain Best
Ardonagh has appointed former Ireland rugby captain Rory Best as director of development.
Briefing: Dye, Stovin, Masojada and now Reader, is a ‘pangdemic’ reshaping the CEO landscape in UK insurance?
There appears to have been an unseasonally large amount of turnover at the top of UK insurers recently. Jonathan Swift suggests this could be down to something he is calling the 'pangdemic'.
Q&A: Clare LeBecq, Specialist Risk Group
Clare Lebecq stepped down from her role as London Market Group CEO at the end of April to become group chief operating officer at Specialist Risk Group. Stephanie Denton spoke to her about why the role attracted her and how she still plans to be vocal on…
Bought By Many names Oshlyansky first chief product officer
Bought By Many has appointed Lidia Oshlyansky, who has worked for Spotify and Google, as chief product officer.
LV’s Michael Lawrence on the importance of investing in digital for the future
Michael Lawrence, distribution and underwriting director at LV Broker, looks at the lessons learned during the pandemic as brokers and insurers continued to serve customers and how firms will need to continue to test themselves and adapt in a hybrid…
Conor Brennan to lead acquisition vehicle Ardonagh Europe
The Ardonagh Group has made Conor Brennan CEO of Ardonagh Europe as it prepares to take its buy-and-build model to the continent.