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Rank: 8 - Amanda Blanc, CEO, Axa Insurance
Last year Blanc was widely expected to move to the top spot at Towergate but the move never transpired and instead a reorganisation of Axa’s UK general insurance activities saw her empire widen as she was appointed as CEO of the UK brand.
Rank: 9 - George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Came from nowhere last year to make some major decisions impacting the insurance industry.
Rank: 10 - Mark Weil, CEO, Marsh UK and Ireland
As predicted 2015 was a big year for Marsh with the £258m deal for Jelf, giving it a potentially valuable asset.
Rank: 11 - Jon Dye, CEO, Allianz Insurance UK
Jon Dye is under pressure to make sure the insurer’s brand sponsorship deals do not go to waste.
Rank: 12 - Matthew Hogg, chair, Cyber Risk and Insurance Forum
There is no doubt 2016 will be the year of cyber and while most of the market is still finding its feet here others are learning.
Rank: 13 - Damijan Vnuk, farm worker
The original case Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Trigalev and the accident that precipitated it are a few years old.
Rank: 14 - Frank Buchsteiner, managing director, Munich Re UK
Munich Re is the world’s biggest reinsurer.
Rank: 15 - Brendan McCafferty, CEO, Flood Re
2016 sees ‘D-day’ for Flood Re.
Rank: 16 - Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport
Patrick McLoughlin came to the role in 2012, and made the cut after the 2015 re-election of the Conservative Party as a single party government.
Rank: 18 - Vibhu Sharma, UK CEO, Zurich general insurance
Last year saw ‘the perfect storm’ for Zurich with tough market conditions and greater than normal large losses meaning a plummeting business operating profit in the third quarter.
Rank: 19 - Andrew Kendrick, senior vice-president of group and president for Europe, Ace European Group
After being listed as ‘bubbling under’ in the last Powerlist, along with counterpart Jalil Rehman, CEO, Chubb Europe, the biggest deal of 2015 was Ace’s surprise swoop for Chubb in a $29.5bn (£20.5bn) buy out.
Rank: 20 - Mark Hodges, managing director, British Gas
Hodges is well known to the market for his roles at Aviva (Norwich Union) and was last seen on the Power list in 2010.
Rank: 21 - Stephen Hester, group CEO, RSA
Rumours abound that Hester is ready to move on from this challenge but after the failed bid from Zurich it looks like he might have to wait a big longer for an “out” by virtue of a takeover.
Rank: 23 - Dominic Christian, executive chairman of Aon Benfield and UK CEO
In 2014, Christian declared he was ready to rumble and confident his firm is capable of delivering a knockout blow to market rivals in a bid to build on its strong position in the UK.
Rank: 24 - Nicolas Aubert, CEO, Willis GB
At the start of 2015, Aubert was just taking his seat as CEO of Willis GB and following the $18bn merger of the broker with consulting giant Towers Watson he ended the year as CEO of the Willis Ltd, with responsibility for the insurance and reinsurance…
Rank: 25 - Paul Geddes, CEO, Direct Line
Analysts at investment bank Macquarie suggested that “cracks are appearing” in the Direct Lines’ reserving policy after Geddes trumpeted the insurers reserve releasing in ‘strong' H1 results.
Rank: 28 - David Stephens, CEO, Admiral
Taking over the reins from market stalwart Henry Engelhardt, incoming CEO David Stephens has a tough act to follow.
Rank: 29 - Neil Nimmo, CEO, Lockton
After 10 years under the stewardship of company stalwart Mike Hammond, who has held the position of UK and international CEO since the acquisition of Alexander Forbes' international business in 2006, Lockton sees a new dawn with his remit passing to…
Rank: 31 - Richard Pryce, CEO, QBE Europe
2015 was a steady year for QBE.
Rank: 32 - Kevin Spencer, group CEO, Markerstudy
Last year’s acquisition of Chaucer’s motor business saw Markerstudy’s gross written premium move north of £900m and increase its headcount by 430.
Rank: 33 - Steve Treloar, MD, General Insurance, LV
As the founding old guard leave, former Aviva personal lines head Treloar has joined LV to head the mutual’s general insurance business.
Rank: 34 - Dominic Burke, group CEO, JLT
Back and refreshed after a career break that got tongues wagging, but actually proved to be no more than a long deserved career break.
Rank: 37 - Matthew Donaldson, CEO, BGL
Matthew Donaldson, CEO at BGL, heralded a record year last year and recorded total revenue of £507m.
Rank: 36 - Carl Shuker, CEO, A Plan
High street broker A-Plan delivered a 9% increase in earnings in 2015.