New Managing Director for Ecclesiastical’s UKGI business

It follows the announcement in September that John Blundell will retire next year.

Richard is currently European Director & Global Head of Insurance & Assistance at Collinson.

He started his career as a graduate trainee at Eagle Star. Following its acquisition by Zurich, he held a variety of roles spanning 18 years, including Head of Navigators & General (Zurich’s yacht insurance business), leadership of Personal Lines Broker and SME within Zurich’s Broker Division, and Managing Director of Zurich’s UK Commercial Broker business. He is also an advisory board member at Cytora, the artificial intelligence insurtech company.

Richard will join Ecclesiastical on 1 February, subject to regulatory approval, and there will be a handover period with John Blundell to ensure a smooth transition.