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Named appointments reported this week
| Person | New role and organization | Previous experience or affiliation reported | What the report establishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petra Votzakis | Renewable energy underwriter, Pen Underwriting | Insurance Age reports 20 years of insurance-sector experience across broking and underwriting, with the past decade focused on construction, engineering and renewable energy risks. The visible text begins to mention a prior role at Allianz but does not give the complete detail. | Her appointment and experience appear in the accessible excerpt of Insurance Age’s roundup. No effective date is stated. |
| Adam Holberry | Chief executive designate, Cogent | Insurance Times’ indexed search excerpt says he moved from the group chief executive role at Brace Underwriting. | The excerpt says he would work with Cogent group chief executive Mark Bishop, the board and the wider leadership team. The article body was not available to verify further details or an effective date. |
| Nicki Crabb | Delegated authority schemes director, Commercial Express | Insurance Age’s people-news index says she joined from Covéa. | The index associates the appointment with the launch of a schemes division. It provides no effective date or further role details. |
Other move surfaced by the index
Insurance Age’s people-news index also lists an MGA personal-lines hire from Aviva, but the accessible listing does not identify the appointee or give the new role. It is therefore not possible to name that person reliably.
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How to read this week’s list
The named entries come from different levels of reporting: Votzakis’s appointment is visible in the exact-title Insurance Age roundup excerpt, Holberry’s details come from an Insurance Times indexed search excerpt, and Crabb’s appointment appears in an Insurance Age index listing. The latter two are trade-press reports surfaced outside the accessible body of the roundup; they should not be treated as independently confirmed details from that article.
None of the accessible reports states an effective date for these appointments. The information supports a dated snapshot of surfaced insurance personnel news for 28 September–2 October 2026, rather than a definitive account of every move announced during the week.
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