Recruitment
Insure and Go travel team join Hood Group
Hood Group has hired a team from travel insurer Insure and Go to manage its newly launched travel insurance proposition.
Rural Insurance eyes 'number two' spot after year of growth
UK General business Rural Insurance boosted its gross written premium by 11% to £32m and improved Ebitda by 5% to £2m for the financial year ending 31 March 2014.
Dual names Oldcorn as COO for Europe
Dual asset underwriting managing director Phillip Oldcorn has been promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer for Europe at the Hyperion underwriting arm.
Swinton promotes two to account exec roles
Swinton has made two promotions within its Manchester head office elevating Matthew Collings and Ben Travis to personal lines account executive roles.
Market Moves - 12 June 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market
Ex-RSA and Axa claims boss Thomson joins SSP
SSP has appointed RSA’s former head of claims strategy and implementation Neil Thomson as its global head of insurer propositions.
Bluefin hires Sherwood for Milton Keynes role
Bluefin has appointed Craig Sherwood as its Milton Keynes branch director.
AIG names McNamee as Aubert's successor in UK MD role
Jacqueline McNamee will take over from Nicolas Aubert as AIG’s managing director for the UK.
Travelers Birmingham branch boss Holloway rejoins Axa
Axa has secured the return of Travelers’ branch development manager Mark Holloway, who will come back to the business he left in 2010 as the head of its Birmingham operation.
Prosight bolsters underwriting team with multiple hires
Prosight Specialty Underwriters has appointed David Dunning as chief financial officer alongside a number of appointments in its underwriting team.
Simmons becomes Ecclesiastical's first UK commercial director
Ecclesiastical has appointed Kevin Simmons to the newly created role of commercial director in its UK general insurance business.
Axa motor boss Byford to head up retail underwriting at ERS
ERS has hired Axa’s head of motor personal lines intermediary Jon Byford to head up retail underwriting at the broker-only motor insurer.
Career file - Luke Savage: Savage to leave Lloyd’s for Standard Life
Lloyd’s finance and operations director Luke Savage is departing after 10 years to take up the chief financial officer role at Standard Life.
Market Moves - 5 June 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market
Commercial lines hires to boost regional trading at Covéa
Covéa has unveiled six senior commercial lines appointments in a bid to bolster the firm’s regional trading capability.
Liberty looks to Willis for fine art role
Liberty Specialty Markets has appointed Ross Drabble as deputy class underwriter for fine art and specie.
Oliver steps down as CEO of Parabis
Parabis Group has no immediate plans to appoint a successor to outgoing chief executive Tim Oliver, who is to become deputy chairman and take on a new non-executive board role.
Aon Benfield senior broker Willmont joins Canopius
Canopius has appointed Sarah Willmont from Aon Benfield to take on the position of deputy divisional underwriter for its property treaty division.
Hanks joins Jelf Group board as NED
Jelf Group has appointed Chris Hanks as non-executive director adding to his role as chairman of Jelf's broker network Purple Partnership.
More Than MD Connor departs to lead AA Insurance
The AA has hired More Than managing director Janet Connor to take on the newly created role of MD of its insurance business.
Ex-Guy Carpenter boss Flandro joins JLT Towers Re
JLT Towers Re has swooped to make Guy Carpenter’s David Flandro its global head of strategic advisory.
Q&A: RSA boss Stephen Hester gives Post the inside track
Four months after taking over the reins at RSA, group chief executive Stephen Hester talks to Post about the reasons behind his decision to take the plunge into the general insurance industry, how the firm’s strategic action plan is progressing, life…
Savage to leave Lloyd's for Standard Life
Lloyd's finance and operations director Luke Savage is departing after 10 years to take up the chief financial officer role at Standard Life.
Former broker joins Moore Stephens as compliance manager
Consultancy firm Moore Stephens has appointed Newton Konie as compliance manager in its insurance industry group.