Appointments

Guardian has appointed Gower Wisdom as chief operating officer (COO) effective from 1 November. Wisdom joins from AUL Assurance, a specialist start-up life insurer, where was CEO, and before that COO. Prior...

Lockton has promoted Naji Abboud to senior executive officer (SEO) for its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) branch. With more than 15 years of experience with Lockton across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Abboud...

Stand-up comedian Al Murray, The Pub Landlord will host the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025. Murray has filled arenas and theatres across the world for more than two decades with his...

Scottish Widows has added three people to its protection distribution team. Katie Dennehy (pictured far left) and Heena Sandhu (pictured centre right) join as national business development managers, and Jonathan Hall (pictured...

International Citizens Insurance (ICI) has appointed Amanda Sharon as vice president of sales. Sharon (pictured) has nearly a decade of leadership experience from EF Go Ahead Tours, where she was most recently...

MetLife UK has appointed Matt Foster as head of propositions. Foster (pictured) has held the role on an interim basis for the last six months. A former proposition lead for healthcare at...

First Health has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as an intermediary member. Graeme Godfrey, director of First Health, (pictured) said: “We’re delighted to join AMII, a respected organisation...

Hub International has appointed Nelly Rose as national pharmacy practice leader, joining from NFP where she was vice president of pharmacy consulting. In this role, Rose (pictured) will develop and lead Hub’s...

Georgina Callaghan (pictured left) has joined BHSF as chief operating officer (COO), succeeding Stuart Hayhurst who was promoted to group CEO. Callaghan brings more than 20 years of experience in business transformation,...

Paula Coffey, director of claims, rehabilitation and medical services at Unum UK, has joined the executive committee at the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Having started as a practising registered...