RSA Insurance has announced that Peter Townsend has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer for its UK and International business. Peter has worked at RSA for 10 years, joining as Legal Counsel in 2012. Since then, he has held roles as RSA's Group Head of Financial Crime and Group Data Protection Officer.

Prior to joining RSA, Peter was a solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner and Clifford Chance. In the role, Peter will be responsible for implementing and monitoring regulatory developments and creating support frameworks and policies. Peter will do this by working with business areas affected by regulatory change, as well as providing advice and guidance to the RSA Board and Executive Team and working with parent company Intact, in particular Group Chief Compliance Officer, Robin Richardson.