A number of new senior management appointments are announced today by Norwich Union General Insurance (NUGI).
A number of new senior management appointments are announced today by Norwich Union General Insurance (NUGI).
The changes affect key roles across the marketing, intermediary business (IB), partnerships and finance areas of the business.
They are internal appointments involving existing senior managers moving into new posts as a result of both individual career moves and the need to fill posts subsequently left vacant.
The key changes, effective immediately, are:
- George Berrie, previously IB business director, moves back into the Perth-based role of director of regional business (north). His home has remained in Perth since he took on his current role and he has decided to return to a Scotland-based job for personal reasons.
- Berrie is replaced as IB director by John Kitson, formerly consumer director
- David McMillan, who was partnerships director, steps into Kitson’s role
- McMillan’s previous post is filled by Angela Seymour-Jackson, formerly director of banks
In addition:
- In the NUGI finance team, finance director Fernley Dyson moves to become financial management director
- Dyson is replaced as NUGI finance director by Scott Egan, who became director of RAC insurance operations following the acquisition
- David Bruce, formerly director of national brokers and national accounts, becomes the new director of RAC insurance operations.
- Bruce’s previous role is taken by Phil Scarrett, who was director of regional business (north).
Mark Hodges, NUGI managing director, said: “All businesses go through periods of management change as people move to progress their careers and take up new challenges.
“We are very fortunate to have an excellent team of experienced senior managers with the skills and flexibility to fill these key posts.”
Today’s news from NUGI follows last week’s announcement of changes to Aviva’s executive directors’ responsibilities.
These included Patrick Snowball, currently group executive director for general insurance, becoming group executive director for Aviva UK with responsibility for the group’s UK businesses, Norwich Union Life, Norwich Union Insurance, and RAC - with the exception of Morley Fund Management. He also becomes executive chairman of Norwich Union Life.
Other changes:
In an unrelated move, the parts of the business with responsibility for Norwich Union’s support services – including IT, properties and facilities management – are being restructured.
This re-alignment of those services which are shared by different parts of Norwich Union is designed to make them more efficient in meeting the needs of a large and complex business, and encourage sharing of best-practice and innovation.
The detail of these changes will be finalised over the next few weeks. Staff will be given a timetable of when they will know what this means for them by the end of January.
For many people there will be no change to their roles. However there may be some redundancies, particularly where there are areas of duplication. It is too early to say how many and we hope that much of any reduction will be achieved through natural turnover and by not filling vacancies. As always, we will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies where possible.
There are no planned location closures as part of this announcement.
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About Norwich Union Insurance
- Norwich Union is the UK's largest insurer with a market share of around 14 per cent
- With a focus on insurance for individuals and small businesses, Norwich Union insures:
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- One in five households
- One in seven motor vehicles
- Around 800,000 businesses
- Norwich Union products are available through a variety of distribution channels including brokers, corporate partners such as banks and building societies and Norwich Union Direct.
- Aviva, Norwich Union’s parent company, recently announced its acquisition of the RAC. The acquisition brings together the RAC's powerful brand and customer base with the expertise and leading position in motor insurance of Norwich Union Insurance.
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