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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Insurance space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andrew Brown
Senior Investment Consultant & Private Equity Manager Research of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Melanie Green
Senior Security Manager of Nationwide Building Society
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About Nationwide Building Society: Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution and the largest building society in the UK.
Simon Gallimore
Senior Manager Casualty and Auto Claims Uk & Ireland of American International Group
Simon Gallimore Senior Manager Complex Casualty Claims UK & Ireland AIG Prior to joining AIG in 2011 Simon spent the previous 20 years working in the personal lines claims arena where he held a number of senior leadership roles at RBSI and more latterly Tesco Bank where he held the role of Head of Claims. Upon joining AIG and making the move into the Commercial claims arena he has overseen a roots and branch review of AIG’s claims Casualty Claims service with a focus on putting the customer back at the heart of the claims process. Listening to the customer and evolving the service you deliver based on what they tell you remain the principles on which Simon continues to lead the AIG Casualty Teams he manages across the UK and Ireland. A father of 3 and a passionate Manchester United fan Simon describes his time away from work as either cleaning up spilt milk or crying over it, referencing his teams recent demise from greatness.
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About American International Group: American International Group operates as a global insurance company.
Andrew Hall
Senior Technology Manager of comparethemarket.com
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About comparethemarket.com: comparethemarket.com is a company which allows customers to save money by comparing prices in a wide range of goods and services.
Neil Martin
Senior Portfolio Manager of comparethemarket.com
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About comparethemarket.com: comparethemarket.com is a company which allows customers to save money by comparing prices in a wide range of goods and services.
Jean-Luc Crowther
Product Manager of Superscript
Jean-Luc Crowther is a account executive at Digital Risks.
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About Superscript: Superscript provides business insurance designed specifically to meet the fast-changing needs of small businesses.
Samantha Ward
Senior Project Manager of INSHUR
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About INSHUR: Commercial auto digital insurance
Rob Bishop
IT Infrastructure Team Manager of RSA Insurance Group
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About RSA Insurance Group: RSA is a multinational insurance group.
Veronique Constans
Programme Manager of Simply Business
Veronique is a Programme Manager at Simply Business, online insurance broker for small and medium businesses. She has worked in banking, payments and fintech for the past 10 years in programmes, strategy and new business models, and has a particular interest in fintech innovation and financial inclusion
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About Simply Business: Simply Business is a business insurance broker that offers tailored business insurance quotes to its clients.
Dickie Smith
Product Manager of Nimbla
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About Nimbla: Nimbla is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized UK businesses with dynamic invoice insurance.
Neth Williams
Marketing Project Manager of CGI
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About CGI: CGI is a canada-based information technology consulting, systems integration and outsourcing company.
Alastair Majury
Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager of Alastair Majury Project Management
Alastair Majury is a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst and Data Scientist with a proven track record of success. Throughout his professional career, Alastair has had extensive experience in a variety of sectors, including planning, developing, implementing and delivering migrations, organisational change, regulatory, legislative, and process improvements. Majury has had extensive experience working for multiple global financial organizations. Through his Senior Business Analyst and Data Scientist services, Majury has also covered the Challenger Bank, Retail Banking, Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Life & Pensions sectors. Through his decade-long professional career, Alastair Majury has honed his skill set in business analysis and financial services to become one of Scotland’s most successful and trusted analysts. As is the case with most analysts, Majury has worked alongside several leaders and senior managers in order to create long-lasting solutions. Majury’s success throughout his professional career is a testament to his ability to devise pragmatic solutions to support operational functions. Alastair Majury had started out in the financial services industry at HSBC as a market data analyst. This experience quickly led to him becoming an expert in OTC credit derivatives, which led to business analysis. Eventually, Alastair began working with multiple high-profile organizations and financial services corporations to deliver complex requirements and solutions. Majury, as a senior business analyst and data scientist, enjoys the always-changing and fast-paced environment that the industry provides. He draws inspiration from the fact that every single day can be vastly different; he also finds this to be the most rewarding aspect of the job. Alastair Majury, as any true professional does, hopes to continue to expand his knowledge of his industry and to increase his understanding of several core concepts, such as big data and regulatory projects. In doing this, he will continue his career and reputation as one of the UK’s most well-known and respected financial services professionals. Just recently, Alastair Majury passed CISI’s level 4 Derivatives (IAD) module spectacularly. The examination is specifically designed to challenge candidates’ knowledge of the regulations and practices in financial and commodity derivatives, their underlying markets and even the principles of investment strategies. In passing the examination, Alastair has proven his innate knowledge of derivatives, their underlying assets, clearing, delivery and settlements, portfolio research and construction trading, hedging and investment strategies, investment selection and administration and any other special regulatory requirements. This is a tremendous success for Majury and a large step forward in his already storied career. Alastair Majury is responsible for providing analytical services, including data analysis, to companies. Outside of work, Alastair Majury is heavily dedicated to philanthropic work. He is very much involved with a variety of charities and philanthropic organizations, both foreign and domestic. He believes that by working together, we can help make this world a better place. Alastair does not necessarily have a charity in particular that he enjoys working with. Instead, Alastair works with as many charities as he possible can in order to gain a greater sense of fulfillment and to help as many causes as possible. He is also very heavily involved with Scotland and thoroughly enjoys traveling his home country. From its sweeping, green hills to its rocky shores and historical landmarks, Alastair believes that Scotland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and rightfully so.
