Gallagher plucks ex-WTW/Marsh/AXA XL to build large multinational offering

Re/insurance broker  Gallagher has tapped a key leader from  Aviva, with a background at several global brokers and insurers, to further build out its offering to large multinational clients in the UK.

Louise Piper joins Gallagher as head of strategic account management, where she will be responsible for the management of Gallagher’s offering to large multinational clients and work alongside the specialist broking teams in Gallagher’s UK Retail and Speciality divisions to coordinate and design solutions for clients. She will report to specialty CEO, Jonathan Turner.

Piper was most recently international brokers director at Aviva where she was responsible for managing all large and consolidator broker relationships for the insurer and leading its distribution and sales team to grow the business. Prior to that, she worked at AXA XL as head of client and distribution management. She has also held leadership roles at WTW as head of UK retail broking, and Marsh as head of National Corporate Placement.

Turner said: “Louise brings a huge amount of leadership experience in account management at both broking firms and underwriting businesses; simply she is a fantastic addition to the Gallagher team. She has a proven track record of driving business success through a deep understanding of customer needs and her appointment demonstrates our commitment to offering our customers leading edge solutions as their trusted risk partner. As the size and breadth of our business continues to grow we want to ensure that our offering to complex, multinational entities is the best in the market and Louise will work with our existing teams to support the evolution of our client proposition.”

Louise commented: “I’m very pleased to be joining Gallagher and to contribute to the ambitious growth plans for the business. I believe Gallagher’s culture and client centric approach is second to none, and in my new role I will be focused on how we can build on our offering to multinationals and other large corporates, to ensure clients get the very best cohesive service to manage all the different risks their business faces.”

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