Allianz appoints claims head for high net worth insurance unit

Allianz has expanded its high net worth insurance specialist subsidiary Home & Legacy with three appointments in the claims and technical units.

Andrew Reid has been appointed to the newly-created management position of head of claims. He was previously the operational underwriting manager of Home & Legacy since 2012.

Angela Gordon has been promoted to take over from Reid as operational underwriting manager. Gordon previously worked as senior technical underwriter at Allianz. At Home & Legacy, she will be working with underwriting and markets director Ade Ewington to continue developing the company’s high net worth product range and underwriting solutions. Prior to working at Allianz, she was portfolio manager at RSA in Dublin specialising in retail insurance.

The company has also added Louella Woolley Dip to the technical underwriting team as senior technical underwriter. Woolley Dip has worked in Home & Legacy underwriting services since 2013.

Barry O’Neill, Home & Legacy managing director, commented: "The expansion of Home & Legacy’s technical underwriting and claims teams shows our commitment to providing our brokers with even greater access to decision makers in our business.

"These appointments reinforce Home & Legacy’s position as one of the most stable providers in the UK high net worth insurance market."

Reid said: "As a bespoke provider specialising in high net worth products and services, at Home & Legacy our claims department has the opportunity to set the benchmark for technical and customer service excellence.

"Our dedicated claims team already receive an extraordinary amount of praise from our customers, with a strong Net Promoter Score. With continued commitment and investment in the claims function at Home & Legacy, my ambition is for our expert team of handlers to become consistently recognised by brokers and customers as the absolute best in the market."

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