Lorica makes clutch of appointments

Lorica Insurance Brokers has made seven appointments.

Paul Thorniley has joined Lorica head office in its Birmingham branch as account director, hospitality. Previously he worked at Oval.

Lorica appointed Allister Foulds as SME executive account manager in its Hemel Hempstead branch. He joins Lorica from Towergate Risk Solutions in Milton Keynes.

Nick Robbins has joined the Billericay branch of Lorica as an admin assistant.

The broker has appointed Nick Ellson, previously at Bluefin, as branch sales director of its Birmingham office.

Ann Beswick will be joining Lorica head office in Preston as group operations manager on 5 January. Previously she was head of underwriting service at Groupama in Manchester.

Mark Partington will join the Preston branch on 5 January as branch sales director. Partington was previously executive director at R K Harrison.

Finally, Lorica has appointed Antony Jones as account director, property, based in its Birmingham branch. He will join on 1 February and previously worked at Adler Insurance Brokers.

Lorica chief executive Matthew Bray said: “We are looking forward to working with them all and to their contribution to our ambitious plans.”