B2B general insurer Uinsure has appointed David Smith to the newly-created role of chief innovation officer.
Smith joins with over 30 years of experience of the intermediary market, having held senior roles with iPipeline, IntelliFlo, and Distribution Technology, where he led sales of adviser tools and designed, built and adopted new innovation.
In his new role, Smith will be responsible for Uinsure’s technological relationships.
Smith said: “The GI sector is at the beginning of a new era in technology and with more data available through partners’ open APIs the opportunity to remove unnecessary processes is huge. Advisers shouldn’t be rekeying the same data into CRM, mortgage sourcing, insurance and life systems. Why ask what is already known? It doesn’t make sense when we can share the data between us.”
Simon Taylor, chief executive officer at Uinsure, added: “We are delighted that David has joined our growing team.
“With only two in ten adviser-sold mortgages currently having GI attached, there is lots we can do to assist advisers in facilitating GI discussions with their clients.”
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.