Appointments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Clare Woodman as chairperson of the FCA markets practitioner panel, Matt Hammerstein as chairperson of the FCA practitioner panel, and Mandy Gradden as chairperson of...

The Consumer Duty has become the biggest regulatory challenge facing the financial services sector since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) a decade ago. The good news is for companies operating in the...

Vicky Churcher, who recently retired as intermediary director and business transformation lead at AIG Life, has been appointed as a non-executive director at Cirencester Friendly.  Churcher joins Janice Banks, previously the senior...

After almost three years as CEO of Axa UK Retail Insurance, Tara Foley is set to become chief executive officer (CEO) of Axa UK and Ireland.  Foley succeeds Claudio Gienal who has...

One of the largest health insurance companies in the Caribbean, the Guardian Group, is facing uncertainty at the top as its long-serving chairman and deputy chairman have been sent on an immediate...

Clive Bolton, managing director of protection, savings and retirement at LV= is set to become the chief executive officer (CEO) of M&G Life Insurance in September - returning to where he started...

US healthcare benefits broker Nava Benefits has acquired benefits consultants Nielsen Benefits Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nava uses technology in a bid to help employers cut healthcare costs,...

Aviva has appointed Dr Helen Hartley as associate medical director within its private medical insurance (PMI) clinical team. Hartley (pictured) joins from Bupa where she spent nearly four years as a UK...

HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Luke Smith as business development director in its corporate sales team.  In his new role, he will support the organisation's plans for growth and help to build...

The Baton of Hope has successfully been dispatched to 10 Downing Street to raise awareness around mental health and suicide prevention. The Baton of Hope, founded by former journalist Mike McCarthy, has...