Allianz Commercial appoints Sharanjit Chaggar Head of Financial Lines UK, Large-Corp and Specialty

Allianz Commercial today announced the appointment of Sharanjit Chaggar as Head of Financial Lines for Large-Corp and Specialty in the UK.  Sharanjit will join in April 2024 and report to Nadia Cote, Commercial Managing Director UK.

In this role, Sharanjit will lead Allianz Commercial’s UK Financial Lines business, covering Directors & Officers (D&O), Financial Institutions, Professional Indemnity [and Cyber] across the large-corp and specialty segments.

With over 20 years of international experience in the insurance industry, Sharanjit has held leadership positions in London, Singapore, Auckland and Miami. She joins Allianz Commercial from Marsh where she was most recently Senior Vice President, FINPRO Asia D&O Leader.  Over the course of her career she has held an array of roles of increasing seniority across the insurance industry on both broker and carrier sides.

Commenting on Sharanjit’s appointment, Nadia said: “I’m delighted Sharanjit is joining Allianz Commercial to lead Financial Lines in our UK region. She is a fantastic addition to our leadership team, bringing a wealth of experience to the role. Under her leadership our Financial Lines team is perfectly placed to respond to the fast-growing exposures of modern businesses with our comprehensive solutions for our clients and brokers.”

Vanessa Maxwell, Global Head of Financial Lines, added: “Sharanjit possess a proven track record of building and maintaining key relationships and driving business growth in both established and start-up Financial Lines operations around the world and we’re very happy she’s re-joining Allianz in the London Market to lead the UK team. I very much look forward to working together.”

Authored by Allianz