Allianz grows personal lines arm with new appointment

Allianz UK has grown its personal lines arm with the appointment of Graham Wright as its new managing director of home insurance.

Wright will join the business in December and become part of the personal lines leadership team.

He will work alongside Henry Topham, managing director for retail, and Nicola George, managing director for broking, to grow the home book.

Wright will report to Serge Raffard, managing director of Allianz’s personal lines business.

Raffard said: “We see a big opportunity to grow our presence in the home insurance market, which is a key part of our wider strategy of focused expansion.

“Graham is a proven leader with a strong background of generating results in the highly competitive consumer space.”

Experience

Wright will join from Saga, where he was part of the insurance executive leadership team for almost three years, most recently as chief commercial officer for insurance.

Before this, he was with WTW for more than a decade, spending almost five years as UK leader for personal lines pricing.

Speaking about his new position at Allianz, Raffard said: “In this role, he will accelerate our momentum in the market, drive product innovation and develop the outstanding customer service for which Allianz is known.”