Grundy, Mullan, O’Reilly and Starkie promoted to Regional Managers
London, 4 February 2025 — Arch Insurance UK Regional Division has today announced the promotion of four senior members to new Regional Manager roles across the UK, with immediate effect.
Ian Grundy, Janice Mullan, Tony O’Reilly and Janine Starkie have been promoted to Regional Managers for the Midlands & the South West, South & Thames Valley, London & the Home Counties and North and Scotland, respectively. They report to Mike Bottle, Managing Director, Arch Insurance UK Regional Division.
In these expanded roles, they are responsible for delivering the growth objectives for their respective region and facilitating greater country-wide branch collaboration. They will also focus on delivering more comprehensive solutions and services, aligned to broking partners’ placement strategies.
In addition, they will each maintain their current branch management responsibilities for Birmingham, Southampton, St Albans and Manchester, respectively.
The four members bring decades of UK insurance market experience to their regional positions. Grundy joined Arch in 2022, having previously been a Strategic Relationship Manager at AXA UK; Mullan joined in 2019 from Arista Insurance where she was a Broker Development Manager; O’Reilly joined Arch in 2019 from Fusion/Arista where he was Branch Manager for London & St Albans; and Starkie joined in 2023 having previously been a Sales Manager at AXA UK.
Commenting on the announcement, Mike Bottle, Managing Director, said: “Our new regional structure demonstrates our commitment to evolving alongside our broker partners. Ian, Janice, Tony and Janine each have proven track records of leadership and delivering high quality broker service, and will now spearhead our strategy across our nine branches. By aligning our structure with our brokers’ evolving business models, we’re able to enhance our service proposition, better address their needs and still maintain the local relationships key to our success.”
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EDITOR’S NOTES
About Arch Insurance (UK) Limited
Arch Insurance (UK) Limited is part of Arch Insurance International and provides specialised commercial property, casualty, motor, professional liability, personal accident and travel insurance solutions through its extended office network across the UK.
Arch Insurance (UK) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
About Arch Insurance International
Arch Insurance International is part of Arch Capital Group Ltd. and includes Arch Insurance UK and the P&C insurance operations of Arch Insurance (EU) dac, as well as Arch’s insurance operations in Europe, Bermuda and Australia.
About Arch Capital Group Ltd.
Arch Capital Group Ltd., a publicly listed Bermuda exempted company with approximately $25 billion in capital at September 30, 2024, provides insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a worldwide basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries.
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Source: Arch Insurance (UK) Limited
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