UIB looks to Lockton to tap into major growth opportunities in LatAm

International re/insurance broker UIB has brought in two senior hires from Lockton and Consilium Re to focus on growth opportunities within the Latin American marketplace.

Angel Martinez Roig and Deborah Martinez Ojeda have joined the broker's property team based in London, joining existing member Carlos Rueda, reporting to Julian Ball, UIB’s co-head of non-marine.

Both executives have a depth of understanding and local market knowledge. Martinez Roig, who takes on the role of associate director, non-marine, brings over 37 years’ experience specialising in the production, design, structuring and placement of major multinational and single territory insurance. His primary responsibilities at UIB will be to produce and place property & energy risks from the Latin American and Caribbean regions into the Lloyd’s and London Markets, but also to interact with other territories, such as the southern US and North Africa.

Most recently, Martinez Roig served as senior vice president at Lockton where he spent 11 years of his career.

Martinez Ojeda joins UIB as a senior account executive. Previously, she worked at Consilium Re, the reinsurance broking arm of the Aventum Group, for two years. During this time, she was engaged in client negotiations with overseas brokers for Latin America business, as well as broking with London and overseas market reinsurers. At UIB, she will play a crucial part in building more personalised relationships with clients and underwriters in the LatAm region.

Ball said: “After the recent appointment of Carlos Gutierrez to UIB LatAm Regional CEO, we plan to continue collaborating with the UIB offices in Colombia, to support and help them grow while maintaining activity through London. We welcome the new additions to our team and look forward to future opportunities for improving our efforts for regional expansion. We value their scope of knowledge of the local market which is essential to UIB’s movement towards growing business in Latin America.”

Shaun Barrington, CEO of UIB, added: “Angel and Deborah’s appointments support UIB’s objective for expansion as we recognise major growth potential in Latin America in conjunction with our existing operations in the area. We continue to concentrate our efforts on strategic growth and global development through a more targeted approach to attracting business.”

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