Allianz Commercial unveils new financial lines underwriting teams

As part of its growth ambition Allianz Commercial has made a number of appointments to form a new financial lines team that will operate across three new regional hubs. Focussing solely on Allianz’s Directors & Officers and Professional Indemnity propositions they’ll increase Allianz’s presence in the market by working closely with branch distribution teams and local brokers to enable slick and simple trading.

The specialist hubs and appointments are as follows:

Northern Hub (Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and Belfast)

• Gareth Machin – Senior Financial Lines Underwriter

• Maggie Kwok – Financial Lines Underwriter

• David Aguirreburualde – Financial Lines Underwriter

Midlands/South West Hub (Bristol, Birmingham and Cardiff)

• Luke Hayne – Senior Financial Lines Underwriter

• Antionette Amory – Financial Lines Underwriter

• Caitlin Davies – Financial Lines Underwriter

• Daniel West – Financial Lines Underwriter

South East Hub (Maidstone, Chelmsford, London and Southampton)

• Lucy Bunnett – Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter

Dave Carey, managing director, mid-market, Allianz Commercial said: “We’ve invested heavily in recruiting the best people and I’m very happy to unveil our new look financial lines underwriting team. With a mixture of new faces and existing Allianz talent we have highly experienced and talented experts in place.

"The creation of regional hubs maximises local opportunities and empowers our underwriters to work closely and quickly with our broker partners in those areas. We have ambitious plans for growth and I’m excited that we’re embarking on this new strategy together.”

Authored by Allianz