24 November 2014 Insurance

ACE strengthens A&H team

ACE Group has strengthened its EMEA accident and health (A&H) team with two appointments.

Joel Laventure has been appointed to the new role of commercial director, A&H classic for ACE in EMEA. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading and coordinating key business development initiatives and further expanding ACE’s external partnerships.

Prior to this role, Laventure was the head of SME and residential insurance for ACE in the Asia Pacific region.

Laventure will be based in Dublin, reporting to Stéphane Baj, regional director, A&H corporate & affinity for ACE in EMEA.

Matt Fosterhas been appointed to the new role of head of product marketing for A&H. In his new role, he will ensure that ACE’s propositions meet customer needs and are supported by cross-platform marketing campaigns, rolled out across the EMEA region.

Foster joins from Ageas, where he held the position of senior manager, products.

He will be based in London, reporting to Darragh Gray, director for marketing and communications for ACE in EMEA and Pat Drinan, senior vice president, A&H and life for ACE in EMEA.

Drinan said: “Joel and Matt will play a key role in driving innovation across our A&H portfolio, developing new partnerships, optimising our existing ones and making sure that our customer proposition remains well understood and relevant to our customers, partners and brokers. Their appointments will be instrumental in ensuring that we deliver a consistent and best in class A&H offering across EMEA. I welcome them both and I am looking forward to working with them.”

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