THB appoints senior aviation broker in further extension of ambitious growth strategy
THB, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the appointment of Matthew Gould as senior broker for its aviation team, effective immediately and reporting to Tom Thompson, THB’s director of aviation. The appointment follows the new multi-sector UK strategy announced last week by Darren Nightingale, CEO of THB MET, which encompasses the Lloyd’s broker’s marine, energy & transportation divisions, including aviation.
Matthew Gould has 12 years’ experience in the aviation market and joins THB Aviation from Ed Broking. Prior to that, he was an aerospace claims broker at Heath Lambert Group, having begun his career as a claims handler at Aviva in 2005.
“I’m delighted to welcome Matt to the team,” Thompson said. “As well as Matt’s technical knowledge, which is so important in this sector, he also has a well-rounded understanding of the various sub-classes, with particular experience in general aviation and aerospace risks. With his expertise in both direct and facultative placement as well as claims handling, Matt’s experience will contribute significantly to our wide-ranging aviation portfolio.”
Nightingale added: “Matt is joining THB at a particularly exciting time, as we implement strategies which not only embrace our specialist THB broking teams, but also bring together specialists from different sectors to meet our retail brokers’ needs more effectively. Aviation is an important part of this mix. It’s primarily viewed as international business and, while of course THB has plenty of international aviation clients, we will also be pursuing aviation business in the UK in a more targeted way.”
Gould said: “I’m looking forward to working with our retail brokers both domestically and internationally. THB has such a strong reputation and it’s great to be joining the business as the company both celebrates 50 years of broking and makes bold plans for the next 50 years.”
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For further information contact:
Damian Beeley
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Julian Vereker
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THB Group
Notes to editors
- THB Group is a specialist (re)insurance and risk management group, having at its core a Lloyd’s broking business (Thompson Heath & Bond Limited), providing services to clients worldwide.
- The Group has some 700 staff worldwide.
- THB is part of AmWINS Group, Inc., a global specialty insurance distributor with some 4,000 employees across more than 100 office locations worldwide. AmWINS handles some $14billion in premium and is ranked the largest wholesale insurance broker in the U.S. by Business Insurance magazine.
- AmWINS offers expertise across a diversified mix of property and casualty (P&C) and group benefits insurance products, and also provides value-added services to support these products, including product development, underwriting, premium and claims administration and actuarial services.
- For further information on THB, please visit www.thbgroup.com.
- For further information on AmWINS, please visit www.amwins.com.