Allianz Commercial has announced the promotion of Mark Ashwood as head of property insurance and Olivia Baker as head of motor trade insurance.
In their new roles, Ashwood and Baker will be responsible for setting the strategy, direction, pricing and underwriting appetite for Allianz’s commercial property and motor trade accounts respectively, as well as maintaining and developing products and customer propositions.
Ashwood joined Allianz in 1987, since then, he has worked in a number of branches in commercial underwriting roles, before becoming motor trade manager and most recently, motor trade underwriting account manager.
Baker, joined the Allianz graduate programme in 2010 and has since held several underwriting roles with a particular focus on account management and portfolio steering. This included leading the motor trade account in the Woking branch and her most recent role as manager within the motor trade head office account team.
Commenting on the appointments, Stuart Toal, head of mid-corporate, Allianz Commercial, said: “Mark and Olivia both have an incredible wealth of experience in underwriting. They bring a huge amount of knowledge and technical excellence with them to their roles, as well as a great understanding of the market. I’m confident these appointments place Allianz in a strong position as we strive to meet our underwriting ambitions.”
He added: “I’m really pleased that we have been able to promote from within for these two pivotal roles in our organisation, which just demonstrates the strength of our talent pool.”
Allianz Commercial has also recently confirmed a number of leadership appointments for four of its largest Property and Casualty Commercial insurance markets: Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
These, according to the firm, are part of the implementation of Allianz ‘Integrated Commercial’ strategy to better serve the full Commercial segment.
