Allianz appoints new Heads of property and motor trade

Allianz Commercial has promoted Mark Ashwood as head of property insurance and Olivia Baker as head of motor trade insurance.

Mark and Olivia will be responsible for setting the strategy, direction, pricing and underwriting appetite for Allianz’s commercial property and motor trade accounts respectively, as well as maintaining and developing products and customer propositions.

Mark has had an extensive career at Allianz since joining the company in 1987. He worked in a number of branches in commercial underwriting roles, before becoming motor trade manager and most recently, motor trade underwriting account manager.

Olivia joined the Allianz graduate programme in 2010 and has since held several underwriting roles with a particular focus on account management and portfolio steering. This included leading the motor trade account in the Woking branch and her most recent role as manager within the motor trade head office account team.

Stuart Toal, head of mid-corporate, Allianz Commercial, said:

“Mark and Olivia both have an incredible wealth of experience in underwriting. They bring a huge amount of knowledge and technical excellence with them to their roles, as well as a great understanding of the market. I’m confident these appointments place Allianz in a strong position as we strive to meet our underwriting ambitions.”

He added: “I’m really pleased that we have been able to promote from within for these two pivotal roles in our organisation, which just demonstrates the strength of our talent pool.”

Authored by Allianz