Appointments / Industry

Allianz has appointed Anusha Thavarajah as regional chief executive officer of Allianz Asia Pacific. Thavarajah succeeds Solmaz Altin, who has decided to leave the organization on 1 December after 13 years with...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it fully supports the use of targets to achieve diverse senior leadership teams and that the process works. The Chartered Institute for Personnel and...

Digital mental healthcare provider Koa Health has appointed Charlotte Hilton as UK commercial director. Hilton was most recently healthcare and B2B partnerships manager at Headspace, where she led development and management of...

Shadow justice secretary David Lammy believes prime minister Boris Johnson is blocking the introduction of ethnicity pay gap reporting. The Labour MP for Tottenham said his party had already committed to the...

Mercer Marsh Benefits has appointed Chris Bailey as UK & Ireland region leader and managing director. Bailey (pictured) succeeds Tony Wood, who moves to the role of regional leader and managing director...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is making the most of data and intelligence as a means to find out which financial advisers are more likely to deliver poor advice, the regulator has...

Perhaps surisingly incoming critical illness (CI) enquiries appear to have fallen away as the pandemic has taken hold in favour of income protection (IP), advisers have told Health & Protection. However insurers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury (HMT) will be consulting this month on tighter rules for the appointed representative (AR) regime. The regulator also revealed that it plans to publish...

Manulife Hong Kong has appointed Candy Au Yeung as chief operations officer. Yeung (pictured) joins from Prudential Hong Kong where she most recently led on customer service, claims, medical network and policy...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) saw it’s workplace benefits spend including healthcare and protection cover soar by almost £1m in the last year. In its annual report the regulator said its benefits...