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Towergate Partnership today announces that its
Broking CEO Amanda Blanc has been named as one of London’s top
eight business women having won the Insurance Services category for
the prestigious 2008 Women in the City Awards.
Amanda will now go on to compete for the
overall 2008 Women of Achievement Award which will include being
interviewed by a member of the main judging panel. The winner
will be announced on 28 November at the 6th Annual Women
in the City lunch held in London.
The annual Awards recognise excellence
and celebrate the achievement of senior and partner-level women
working in professional services who can demonstrate that they meet
a range of criteria that go above and beyond their professional and
technical competencies.
Amanda made her mark early in her career
in insurance – as the youngest-ever and first female branch manager
at Commercial Union. A few years later she was leading AXA’s
northern regional team of 470 staff. At AXA, and later at Groupama,
she established a reputation for introducing successful change
programmes and turning around the performance of key areas of the
operation.
In 2006, whilst three-months pregnant
with her second child, she was appointed Chief Executive of
Towergate’s UK Broking Division, where she is now responsible for
3,000 people in 60 locations. Since she took over her role, gross
earnings at Towergate have grown by 64% and she has introduced
ground-breaking new programmes for applying consistent standards
and for revitalising customer interaction.
Amanda plays a very active role in
ensuring that talented women in insurance get the promotion and
recognition they deserve and, as the only female board member in
one of the leading insurance groups in UK insurance, she uses her
high profile to put over this message as strongly as
possible.
Amanda said, “Winning this award is a
real honour and great recognition for women working in the
insurance industry. I hope it sends out a signal to all
the women working in this largely male-dominated world that good
female managers can make a difference to the culture and that we’re
going to see more and more women graduates joining us and rising to
the top jobs".
Andy Homer, Group CEO of Towergate said,
“I have worked with Amanda in three different organisations and she
is undoubtedly one of the insurance industry’s brightest
talents. We are immensely proud of her award.”
Media Contacts
Russell O'Connor
Group Communications Manager
Towergate
Tel: 01622 656782
Mobile: 07760 282586
Email: Russell.o'connor@towergate.co.uk
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