34 COMINGS & GOINGS
Comings & Goings
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She was a founder member of the NOVAE
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Swiftcover team and was instrumental Novae Re, the reinsurance division
in launching the fi rst on-line motor of Lloyd’s insurer Novae Group,
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ACE insurance brand in the UK. More has announced the arrival of Alan
ACE European Group (ACE) has recently, she was marketing director Tomlinson as unit head of motor and
announced the appointment of of Swiftcover and also of AXA’s direct general liability.
Iain Ainslie as technology and business, where she looked after both
cyber liability underwriter. He will the household and travel product lines. He joins motor and liability underwriter
be responsible for underwriting Prior to joining Swiftcover in 2004, Iain Russell, who is already in post
technology and cyber liability business Ms Shortle was head of marketing at at Novae Re. They began writing
Lee Venamore
in the UK, Ireland and North America. Churchill Insurance from 1998 to 2003. business from 1 January 2010, to
He will also work with national and coincide with the renewals season.
overseas brokers to bring awareness LIBERTY SYNDICATES He comes to Novae from Liberty
STERLING
of these risks to their clients, and help Liberty Syndicate Management Syndicates where he developed a
Sterling Insurance Company has
ensure those clients have adequate (Liberty Syndicates), a member of leading motor and liability account.
taken on Lee Venamore as regional
protection in the event of a breach or Liberty Mutual Group, has appointed Prior to that he held underwriting roles
development manager. He will be
failure in their IT systems. Kirk Maddern to the position of chief in London at Converium and Gerling.
responsible for developing relations
operating offi cer. Novae announced the formation of
with brokers based in the south east
Mr Ainslie has worked in the London its reinsurance division, Novae Re, in
region, as well as working with the
Market for over 24 years, 21 of which Mr Maddern will oversee all of Liberty August this year to take advantage
new business underwriters to further
were within information technology. Syndicates’ operational functions, of improving conditions in the
develop the teams’ sales capability. Mr
Iain’s experience covers application including IT and management reinsurance market and optimise
Venamore joins Sterling from Allianz
development, project management, information and support the business’ deployment of the group’s capital.
Insurance where he spent 10 years
infrastructure, security, consultancy underwriting and claims activities.
in various underwriting, sales and
and IT management. QBE
management roles. He is president of
He has over 21 years of experience QBE has appointed Chris Tomkins
the mid-Kent region of the Chartered
working in the London insurance to the position of senior property
Insurance Institute.
market and spent the last seven years underwriter at its Birmingham
as chief operating offi cer for the operation. He joins QBE’s team in
XL INSURANCE
specialty insurance lines of one of the Birmingham from ACE European
XL Insurance has announced the
world’s largest insurance brokers. Group, where he was senior property
appointment of two fi nancial
underwriter responsible for their
institutions underwriters to its
MARKERSTUDY commercial property book within the
London-based professional lines team.
Markerstudy has a new niche regional portfolio.
Senior underwriters Gerard Bloom and
underwriting manager in Steve Stone.
Neale Stevenson will offer specialist
He joins Markerstudy from QBE where Prior to ACE, Mr Tomkins has over two
professional liability coverage for
he worked for over 28 years. During decades of industry experience gained
fi nancial institutions such as hedge
this time he was a member of the in a number of key roles, including as
funds, asset managers and banks.
management team who acquired a senior regional underwriter at Catlin,
the Torch Motor Syndicate in 1999, where he built Catlin’s presence in
Mr Bloom moves from Zenith to
completed a management buyout the local marketplace and as a senior
head the new team, bringing to bear
Tina Shortle
of the Ensign Motor Syndicate in commercial broker at James Hampden
more than 15 years’ experience in
2001 and was responsible for the UK and senior property underwriter at
European professional lines insurance.
AXA specialist personal lines portfolio Lloyd’s Syndicate KGP 105 (John
Mr Stevenson has worked in the
Tina Shortle has joined AXA and international motor binding Poland & Company Ltd). He is a
insurance industry for more than 20
Insurance as marketing director, authorities. member of the CII and was president
years, most recently heading the
where she will lead the development of the CII of Nottingham between
fi nancial institutions team at Liberty
and implementation of all general With a remit to develop a portfolio 2006 and 2007.
International Underwriters in London.
insurance’s marketing activities across of niche motor business through a
XL Insurance is the global brand used
both its direct and intermediated network of established intermediary
by member insurers of reinsurer, XL
product suite. contacts, Mr Stone and his team will
Capital Ltd.
be based in Chelmsford, Essex.
Insurance Brokers’ Monthly February 2010
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