Industry body the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced that Russell Higginbotham, CEO of Swiss Re Solutions, has been elected as its President for 2023.
In the coming months, Higginbotham, who began his career in 1986 with a UK life insurer, will work closely with current CII President and CEO of Aston Lark, Peter Blanc, before he takes over as President and Chair of the President’s Forum on 1 January 2023.
“I am delighted and honoured to have been elected as CII President for 2023,” said Higginbotham. “I look forward to commencing my term of office in January.”
Higginbotham was elected at the CII’s annual general meeting (AGM) on October 4th, during which Ian Callaghan was also appointed to the role of deputy president.
Callaghan is insurer relations director at Kingfisher Insurance.
“Thank you to all the CII members who have supported my election as Deputy President,” he commented. “Your support is very important to me, and I am looking to forward to taking up office in the New Year.”
Alan Vallance, CEO of the CII, also stated: “I would like to thank Peter for his fantastic, continuing work as President and for his focus on the profession addressing the unmet needs of society and showing the true value of advice.”
“I look forward to working closely with Russell as our new President and Ian as our new Deputy President in 2023 on ways to raise public trust in the insurance and financial planning profession.”
