RSA Insurance : New UK commercial lines business model unveiled

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About RSA Global risk solutions

RSA Global risk solutions provides a full suite of commercial insurance solutions to complex and large clients in the UK and overseas. It includes RSA's global specialty business, our market-leading marine insurance business, European specialty businesses, Dubai International Financial Centre branch and US MGA. In 2015, GRS wrote c.£900m of gross written premiums.

About RSA Commercial Risk Solutions

RSA Commercial risk solutions offers commercial insurance solutions to small and medium sized UK clients. It includes RSA's SME, regional and mid-market underwriting business in the UK, our range of delegated business written through UK brokers as well as our insurance partnership with Motability Operations. In 2015 CRS wrote c.£1.4bn of gross written premiums.

About UK & International region

Under the new structure, the UK & International region consists of five distinct businesses: UK personal, Commercial risk solutions, Global risk solutions (which includes RSA's European branches) and the two separate entities of Ireland and the Middle East. The businesses are headed by MD David Coughlan, interim MD Jim Reeve, MD Hayley Robinson, CEO Ken Norgrove and CEO Lloyd East, respectively. All report to Steve Lewis.

Biographies

• Hayley Robinson has significant insurance experience having spent her career working across several disciplines in the UK market and internationally. Hayley was director of global specialty lines at RSA UK for more than two years and previously held the position of underwriting, claims and reinsurance director of RSA's emerging markets businesses. She joined RSA in 2013 from Aviva where she spent 18 months in the role of chief underwriting officer for personal lines. Prior to that she held leadership positions spanning both underwriting and claims in RSA's international business.
• Finlay Smith joined RSA as an underwriting clerk in accident and liability insurance in Edinburgh. Always operating in commercial insurance he gained significant experience across a number of disciplines and regions in the UK before coming to London in 2001 as UK property underwriting manager. Finlay left RSA to join QBE in 2008 to lead and expand their UK and European markets commercial property business across 15 countries before returning to RSA in 2013 as UK commercial underwriting and pricing director.
• Jim Reeve joined RSA in January 2015 as sales and distribution director for UK commercial. Jim has a track record of leading a range of large financial services organisations. Until April 2004 he was managing director of Zurich Financial Services in the UK before joining Barclays Bank to lead their financial planning business. In 2008 he was appointed CEO of Positive Solutions, the largest IFA business in the UK. More recently he established his own business consultancy practice, advising organisations on their business strategies.