QBE raids Aviva for motor underwriter

QBE has appointed Iain Bickers as senior motor trade underwriter, based in Leeds.

Bickers was previously a senior underwriter at Aviva, where he had been employed for 27 years gaining experience across a broad range of commercial underwriting classes, and was responsible for a team of trading underwriters in the North East region.

His new role will be to write combined motor trade business. QBE said the position provides an alternative motor trade product to brokers in the North East.

Matthew Crane, managing director for the motor division of QBE European Operations, said: “This new appointment complements our strategy for the distribution of our products across the UK. It further extends our existing regional underwriting capability, and we are delighted to welcome Iain to the team. We look forward to a continued expansion of our capabilities in this area in the near future.”

Pat Wood, commercial manager for QBE in Leeds, said: “Iain brings with him a wealth of motor trade experience that makes him a valuable addition to the Leeds business. The move is part of QBE’s ongoing drive to regionalise its underwriting, and I am proud that brokers in the North East will now benefit further from QBE’s regional underwriting strategy.”