Bluefin has announced the appointment of seasoned insurance professional Heidi Hudson as affinity manager specialty.
Hudson will be responsible for managing affinity partnerships across the business and will report to Mark Westgarth, managing director specialty.
She will boost the number of affinity and corporate partnerships, where Bluefin provide specialist insurance cover in a variety of business sectors.
“I am pleased to be taking this vitally important role to help Bluefin achieve growth through its many partnerships,” Hudson said.
“Bluefin has always had a strong reputation both locally and across the insurance industry as an excellent partner broker and I intend to maintain and grow the number of partnerships across the business,” she added.
Westgarth said Hudson brings “an incredible amount” of industry knowledge and that her relationship skills will be important for building and developing Bluefin’s working partnerships.
“Having worked with her before, I am confident she will be a great success in strengthening these relationships and help us achieve long term growth,” he said.
With more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, Hudson was previously with Bluefin as the intermediary development director responsible for broker distribution.
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