Hiscox has "aggressive" commercial targets

Hiscox has completed a double hire in its UK professions and specialty commercial (PSC) division.

Samantha Newman has been appointed head of emerging professional indemnity and charities, and Ann Meaden has joined as senior development underwriter.

John Heaney, head of PSC at Hiscox UK, said: “We have aggressive targets in place to grow the volume and range of quality commercial risks we underwrite, whilst retaining our focus on providing the right cover at the right price."

Newman will be based in London and report to head of professions and specialty commercial John Heaney.

She will be responsible for developing Hiscox’s presence in non-traditional professions such as environmental consultants and estate agents as well as developing business in the charity sector.

She was most recently sales director of BBC Audiobooks, a subsidiary of BBC Worldwide.

Meaden will bolster Hiscox’s underwriting presence in Bristol, reporting to regional manager (South and Midlands), David Henderson.

She joins from Brit, where she set up a scheme for the production service industry.