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About Alastair Majury Project Management: Alastair Majury works with the financial services sector to create process improvement, training, migration and subject matter expertise.
Bola Ajani
Talent and Inclusion Manager of Hastings Direct
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About Hastings Direct: Hastings Direct is a general insurance provider.
Tom Bailey
Learning Experience Manager of AXA UK
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About AXA UK: AXA UK is part of the AXA Group, the largest insurance brand in the world and the largest insurer by revenue.
Adam Neal
Group Compliance Manager of MYJAR
Adam Neal is a Group Compliance Manager at MYJAR (DPO).
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About MYJAR: Helping people manage their finances by providing responsible short term loans to reliable borrowers.
Adam Neal
Group Compliance Manager of MYJAR
Adam Neal is a Group Compliance Manager at MYJAR (DPO).
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About MYJAR: Helping people manage their finances by providing responsible short term loans to reliable borrowers.
Martin Preston
Data Quality Manager of Axa XL
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About Axa XL: Axa XL is a provider of insurance and reinsurance coverages and financial products to industrial.
Vandana Bangera
Product Portfolio Manager of Charles Taylor
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About Charles Taylor: Charles Taylor is a provider of professional services to clients across the global insurance market.
Joanne Butler
Product Portfolio Manager of Charles Taylor
Joanne Butler has over 20 years’ experience in software spanning multiple roles and industries from writing computer programs for banks, to managing a portfolio of Enterprise Risk and Compliance software products. Her current role as Product Portfolio Manager for an InsureTech start up involves managing a wide range of Insurance software products, spread across different technologies and brining new products to the Insurance space. Her areas of expertise are “all things product”; gathering requirements, product roadmaps, market analysis and much more.
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About Charles Taylor: Charles Taylor is a provider of professional services to clients across the global insurance market.
Talieh Mann
Senior Marketing Manager, Advertising and Acquisition of Vitality
Talieh Mann is the Head of Group Advertising for Adviser and Invest at Vitality. Having marketed financial services in the Pacific, Asia and across Europe, today she is responsible for bringing Vitality’s brand to life through the world of advertising. Vitality’s unique shared value model helps members take a more active role in managing their own wellness, encouraging them to develop healthy long-term habits that are good for them, good for the company and good for society. Vitality has joined forces with the Wisdom Council and other FS partners in the “Yes She Can” initiative. In her involvement in this project, Talieh is helping to bring investing to life for women – and ultimately help the industry to change the conversation across genders and generations and engage more people with their long-term savings.
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About Vitality: Vitality provides personal, business, and corporate health insurance solutions.
Kevin McElroy
Programme Manager of CYTI
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About CYTI, DeemTree: CYTI is an insurance distribution solutions company.
Ciaran Sainty
Scheme Development Manager at MD Insurance Services Limited of MD Group
Ciaran has more than a decade of experience in the insurance industry, most recently as an Underwriter at the largest independent Lloyd’s syndicate.
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About MD Group: MD Group is a brand that represents six separate firms who collaborate to provide latent defect insurance.
Suzy Hershman
Legal Division Manager of Hamilton Fraser
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About Hamilton Fraser: Hamilton Fraser provides specialist insurance products for the private rented property sector and the cosmetic and aesthetic practitioners.
Onkar Dalvi
Senior Analytics Manager of AA Ireland
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About AA Ireland: AA Ireland is an insurance company providing car, travel, and home insurance services.
James Thomas
Investment Manager of Admiral Group
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About Admiral Group, FUTT: Admiral Group is one of the largest car insurance providers in the UK.
