Recruitment
Healthy Pets unveils marketing analyst
Pet insurance firm Healthy Pets has promoted Sammy Morgan-Sagar to the post of senior marketing and communications analyst.
Direct Group strengthens finance and property teams
Direct Group has appointed Julia Harwood and Maria Rogers as finance business partner for the distribution division and property customer services manager respectively.
Aviva appoints new non-executive director
Aviva has appointed Michael Mire as an independent non-executive director. He will also join the Board Risk, Governance and Nomination Committees.
VRS Vericlaim appoints 11 associate directors
Loss adjustor VRS Vericlaim has promoted 11 of its staff to associate directors of the company.
First Assist unveils business development manager
First Assist Legal Protection has appointed Thomas Jones as business development manager.
Bluefin to develop affinity proposition with new hire
Bluefin Insurance has appointed Jamie Eaton as Affinity development director, who will be responsible for growing the overall business and winning new affinity and commercial partners.
Tom de Swaan appointed Zurich chair
Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Tom de Swaan as its chairman after Josef Ackermann stepped down last month following the death of the group’s chief financial officer.
Allianz’s Chris Hanks re-emerges as Liberty non-exec
Chris Hanks, previously commercial general manager at Allianz, is set to return to the insurance industry as a non-executive director at Liberty Mutual, sources have told Post.
Career file - Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge: Axa Canada CFO moves to UK
Axa Canada chief financial officer Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge has been named new CFO at Axa UK.
Pinsent Masons makes senior hires from Clyde & Co
Pinsent Masons has appointed Manoj Vaghela as partner and Chamika Hand as legal director in its insurance group. Both Vaghela and Hand join from Clyde & Co.
Ex-Axa director Hector to lead Covéa's southern operation
Covéa Insurance has appointed Keith Hector to the newly created position of head of regions for the south.
Absolute strengthens team with police hires
Absolute Partnership has hired a new external investigation team of former police detectives, following the recent budget costs to the police force.
Garry Fearn to step down from Covéa
Garry Fearn is to step down as Covéa Insurance executive deputy chairman from 15 September.
Brit expands global distribution network with Bermuda office opening
Brit is targeting an expansion of its distribution network with the opening of a Bermuda office.
Brit hires ex-Markel SVP Bonanno to head up Bermuda office
Brit is targeting an expansion of its distribution network with the opening of an office in Bermuda.
Internal appointment for new Axa UK CFO
Axa Canada chief financial officer Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge has been named new CFO at Axa UK.
Guy Carpenter names PSG executive for France, Iberia and Italy
Guy Carpenter has announced Dorothée Mélis-Moutafis is to become managing director of the firm’s Property Solutions Group, taking specific responsibility for France, Iberia and Italy.
Cunningham Lindsey's Stuart Lansdown joins Questgates
Cunningham Lindsey director Stuart Lansdown has joined Questgates in a move that has spurred a restructure of its liability division.
QBE not ruling out office closures or acquisitions
QBE has not ruled out the possibility of office closures or merger and acquisition activity following the announcement of its business restructure today.
Axa to reveal Drouffe’s successor
Axa UK will reveal tomorrow the name of its new finance, risk and strategy director as Jean Drouffe has relocated to the insurer’s headquarters in Paris.
QBE splits European business
QBE has announced it is splitting its European division into two separate businesses from 1 October alongside a handover in leadership.
MDS recruits Vinhas as deputy manager in Portugal
MDS Group has strengthened its Portuguese management team with the appointment of Mario Vinhas as deputy country manager.
Insiders fear Aviva is ‘falling apart’ as Clayden follows Deakin out the door
Industry insiders have expressed their shock at Dominic Clayden’s imminent departure from Aviva and expressed doubt over the insurer’s ability to influence wider markets without him.
Career file - Julian Enoizi: Enoizi named Pool Re chief executive
Julian Enoizi is to become chief executive of UK government‑backed terrorism mutual Pool Re.