Thursday, 17 November 2011
Corporate round-up
ACE adds to UK Technical Risks team and Manwaring joins QBE as UK Surety Manager.
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ACE adds to UK Technical Risks team
ACE has announced the appointment of Steve Baker to its UK Technical Risks team as Regional Construction Underwriter where he will be responsible for developing the construction book of business in the Midlands and the south.
Mr Baker will be based in ACE’s Birmingham branch and will report to Kevin Lutz, UK and Ireland Technical Lines Manager. He takes over his role from Andrew Morris, who will be moving to join ACE in Australia at the end of the year.
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With more than 24 years’ experience in the industry, Mr Baker joins ACE from RSA, where he worked across the Midlands and south regions and had a key role establishing the Construction, Power and Engineering trading team
Manwaring joins QBE as UK Surety Manager
QBE has appointed Steve Manwaring as UK Surety Manager where he will be based in London.
Mr Manwaring will join QBE in the new year from Svenska Handelsbanken and will report to Trevor Williams, Head of Credit and Surety Europe at QBE’s European Operations.
He has extensive surety experience, including underwriting and broking as well as banking and insolvency exposure.
QBE said Mr Manwaring will contribute to the growth of QBE’s international surety capabilities that currently encompass teams in France and Germany, together with on the ground surety capability in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
Commenting on the appointment, Trevor Williams said: “QBE’s commitment to the surety market is reinforced by this appointment. Steve’s experience will not only strengthen our presence in the UK but as a member of the leadership team he will also work to increase our European capability.”
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