Covéa Insurance announces new Household Underwriting Manager

Covéa Insurance is delighted to announce the appointment of Linda Granger to the role of Household Underwriting Manager. Linda will support the continued growth of the insurer’s well-established home insurance offering, and lead the company’s team of experienced household underwriters.

Linda will have a key role in developing and implementing the insurer’s household strategy, developing new distribution opportunities and continuing to profitably grow the home book of business.

Linda joins the company with over thirty years’ experience in the insurance industry, the last twelve of these at Zurich, and brings with her a wealth of experience in the home insurance sector having held roles in High Net Worth Home and Personal Lines Home. She also has commercial experience, having also held broker development roles. Linda will report to Director of Pricing & Underwriting - Personal Lines, Gary Yeates, who commented:

“Linda is a great fit for Covéa Insurance, bringing with her both a breadth and depth of experience that will help us to build on our strengths in the broker market and continue to drive our household business forward.”

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About Covéa Insurance

Covéa Insurance Plc is the UK underwriting business of leading French mutual insurance group Covéa (which includes the global reinsurer PartnerRe since July 2022). 

Covéa Insurance looks after the insurance needs of UK customers, across a range of product lines; delivering financial reassurance through its Standard & Poor’s ‘AA- stable’ rating, as a guaranteed subsidiary of Covéa.  

Covéa Insurance has a strong people and service ethos and holds ServiceMark accreditation with Distinction for its Personal Lines operation and its Commercial & HNW Claims teams, as well as Chartered Insurer status for its Commercial business. Covéa Insurance is signatory to the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and the insurance Inclusivity Pledge and has been named one of the top 75 employers in West Yorkshire & the Humber. In 2022 Covéa Insurance was named Insurer of the Year at the British Claims Awards and Personal Lines Insurer of the Year at the Insurance Times Awards.