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Steve Beslity to retire as chairman of Aon Global Marine
Steve Beslity, chairman of global marine at Aon Risk Solutions, is to retire by mid-2018.
Esure boss Stuart Vann steps down with immediate effect
Esure CEO Stuart Vann has stepped down with immediate effect.
My other life: Iain Hamilton, Crawford and Company, card maker
When not busy as an agricultural loss adjuster at Crawford & Co, Iain Hamilton makes holiday cards
Integra Insurance Solutions to consult over 17 redundancies
Exclusive: Integra Insurance Solutions is consulting over making 17 staff redundant as it looks to streamline its operations.
Nexus names insurance CEO ahead of potential IPO or sale
Nexus Group has named Mike Sibthorpe as CEO of its insurance and reinsurance business as the business gears up for a potential sale in 2018.
Incoming Aviva GI boss promises continuity in business
The high turnover in the top job in UK general insurance at Aviva in recent years will not detract from the business’s overall strategy, Rob Townend said.
Rob Townend replaces Colm Holmes as Aviva UK GI boss
Current Aviva UK general insurance CEO Colm Holmes has left the role to become president and CEO of Aviva Canada.
Higos appoints Ian Gosden as chairman
Higos has announced that Ian Gosden is to become chairman with immediate effect.
Axa hires John Heaney as head of schemes
Axa has appointed John Heaney to the newly-created role of head of schemes.
JLT Specialty’s Adrian Donald on speaking CFOs’ language
Risk managers need to speak the same language as chief financial officers to demonstrate the value of insurance, explains Adrian Donald, partner at JLT Specialty.
BGL’s Stuart Walters on exempting underwriting from GDPR consent requirements
The insurance industry needs to push for amendments to the Data Protection Bill, argues Stuart Walters, chief information officer at BGL Group.
Davies Group snaps up R&Q’s insurance management operations
Davies Group has bought Randall & Quilter’s Insurance Services and Captive Management Operations for £18.6m.
Analysis: Employee benefits: Perking up at work
Insurers are investing in employee benefits as a way to recruit and retain staff - and they go beyond the core elements of pension, life and health cover to sometimes include quirky perks
Correction: David Pigot to remain UK and international CEO of Cunningham Lindsey
On 12 January Post published a story claiming David Pigot, the UK and international CEO of Cunningham Lindsey, had left the business.
This week in Post: Shuffling and reshuffling
This week, as Theresa May reshuffled her cabinet, the insurance industry underwent its own shake-up.
Aon Benfield chairman to lead the board at Climate Wise
Aon Benfield’s executive chairman Dominic Christian has been appointed chairman of Climate Wise.
Peter Cullum to sue Towergate
Exclusive: Peter Cullum, the man who founded Towergate over 20 years ago, has lodged a financial claim against the company.
McCafferty departure due to Axa group-level changes
The structural changes which led to the shock departure of Axa’s insurance CEO Brendan McCafferty came from a drive to simplify the business at group level, Post has been told.
Crawford's Muress to head Sedgwick's international division
Ian Muress has joined Sedgwick as CEO of international operations.
Brendan McCafferty to leave Axa as part of restructure
Brendan McCafferty has left Axa with immediate effect, 11 months into his tenure as CEO for intermediated and direct.
David Newman to step down as CEO of Carole Nash
David Newman is to step down as CEO of Carole Nash following its acquisition by The Ardonagh Group.
QBE appoints Australia and New Zealand CEO
Australian global insurer QBE has appointed a CEO for its Australia and New Zealand operations following a global search.
AIG hires from New York PR firm to bolster communications team
Global insurer AIG has hired two new senior members of its corporate communications team in New York.
FM Global names Lawson chairman of the board
FM Global’s president and CEO Thomas Lawson has been elected chairman of the board by the group’s board of directors.