Ecclesiastical Insurance : appoints Louise Moses as new Underwriting Performance Director

Specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical, has appointed Louise Moses to play a leading role within the company's underwriting team.

As the new Underwriting Performance Director, Louise will work within Ecclesiastical's UKGI business to support all commercial insurance areas to deliver their targets; alongside developing innovative underwriting solutions and supporting major projects, initiatives and training.

Louise joins Ecclesiastical from Zurich, where she was UKGI Head of Property. As well as leading the underwriting and pricing strategy for the company, she was responsible for managing performance in those areas. Previous positions included underwriting and sales roles with AIG, Chubb and Sterling (now Covea).

On joining Ecclesiastical, Louise, said: "I admire Ecclesiastical's customer focus, ethics and technical expertise and I am delighted to be joining the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to work with the underwriting teams to continue developing their growing commercial portfolio."

Underwriting Director, Tony Hutchins, said: "Louise brings vast experience and expertise to an existing team of experts at Ecclesiastical. She has a proven track record for managing performance and her appointment is a further boost to our ongoing work in building a best in class underwriting

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1. Owned by a registered charity, Allchurches Trust, Ecclesiastical is a unique financial services organisation. With its main operations and headquarters in the UK, Ecclesiastical also operates in Australia, Canada and Ireland. 2. Ecclesiastical is a specialist insurer of the faith, heritage, fine art, charities, education and private client sectors. 3. Founded in 1887 to provide insurance for the Anglican Church, the company now offers a wide range of commercial insurances, as well as home insurance, selling through brokers and directly. 4. The Ecclesiastical Group also includes award-winning investment management business, EdenTree Investment Management, which provides a range of ethically screened investment funds. 5. Ecclesiastical is one of UK's Top Company Donors to Charity according to the 2014-2015 UK Guide to Company Giving. Other 2016 awards include Better Society Awards, Insurer of the Year and Post Magazine, Claims Awards, Customer Care winner. 6. In 2014 the Group launched its vision to donate £50m to charity in a three year period. In March 2016 the Group announced that it had reached its target almost a year ahead of schedule donating almost £53m in total. 7. Many businesses say they are different. Ecclesiastical really is. Find out why here www.ecclesiastical.com/ourstory