Appointments / Industry

HDI Global Specialty has entered the private medical insurance (PMI) and international IPMI markets and has appointed underwriter Ben Haden from Generali to launch the operation. The firm, which is a joint...

A programme which enables 'career break' professionals to return to the insurance sector has proven so successful that its organisers are considering renewing it for a new batch of recruits later this...

Owl Financial, The Openwork Partnership’s protection advice business, has improved its gender balance and recruited more than 165 advisers in the first half of this year. The firm said a major focus...

New Zealand life insurer Fidelity Life has appointed Bronwyn Kirwan as its new chief sales and service officer. Kirwan, who most recently has been leading Swiss Re-owned insurer IptiQ, has held distribution...

Professional indemnity insurance (PII) provider Beazley has appointed Troy Dehmann as chief operating officer with immediate effect. Dehmann (pictured) has more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance, operations and business...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has teamed up with the Southampton Data Science Academy (SDSA) to develop a course aimed at helping insurance professionals meet data and artificial intelligence (AI) challenges head...

Economic secretary to the Treasury and City minister John Glen has demanded a “real commitment to tangible action” from the financial services industry to improve the diversity of its population. Glen added...

Spire Healthcare has issued a direct rebuttal to a Glass Lewis report which questioned the firm’s decision to accept a £1.4bn merger from Ramsay Healthcare. The letter from the Spire board rejected...

Technology provider UnderwriteMe has appointed Simon Jacobs to the newly created role of business development director. Jacobs (pictured) has worked in the life and health industry for more than 25 years, most...

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services has launched a public consultation to enable people to share their opinion about the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In an...