RSA restructures specialty business; names division heads

General insurer RSA has restructured its specialty business with a new global risk solutions (GRS) operating model, and named division heads.

The new structure aims at delivering brokers and customers improved access to decision-makers and enabling GRS to operate with more focus in its chosen markets.

The three directors Richard Turner, Gareth Hilton and Gary Long, who previously held leadership positions within GRS, will now head RSA’s new units, reporting to GRS managing director Hayley Robinson.

Turner will head the Europe specialty lines, Europe and international marine, and also Dubai International Financial Centre and Scandinavia hull.

Hilton will be responsible for leading the London Market construction and engineering, renewable energy, marine and wholesale international property and casualty business.

The UK and multinational risk managed business including real estate will be headed by Long.

"The new structure for GRS allows us to serve our customers better and compete more effectively," said Robinson. "By simplifying how we do business, we will be able to trade more collaboratively with brokers and with more focus across the markets in which we operate.

"I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the new leadership team whose combined experience and knowledge will drive our success in our chosen markets."

Steve Lewis, CEO, UK and International, added: "The creation of global risk solutions in November 2016 was aimed at enabling this business under Hayley Robinson's leadership to reflect more closely the needs, the size and complexity of customers' risk.

"The launch of the new GRS model continues this direction of travel towards becoming the chosen partner of brokers and customers in our target markets by being accessible and easy to trade with, no matter how complex the risk."

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