Commercial lines underwriting specialist Arista Insurance has appointed Gary Davies as development underwriter for the West of England. He joins with immediate effect and brings 24 years commercial underwriting expertise to the role.
Gary’s appointment is directly linked to Arista’s stated strategy for growth and his joining follows that of several other highly experienced recruits across the business in 2011. His joining will strengthen the existing team, particularly with its focus on supporting brokers in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, and he will also help develop new business across the area.
Gary will further improve service by increasing Arista’s underwriting capabilities to cater for larger complex risks. He joins from Fusion in Bristol where he was senior underwriter. Before that Gary worked for a range of insurers including General Accident, NIG and Independent.
Commenting on the appointment, David Aslin, regional manager for South West said: “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Gary, whose specialist knowledge and experience will complement that of the existing team extremely well. In particular his complex risk experience will strengthen and support the service we provide to brokers in the region.”
David continued “Gary is well known to many of our brokers in the region. By working from home he will be more accessible and will improve our knowledge of brokers’ needs for the future. We now have a number of locally based development underwriters across South West and South Wales; feedback and support from our brokers is extremely positive, meaning Arista will consider additional recruits for 2012.”
Arista currently services over 350 brokers from its network of regional branches in London, St Albans, Bristol, Southampton, Redhill, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham.
Source : Arista
