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Alps CEO Lee Riley passes away
Auto Legal Protection Services CEO Lee Riley has passed away after a battle with cancer, the business has updated.
Axa adds ex-Quote Me Happy and MIB leaders to retail team
Axa has appointed Marco Distefano as managing director for motor and home and Anna Fleming as chief operating officer in its UK retail insurance unit.
Interview: Keith Richards, CII - Looking back, dialling forward
Chartered Insurance Institute chief membership officer Keith Richards, one of only four people to have led the Personal Finance Society, will be leaving this June after being in charge of the PFS for half of its 16-year existence.
Insurdata reorganisation sees UK company enter liquidation
Insurdata Limited, the UK company of US based Insurdata Corporation, has been placed in liquidation, with members of the team having left the business due to restructuring, Post can reveal.
Aviva UK leadership changes as Phil Bayles departs for Ardonagh
Phil Bayles is joining Ardonagh after 18 years at Aviva, most recently as its chief distribution officer, with Gareth Hemming set to succeed him at the insurer.
Atlanta to buy Be Wiser
The Ardonagh Group’s retail platform Atlanta is buying Be Wiser, with 60 staff expected to leave Be Wiser as a result of its recent consultation.
Nausicaa Delfas named FOS interim CEO
Nausicaa Delfas will serve as interim CEO and chief ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service, taking over from Caroline Wayman.
Blog: Do NDAs stop insurance staff from flagging workplace discrimination?
Claire Dawson, partner at specialist employment law firm BDBF, considers how employers are using non-disclosure agreements – and what insurance employees should do if they have been harassed or discriminated against at work.
Andrew Rear to join Ticker’s board as NED
Andrew Rear, former CEO of Munich Re Digital Partners, is set to join Ticker’s board as a non-executive director.
Bupa’s Sheldon Kenton on travelling less for business but for longer – a growing global healthcare need
Sheldon Kenton, CEO at Bupa Global, examines the challenges of adapting to the changing needs of a more global workforce with businesses having to consider offering more extensive global health cover for senior leaders.
Breitburd to succeed Rottiers as Lloyd's Europe CEO
Lloyd’s Europe CEO Sonja Rottiers will step down at the Lloyd’s Insurance Company general assembly on 1 June 2021, to be succeeded by Amélie Breitburd.
‘Reporting gap’ warning as less than 1% of intermediaries reported conduct breaches under first year of SMCR rules
Last year just 15 insurance brokers or intermediaries reported conduct rule breaches under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime, a freedom of information request has revealed.
Markerstudy names former Tesco Bank boss as group chair as it completes Brightside buy
Markerstudy has appointed former Tesco Bank CEO Benny Higgins as its group chairman.
Ardonagh targeting eight international hubs by 2025, says O’Connor
Ardonagh Global Partners is aiming to have at least one more international hub by the end of the year, CEO Des O’Connor told Post.
GRP hires COO Anson from Ardonagh
Steve Anson has been named Global Risk Partners chief operating officer, joining from the Ardonagh Group.
Julia Graham named Airmic CEO
Julia Graham has succeeded John Ludlow as CEO of Airmic, the association for risk and insurance professionals.
Keith Richards to leave CII
Keith Richards, chief membership officer of the Chartered Insurance Institute and CEO of the Personal Finance Society, is leaving at the end of June, the CII has confirmed.
Sompo International adds Maxine Goddard from Zurich
Maxine Goddard has joined Sompo International as senior vice president in its international insurance strategic distribution and development team after 20 years at Zurich most recently as director, senior commercial operations business partner.
Allianz’s Stephanie Smith on being prepared for operational resilience
Stephanie Smith, chief operating officer at Allianz Insurance, assesses how the focus on operational resilience has taken old school business continuity planning and added helpful and important extras.
Guy Carp takes Cook from Aon as MD and head of London Europe
Guy Carpenter has appointed Sebastian Cook as managing director and head of London Europe with immediate effect joining from Aon where he was head of EMEA London and deputy CEO, Nordic and Baltic Region.
Penny Black's Social World: April 2020
From tackling climate change, to supporting wellbeing in the workplace
Marsh Commercial confirms settlement reached in DRP legal dispute
The legal dispute between Marsh Commercial and David Roberts & Partners is over with the terms of the settlement being kept confidential, Marsh Commercial has confirmed.
Briefing: Lowering the bar
Change at Lloyd’s does not come easily, the London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association was reminded last week, after its suggestion that formal attire requirements be banished to the annals of history was at first met with almost anything but…
Six jailed as motor trade policies facilitate drugs trafficking
Six members of a Bristol-based organised crime group who fraudulently used trade motor insurance policies to help traffic drugs have been sentenced to a combined 18 years and eight months in prison.