NEIL BRETTELL BECOMES GENERAL MANAGER ALLIANZ RETAIL

Allianz Insurance has appointed Neil Brettell to the role of General Manager, Retail, with effect from 1 January 2014.

Neil joined Allianz in September 2007 as Commercial Director for Allianz Personal. Following the creation of Retail Division, Neil initially took responsibility for Market Management and Direct. In 2010, he was made Director, Speciality and Direct with responsibility for Petplan, Direct and Musical Insurance.

Under Neil's leadership, Petplan has broken records for revenue, profit and customer numbers. The Allianz Your Cover direct proposition has been successfully launched and has passed the 100,000 customer mark.

Before joining Allianz, Neil held a number of marketing and commercial roles in consumer packaged goods.

Allianz CEO, Jon Dye said:

“Neil has a proven track record of success at Allianz and I am delighted to make an internal appointment as leader of Allianz’s Retail business.”

Neil Brettell said:

“The Allianz Retail team has achieved excellent results in the last five years and built a strong platform for future success. I’m very proud to have been part of such a high performing business and the opportunity to now lead such a strong and ambitious group of people is a very exciting prospect which I’m greatly looking forward to.”

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