Commercial lines underwriting specialist, Arista Insurance, has promoted Andrew Ball to head up its schemes division and appointed Mark Ellinor to the newly created role of schemes product manager.
Andrew, who has been with Arista since 2008 and has worked in the insurance industry for 39 years, has seen his role expanded to include overall responsibility for schemes business.
Arista has further strengthened the management of it schemes business by hiring Mark Ellinor to support Andrew as schemes product manager. Mark Ellinor brings 19 years experience to the role and joins Arista from Legal and General.
In line with broker demand, schemes will continue to be a core part of Arista’s operations. With this new schemes team in place, Arista has the appropriate personnel and range of services required to meet ambitious schemes targets and maintain the speed and quality of delivery as this channel grows.
Commenting on the changes, Arista CEO, Charles Earle, said: “We are delighted to welcome Mark Ellinor and to announce that Andrew’s talents will be put to even greater use in his expanded role. Both directly support and facilitate our ambition to develop and build Arista’s schemes business. Andrew’s extensive experience will ensure Arista’s excellence in supporting the needs of Arista’s broker partners as well as building new broker relationships across the UK.”
Arista currently services over 360 brokers from its network of offices in London, St Albans, Bristol, Southampton, Redhill, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham.
