UnderwriteMe bolsters protection platform distribution team

A number of hires

Tom Ellis
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UnderwriteMe has invested in a new team structure and bolstered its distribution team in order to "support increasing demands from its distributors".

The firm has chosen Pippa Keefe (pictured) to lead the larger distribution team under the newly created role of distribution director. Keefe will be in charge of distributor strategy, implementation and support for the firm's Protection Platform. The reshuffle has also seen Phil Nash, who has previously worked at Royal Liver and Fortis Life, join Keefe's team as national distribution manager. To complement the increase in its distribution activity, UnderwriteMe said it was also investing in its operations function. Under the firm's chief operating officer Julie Evans, it has expanded ...

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