Aspen appoints new CEO for UK

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Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced that Clive Edwards has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Aspen Insurance UK Limited (AIUK) and Aspen Managing Agency Limited (AMAL), subject to regulatory approval.

Clive succeeds Mike Cain who, as previously announced, has been appointed to the role of Group Chief Operating Officer. 

With this appointment, Clive will relinquish his role as Co-Chief Underwriting Officer of AIUK and Aspen has named Henry MacHale and Jamie Lewis as the Co-CUOs for AIUK, for insurance and reinsurance respectively, subject to regulatory approval. They will retain their roles as Global Head of Specialty for Aspen Insurance; and Head of London, Aspen Re, and Specialty Re Global Product Head respectively. Jamie will also retain his role as Deputy Active Underwriter of Aspen’s Lloyd’s syndicate 4711.

Mark Cloutier, Executive Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Clive was part of the original team at the outset of Aspen and has continually demonstrated an outstanding capability as an underwriting leader. His proven experience and expertise, and the high esteem in which he is held in the UK market, make him very well qualified to take on these roles.”

Aspen also announced today that Hannah Purves has been appointed as a non-executive director of AIUK and it is proposed that she will join the Board of AMAL in due course. Hannah was previously a Board Director and Claims Director at Markel International with responsibility for a claims team of over 130 people located throughout Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America. She also served as a Board Member and Deputy Chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association Claims Committee from 2014 to May 2019.

Mark Cloutier commented: “I am delighted to welcome Hannah to Aspen. She has an industry-leading claims reputation which will add further depth to our strategic focus on arguably the most important service that we deliver.”

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