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Clements Worldwide makes double appointment in London office
Clements Worldwide has made two appointments in its London office including promoting UK managing director Dan Francis to global business development vice president.
Matras returns to Axa as personal lines intermediary MD
Former Groupama Insurances managing director Laurent Matras has returned to Axa as managing director of the insurer’s personal lines intermediary division.
Cunningham Lindsey appoints Hughes to environment role
Cunningham Lindsey has appointed Simon Hughes as an environmental consultant in its environmental solutions team.
Interglobal bolsters Asia team
International health insurer Interglobal has appointed a head of sales for the Singapore market and created a development manager role for other Asian markets including Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Towergate recruits Richmond to customer experience role
Towergate has appointed Andrew Richmond to the newly created role of group head of customer experience.
Keoghs axing 41 fraud roles
Insurance law firm Keoghs has put 41 roles at risk of redundancy across its fraud department, including four partners.
Aviva CFO Regan to join QBE in Australia
Aviva’s chief financial officer Pat Regan is leaving the group to join QBE as its CFO in Sydney, Australia.
MVP boss McCaffrey closes in on second broker investment deal
Minority Venture Partners chief executive James McCaffrey has played down comparisons between his newly launched broker investment vehicle and Towergate’s Cullum Capital Ventures, ahead of ploughing investment into a second provincial broker.
JLT’s Thistle Insurance makes six appointments
Thistle Insurance Services has made six appointments looking to brokers Oval, Towergate and Giles for its new recruits.
Novae energy team growing with Payne
Lloyd’s insurer Novae has appointed Marsh’s former senior vice president of offshore construction to bolster its energy business.
Kiln appoints Richter to German surety role
Kiln has appointed Werner Richter as regional head of credit, surety and special risk in Germany.
Transactor grows team with newly created roles
Insurance software provider Transactor says its growth rate has allowed it to make two hires to fill new roles for the business.
Biba appoints Flaxmans to claims advocacy role
The British Insurance Brokers Association has named mediator Flaxmans as its preferred provider of claims resolution and advocacy services.
Market Moves - 23 January 2014
Catch up on the movers and shakers in this insurance industry this week.
Amlin looks to Lloyd’s for underwriting hire
Amlin has appointed Ole Enevoldsen as group head of underwriting assurance.
Caviet to serve as interim AmTrust CEO at Lloyd's following Halpin exit
Geoff Halpin has stepped down as chief executive of AmTrust at Lloyd’s, Lloyd's managing agent of Syndicate 1206 and Syndicate 44.
Pratten to preside over £1.5bn in Canopius investment role
Canopius has appointed Michael Pratten to the newly created role of chief investment officer.
Ex-DLG regional manager Hughes becomes Bollington director
Bollington has recruited Direct Line Group’s Paul Hughes as director of direct sales, in a bid to expand the broker’s motor trade division.
Ecclesiastical bolsters regional presences
Ecclesiastical has moved to strengthen its regional hubs, migrating underwriting, customer service and broker relationship management into centres closer to partners.
NIG's McCormick heads Barbon management restructure
Barbon has completed a restructure of its leadership, Post can reveal, with NIG's commercial manager Derek McCormick incoming as underwriting director.
Covéa promotes Newman to commercial lines consultancy role
Covéa has promoted electronic trading team manager Ian Newman to the newly created role of commercial lines development consultant.
Ark underwriter Stollery takes on property role at Argo
Argo International has appointed Ark Syndicate Management’s Matt Stollery as property binding authorities underwriter.
Admiral swoops for former Phoenix Group CRO
Admiral has recruited the former chief risk officer of pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group to serve as a non-executive director and risk committee chair.
Towergate announces management shuffle after retail split
Towergate has today announced three appointments as part of the separation of its retail business announced last October.