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NIG appoints seven area underwriters
AXA, Hiscox and Travelers as part of its overall appointment of seven underwriting heads for its ‘Regional Centres of Excellence’. Steve Williams joins from AXA as area underwriting manager for the North West and Scotland working with teams in Manchester and Glasgow, with his remit also encompassing NIG’s interests in Northern Ireland. During his career he has held senior management positions with Allianz and RSA. Cath Timberlake joins from Hiscox where for the last five years she was North of England
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IG has recruited three underwriters brought in from
area manager with responsibility for sales and underwriting teams. She has worked with insurers including Eagle Star and RSA. She joins as area underwriting manager for the North East and will be based in Leeds. Martin Kerrison joins from
Travelers where he was regional underwriting manager. He started his career as a commercial underwriter with General Accident but has also held roles with AXA, Independent, Ace, and Chubb. As area underwriting manager for the Midlands he will be based in Birmingham.
Marcus Bale joined RBS
Insurance as underwriting manager for SME business from Royal Sun Alliance. He started his career as a Graduate Trainee with Royal & Sun Alliance. He is appointed area underwriting manager for the Thames Valley and East Anglia area and will be based in Watford. Simon Parry’s career in
commercial underwriting included RSA, Groupama and most recently Towergate before moving to NIG as a regional technical underwriter in 2006. As area underwriting manager for NIG’s South East area he is based in Maidstone .
Caroline Muir started her career with Sun Alliance before moving to Commercial Union. She moved to NIG in 2001, and is now appointed area underwriting manager for Wales and the West of England based in Bristol. Mark Williams began his commercial and property underwriting career with General Accident but later moved to Hibernian. He joined NIG following their take over of Hallmark in 1998. Now appointed area underwriting manager for NIG’s London area he works from the Fenchurch Street and City Road offices.
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Cath Timberlake
Halfords woo young drivers
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otoring accessory chain Halfords has teamed up with Provisional Marmalade to offer a car insurance product which allows provisional drivers to purchase comprehensive cover on a family or friend’s car for £91-£99.50 per month. Halfords spokeswoman Diane
Perry explains, “On a traditional policy, premiums to add an L- plate driver could be staggeringly
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high - often in excess of £3,000. The car owner also puts their No Claims Discount at risk if the learner is responsible for a collision. To make matters even worse, some insurers have raised the minimum age of named drivers to 21 or 25, preventing provisional drivers from being added to a parents’ policy.” The new policy is written in the name of the learner driver,
and does not affect any existing insurance on the car. Perry says the high cost of insurance has led to young drivers putting off attempts to learn. The number of 17-21 year olds with a provisional licence has fallen by almost a third (from 46% to 32%) over the past 15 years - while an estimated 300,000 learners mistakenly believe they are insured to drive a parent’s car. “The high insurance premiums for young drivers deprive many of the opportunity to gain that vital practice needed to supplement
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tuition from qualified driving instructors.
“The Driving Standards Agency recommends over 20 hours of private practice alongside professional tuition and this insurance policy has removed one of the biggest concerns facing parents when helping their children behind the wheel - the risk to their No Claims Bonus.” Halfords indicate that cover can be arranged in minutes on www.halfordslearners.co.uk and packets of L plates on sale in Halfords stores carry details of the scheme.
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