Commercial lines underwriting specialist Arista Insurance has hired three underwriters to provide further support to brokers in the South East and Midland regions.
Andy Gillen and Natalie Hooper-Smith have joined Arista’s Redhill office from Aviva and Travelers respectively, while Matthew Flynn joins Arista’s Birmingham office from RSA. From the Redhill office Andy and Natalie will be responsible for developing relationships with brokers in the South East while Matthew’s main focus in Birmingham will be renewals, MTAs and providing quotations.
Andy Gillen brings four years experience and worked for NIG prior to Aviva; Natalie Hooper-Smith gained her eight years experience solely at Travelers and Matthew Flynn has three years experience and was at Norwich Union before NIG.
In all three cases the appointments support Arista’s dual ambition of promoting its service offering to brokers while increasing the amount of commercial business it writes.
Commenting on the appointments head of regional operations Euros Jones said: “Providing brokers with exemplary service is the backbone of Arista’s proposition and that includes giving them access to underwriters who are empowered to make quick decisions. We have ambitions to keep growing this business but we also want to maintain and improve service standards and to do both it is vital that we have the right number of the right people. These latest high-caliber appointments underline Arista’s commitment to providing our broker partners with the best support available in the market.”
Source : Arista Press Release
