Appointments

The Openwork Partnership has appointed Rob Askham as propositions director. Previously commercial director at Santander Asset Management UK, Askham spent 21 years with Santander holding senior roles across asset management, mortgages and marketing....

Julie Godley is succeeding Craig Brown as director of intermediary at Legal & General Insurance, leading the insurer’s distribution of protection products through advisers. Godley is taking the role on an interim...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Direct Line Group CEO Penny James as chairwoman of its practitioner panel. James (pictured) has been a panel member since September 2020 and will take...

Sun Life US has appointed Irlande Audenier (pictured) as vice president for group and voluntary claims. In her new role, Audenier will provide strategic direction for the group claims organisation and also...

The Santé Group has promoted Tony Ford to the board of its life insurance business, Santé Life. Ford (pictured) started with Nugent Santé as a consultant in 2014 before moving into Santé...

Chubb has appointed Alex Faynberg as division president of Chubb Workplace Benefits. In his new role Faynberg (pictured) will be responsible for overall growth and profitability of the insurer and will report...

Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) has appointed senior protection industry leaders Rose St Louis and Peter Hamilton to its board. The IUAD campaign funds work into research projects to search for a...

Chief executive and founder of the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) Matt James is to step down following a decade in the role. PHIN said it has already begun the search for...

Pacific Life Re has appointed Nicholas Lax as head of research and development in its Europe business unit. Lax joined the firm in 2018 as a member of its research and development...

A career breakers programme has successfully helped a candidate return to the insurance sector after more than two decades. Last year, Health & Protection reported about a programme led by Inclusivity Partners...