iprism appoints new underwriting manager from Arch

Specialist commercial, property and high net worth MGA iprism has appointed Aaron Woodhams to the newly created role of underwriting manager. He joins from Arch’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 2012 with immediate effect.

Woodhams has 20 years’ underwriting experience in a range of commercial and property business lines. He will be responsible for leading iprism’s operational underwriting function, applying pricing strategy and managing key relationships with insurers and capacity providers. Prior to Arch, Woodhams held senior commercial underwriting roles at Axiom and Allianz.

Ian Lloyd iprism’s managing director said: “Aaron joins us at an important time for iprism as we look to build on the recent positive performance of our underwriting book. The new role will play an important part in the growth and strategic development of our business.

“That strategy is focused on driving profitable underwriting results for our insurer partners and service delivery for brokers, underpinned by our technology-enabled platform. I am pleased to be welcoming Aaron to the team and look forward to working with him in the future.”

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