Sam Brown’s previous role was as London market relationship director at Fusion/XP

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Barbican Protect, the UK retail arm of Barbican Insurance Group, has hired Sam Brown as head of property and package.

Brown joins Barbican from Towergate-owned managing general agency (MGA) Fusion/XP, where she had been since November 2009.

Prior to that, she was a senior property underwriter at HDI-Gerling Insurance in London. Other roles include senior property underwriter at AXA Insurance, property underwriter at AXA Corporate Solutions and underwriter at Guardian Insurance.

In her new role she will report to Barbican Protect managing director Stuart Kilpatrick.