MAI CEE hires Marsh exec for Central and Eastern European expansion

Insurance broker MAI CEE has hired Petr Antošík to fuel its Central and Eastern European expansion.

Antošík has joined MAI as an employee benefits broker from Marsh where, as senior client executive, he was responsible for generating new business and maintaining relationships with key insurers and clients.

Previously, Antošík led the employee benefits practice of Mercer in the Czech Republic and has also held the position of corporate solutions business director at Amcico AIG Life.

Jan Stok, CEO of MAI said: "We are hiring 25 experienced professionals to expand our presence in domestic markets, and looking to engage broker teams.

"Petr joins MAI to help capitalize on the opportunities created by the rapidly changing employee benefits market. Falling unemployment in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland is creating competition for labour and employee benefits programmes help employers attract the best candidates. Petr is well known and respected in the Czech Republic and will help expand our EB capabilities there, as part of the wider push into Russia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and beyond."

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