Former RBS director joins Fortis

Fortis Insurance has appointed Adam Clarke as director of underwriting.

Clarke will work with the teams responsible for affinity and partnership underwriting, commercial underwriting and new product development to manage the performance and profitable development of accounts within these areas.

He joins Fortis from Royal Bank of Scotland where he was the Commercial Director of home, pet and travel. Prior to this he was the Finance Director of Churchill, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland. During this time he led the development of product strategies within the household and life business unit of RBS Insurance. He started his insurance career in 1994 as a finance analyst at Prudential.

Fortis UK Chief Executive, Barry Smith, said: “I am delighted that Adam has joined our Underwriting team. He brings with him a wealth of experience in terms of finance and business development from his previous insurance roles. This will be key to Fortis’ development as we continue to grow our product offering to the affinity market while maintaining a strong commitment to our broker base.”

Clarke said: “I was attracted to Fortis because of its unique approach to insurance. Fortis is well respected in the industry for having the confidence to follow its own lead and this has been demonstrated by its sustained success over many years. I look forward to contributing to its continued success at what is an exciting time for Fortis.”