Market Moves - 18 June 2015

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Find out who has moved where in the insurance industry in this week's Market Move's column.

Insurers
Axa
Axa commercial lines and personal intermediary has appointed Gareth Hughes as branch manager for Reading and its satellite branch, Maidstone. Hughes, who has over a decade of management experience at Norwich Union and Aviva, will have responsibility for delivering profitable growth across the two locations and will be a key member of the wider management team for the Southern region.

CFC
Specialist lines underwriting agency CFC has extended its kidnap and ransom team with the appointment of Mark Baker. Baker joins the business from Catlin where he spent four years as a K&R underwriter focusing on both land and marine. Previously, he worked at Aon for 20 years, most recently in the crisis management team specifically focusing on terrorism and more latterly, product recall. He can be contacted on 0207 220 8500    or mbaker@cfcunderwriting.com.

Marketform
Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform has promoted Ian West and Antonio Bellanca. West has been promoted to head of financial and professional lines, while remaining the class underwriter for financial lines. He will report to chief underwriting officer Simon Lotter. Meanwhile, Bellanca has been promoted to class underwriter, professional indemnity, reporting to West.

Nelson Sport & Leisure
Nelson Sport & Leisure has hired Stewart Croker, an underwriter with over 10 years’ experience in the sports and leisure insurance market. Stewart was previously employed by Towergate as a new business manager within the sport and leisure division and continued his development with Thames Underwriting, where he led a team to build the existing leisure book. He can be reached at 020 3058 2496   and scroker@nelsonpolicies.co.uk

RSA
RSA has promoted Suzy Tiffany to head of UK legacy, with effect from 1 July 2015. She has been with the insurer for more than a decade in roles including finance change manager, head of strategy and projects and most recently head of development and commercial motor claims. In her new role, she will report to Graham Hughes, commercial claims director, and join the commercial claims leadership team. Tiffany will be responsible for managing all legacy risks including long tail disease claims, such as deafness, asbestos and abuse.


Brokers
Insurance Initiatives
IIL has hired Anna-Marie Powell as chief marketing officer. Powell was previously broking marketing director at Towergate, and has worked at Aviva and Arthur J Gallagher over the course of her career. She can be reached at 07949632110.

Trade bodies
LMA
The Lloyd’s Market Association has appointed Frances Shaw to the role of technical executive, wordings. Shaw joins from Liberty Specialty Markets where she was a wordings specialist. She has also worked for Brit during her 19 years in the London insurance market. She will report to Alison Colver, the LMA’s manager, wordings. In her new role, Shaw will support the drafting of LMA model wordings and work closely with the LMA’s wordings forum.


Legal
BLM
BLM has expanded its team in Scotland with the appointment of new partner Frank Hughes. Hughes joins the team in Glasgow from DAC Beachcroft and specialises in catastrophic injury and disease litigation. He is an experienced lawyer within the insurance industry conducting litigation across a wide area of expertise specialising in catastrophic injury and disease litigation, and is also vice-chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers in Scotland.

DAS Law Assist
Specialist after the event insurance division DAS LawAssist, part of the DAS UK Group, has appointed John O’Connor to the role of commercial risks development manager. O’Connor brings over 20 years’ experience in business development to the role, joining from Law Sure Insurance where he was responsible for implementing its business development function.

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Q&A: Aviva’s Ryan Birbeck and Michael Yabantu

Aviva’s Michael Yabantu, managing director of mid-market, and Ryan Birbeck, broker and client development director, sit down with Insurance Post to talk about the internal changes Aviva has made to make access easier for brokers, what product lines it hopes to explore over the next 12 months, and why the London Market is a “key area” for growth in 2024.

Price of tower block insurance finally slashed

Insurance premiums for leaseholders waiting for combustible material to be removed from their blocks of flats could plummet by up to two thirds following the launch of the Association of British Insurers’ Fire Safety Reinsurance Scheme today (13 March), according to Axa.

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