Premium Credit Limited has appointed Michael Phillips as Head of Major Accounts and Insurer Relationships.
Michael has over 25 years experience in the UK insurance market and immediately prior to joining Premium Credit he was head of business development for Aviva. In this role Michael led the business development function for strategic partnerships across the Aviva composite model, securing new long-term affinity partnerships.
Prior to Aviva Michael worked for: Met Life as European distribution director;
AIG Life as national sales director; and Zurich Group as area sales director.
Michael’s joining directly supports Premium Credit’s growth intentions as he is experienced in building start-up sales organisations and business transformation strategies. His expertise in leading tenders, securing long term affinity partnerships and strategic account management are all also relevant.
Simon Moran, Chief Marketing Officer at Premium Credit said: “Michael not only brings a wealth of expertise and experience to Premium Credit but his skills compliments those of the existing team extremely well. All of which will be highly relevant to our efforts to scale the business and leverage our capabilities into new markets.
“Following the purchase of Premium Credit by GTCR in November, we have had a very positive response from the marketplace. We are very ambitious and I believe the sales team will play a fundamental role in driving the business forward. With Michael’s appointment, the sales team is now complete.”
The Premium Credit sales team, reporting to Simon Moran, is now as follows:
– Alan Atkins – Head of Retail Brokers
– Cristian Jackson – Head of Regional Brokers & Networks
– Michael Phillips – Head of Major Accounts and Insurer Relationships
– David Pipe – Head of Marketing
– Ger Shannon – Managing Director, Ireland
