Market moves: Creating connections

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in Manchester is traditionally the time for a slew of product launches and this year stayed true to the tradition

Last month however there were also numerous people moves. Despite only being directly involved with two departures and one non-arrival there was also a curiously high number of links to Zurich. The provider saw Matthew Hartigan leave to become boss at GRP-owned Higos and Conor Brennan also departed for a broker this time in Ireland. The non-arriver was Mark Coffey who opted to move to Ardonagh rather than switch across with recently acquired Oak Underwriting.

Meanwhile ex-head of personal lines