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Allianz announces new London markets manager
Allianz Insurance has appointed Alastair Warren-Upham to the role of London markets manager.
In his new position, Alastair will oversee the distribution strategy for Allianz’s London branches and engagement with the London market.
Joining Allianz in 2009 on the corporate management programme, Alastair has moved up through the business. Starting in the market management team, he progressed to property, casualty and motor underwriter in London, followed by distribution manager for Allianz London Market Real Estate (LMRE), before becoming key account manager for the London region.
In his most recent role as strategic account manager, Alastair managed and set the strategic direction for the relationships with some of Allianz’s largest broker accounts at a national level.
Alastair takes on the role following Martyn Davenport’s retirement.
Allianz’s director of broker markets, Nick Hobbs said:
“I’d like to thank Martyn for the fantastic contribution he has made to our business during his 19 years here. We wish him all the very best for the future. He is well succeeded by Alastair who has done a sterling job as a strategic account manager, playing a key role in some very significant initiatives and projects”.
Allianz’s regional manager, London, Tom Leonard added:
“We are delighted to welcome someone of Alastair’s calibre back to London. He will be instrumental to further developments for Allianz in the London region”.
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The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 92 million retail and corporate customers. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 673 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage more than 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold the leading position for insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2018, over 142,000 employees in more than 80 countries achieved total revenues of 131 billion euros and an operating profit of 11.5 billion euros for the group.
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