Financial services mutual LV= has appointed Debbie Kennedy to lead its protection business with Clive Bolton taking on the leadership of its retirement solutions and heritage business.
Both appointments are effective from 01 July and subject to regulatory approval.
Kennedy joins LV= from MLC Life Insurance, based in Melbourne, Australia where she is general manager business design and change and was previously chief underwriting officer.
She also has group head of protection strategy at Royal London and a variety of protection roles at Scottish Equitable, Swiss Re, Axa and Capita on her C.V.
LV said Bolton’s move to concentrate on the retirement solutions and heritage business reflected the company’s increased focus on the retirement sector where he has the necessary deep expertise and experience to help LV= in this important market.
Debbie will join Clive on the executive team and both will report directly to chief executive Richard Rowney.
Richard Rowney, LV= chief executive, said: “Debbie brings a real breadth of expertise in protection to our business along with strong leadership skills having worked in a number of diverse environments.
“We have big ambitions for both our protection and retirement businesses and with Debbie and Clive at the helm I’m confident we’ve got the right leadership to enable LV=’s continued success.”
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.
