Appointments / Industry

Tributes are being made to Bill Poynton, one of the “founding fathers” of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), who has passed away. Leading the tributes, Michael Payne, general secretary of...

Aviva has appointed Doug Brown, the current CEO of Canada Life, as CEO of its UK & Ireland Life Insurance business. Brown succeeds Angela Darlington who has decided to ‘move away from...

Geoff Maggs has joined specialist healthcare intermediary Medical Expenses Consulting as head of international clients. Maggs (pictured) began his career in private medical insurance (PMI) began in 1990 working for Bupa, then...

Aviva has appointed Pippa Lambert as a non-executive director. Lambert (pictured) was previously global head of human resources at Deutsche Bank where she was responsible for leading the development of a HR...

Paul Brencher, managing director of individual protection at Aviva UK, has been appointed as the new chair of the Association of British Insurers’ Protection Board. Brencher (pictured), who succeeds outgoing chair Dominic Grinstead...

Outgoing Bupa Group CEO Evelyn Bourke is to join Marks & Spencer as a non-executive director next year. Bourke (pictured left) is due to retire from her current role at Bupa at...

UnderwriteMe has announced that Paul Hughes has joined as head of Asia-Pacific, a new role created within the business to lead the technology specialist’s teams in Asia and Australia across all functions....

Aviva has appointed Adam Winslow as CEO of International. This is a new role at Aviva and Winslow will join the Group Executive Committee, reporting to Amanda Blanc. Winslow will join Aviva...

Connect for Intermediaries, the financial adviser network, has added Umbrella Protect to its protection panel. Umbrella Protect will provide protection advice to all clients referred by Connect advisers and its network members....

Households borrowed an additional £4.3bn secured on their homes in October, following borrowing of £4.9bn in September, official figures show. The Bank of England (BoE) figures follow high levels of mortgage approvals...