Markel appoints new head of an ‘under-insured’ market sector
Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group, has appointed a head of bloodstock for the London Market to spearhead its equine and livestock growth strategy and develop innovative products.
In this role, Oliver Atkin will lead the bloodstock team in London by setting the bloodstock growth strategy as well as identifying and developing innovative products, to support brokers and customers in the bloodstock space. Alongside those duties, he’ll continue building on new and existing broker relationships with broker partners and their policyholders.
Atkin joined Markel as a bloodstock underwriter over six years ago. In his new post, he will continue operating from Markel’s London office and reporting directly to Juliet Redfern, divisional managing director of equine and livestock at Markel International in London and France.
Redfern commented: “Congratulations to Ollie Atkin on his well-deserved promotion to Head of Bloodstock in London. Ollie is incredibly service-minded and works, as everyone does in our team, to provide the high level of service our brokers and customers get and expect from Markel; from providing a quote, to collaborating with a customer on a new product or service.
Ollie has a particular interest in National Hunt racing and is developing new solutions for this under-insured market sector – with his knowledge and expertise on this subject being key to developing these policies.”
Redfern concluded: “Ollie's promotion to this leadership role reflects our long-term outlook for Equine and Livestock at Markel, and under his leadership, it will also give everyone in the team the opportunity to develop and progress, so we can continue driving profitable growth and being there for customers year in, year out into the future.”
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