29 Jan 2007
PRESS RELEASE
London, 29 January 2007
ARISTA GOES LIVE WITH BROKERS ACROSS SOUTHERN
ENGLAND AND WALES
The new commercial lines underwriting organisation Arista has launched an office in Redhill to
concentrate on business opportunities in the South East, run by ex-Royal Sun Alliance regional
manager Andy Wright. The move follows Arista’s announcement last week that it has formally
started operations with the launch of products covering commercial combined, motor fleet,
retailer and office insurance.
Wright is joined by Rosemary Harris as broker development manager, and Dawn Dillaway as
regional underwriting manager. Anthony Foulds is senior underwriter, assisted by Chris Harris
and David Godfrey. The team is not complete and further appointments will be made in the near
future.
Wright said: “This is an exciting time for the team here in Redhill and for Arista. We know the
broking market very well here and have seen a quick and impressive flow of business from day
one.”
Arista’s product range will continue to be developed including the addition of motor trade,
property owners, contractors combined and licensed trade.
Existing property, liability and motor capacity is provided by Arista’s owners Canopius and
Equity Insurance Group. Engineering and commercial legal expenses capacity is provided by
HSB and ARAG. This provides Arista with strong and secure insurance backing to its service
proposition.
Arista CEO Charles Earle said: “We’re all systems go now with a strong and experienced
management team and the infrastructure that will take the company forward to its £250M goal.
We have experienced trading teams in 3 regional offices, and a non-legacy constrained
operating system and suite of products in place – we’re a business now – we no longer consider
ourselves a ‘start up’.
A great team of people from a range of backgrounds have worked very hard to get everything in
place for ‘go live’ and I’m incredibly proud of what has been achieved to date. We all appreciate
the support and commitment from our strong panel of brokers and will continue to develop our
product suite to meet their trading requirements.
“There’s still plenty of work to be done; this is only the beginning of the story – but there’s a
strong team in place that’s delivering in line with our plans.”
Arista, launched last year by Charles Earle and Deputy CEO Lyn Carslake, is focusing on
broker-administered commercial business in the UK and intends to arrange agencies with a
select panel of independent brokers throughout 2007. In the medium to long term the new
venture will have the capacity to write in excess of £250 million worth of business.
Ends
Notes to Editors:
Arista is an SME insurance provider specialising in property, liability and motor classes
of business. Arista offers brokers a genuine chance to work with an insurance provider
that will design its processes around theirs in an effort to reduce their frictional costs.
For those brokers who work with Arista, the company delivers an improved bottom line
and a responsive market staffed by people with experience, technical knowledge and a
willingness to see the broker as a customer.