Hiscox replaces Direct Asia MD Birch with COO Thaker

- By Andrew Tjaardstra and Callum Brodie
- 20 Mar 2015
- Indicative reading time: 1 minute

Online insurer Direct Asia Group co-founder and managing director Simon Birch has left the company a year after it was acquired by Hiscox.

Birch has been replaced at the Singapore-based business by chief operating officer and CEO of Direct Asia Singapore Bob Thaker.

Confirming Birch's departure, a Hiscox spokeswoman said: "Simon has left

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