AXA UK has announced the appointments of Gary Head and Joel Markham to senior positions within its Delegated Authorities team.
Head has been appointed as Director of Delegated Authorities, joining the company from Hiscox where he has spent the previous 23 years.
At Hiscox, Head served as Managing Director of Alternative Distribution, before which he was Chief Underwriting Officer.
In his new role, he will be tasked with profitably expanding the Delegated Authorities business at AXA UK.
Markham, meanwhile, has been named as Head of Sales and Marketing for Delegated Authorities, joining AXA UK from Ageas.
At Ageas, Markham served as Head of Regional Distributions for both personal and commercial lines, before which he held positions at Allianz and Zurich.
Both Head and Markham will take up their new roles at the beginning of January 2020, with Head reporting to Deepak Soni, Director of Commercial Intermediary.
“It is an exciting time in our business as we continue to profitably grow our delegated authority business,” said Soni.
“I’m delighted to have the opportunity to bring into the business such strong experience and leadership in Gary and Joel, and I know our brokers partners will be looking forward to working with the teams next year on new and existing opportunities.”
Head also commented: “It is an absolute privilege to be given the opportunity to build on the great success the team have already achieved. I can’t wait to bring the might of the AXA brand to the table for existing and new partners alike.”
“I am extremely excited to be joining the AXA team at an important time in their growth plans,” added Markham.
“I have heard great things from broker partners about the quality of people, the market-leading proposition and their desire to grow with AXA. It is a business I have admired from afar for a number of years.”
