Allianz Commercial has made three appointments to its distribution team.
The firm said it had promoted internally Victoria Ashman to the role of strategic account manager, while Jane Bond and Jess Kingdon have become distribution managers for the Bristol/Cardiff and Maidstone branches.
Bond and Kingdon will each lead a team of business developers to drive business forward, while orchestrating the delivery of the financial and operational targets of their respective branches.
Mike Thomas, director of distribution at Allianz Insurance, said of the new strategic account manager and distribution managers: “Thanks to our in-house talent development, we’re able to fill these three key market-facing roles internally, which is great. We’re very pleased and excited to bring Vic, Jane and Jess to the forefront of our distribution operations.”
He added: “All three know the business inside out and show solid customer and service ethos. They bring the best of Allianz to our broker partners, while also supporting and developing our talent. Over the next three years, we have strong growth ambitions and the appointments of Vic, Jane and Jess give me confidence we will deliver better service to more brokers moving forward.”
Ashman has worked 10 years for Allianz, with a short half-way stint for a life and accident cover provider in Dubai. At Allianz, her roles have evolved from client services to account management and development, then team leadership and regional operations management.
Bond has also worked for Allianz for 10 years, initially within sales and training roles before joining what is now commercial regions as a senior team leader for the Bristol and Cardiff development team.
Jess joined Allianz’s small business team in Maidstone nearly seven years ago. Since then, she has been an underwriter in Woking and Maidstone, before becoming a business developer for the engineering business in the Southern Region. She was most recently a senior business developer for the Maidstone Commercial Branch.
