AMP Financial Services has boosted its Group Risk team with three key appointments in Wealth Protection Products.
Victoria Simpson has been appointed as Group Risk Product Strategy Manager, Jenny Vaitsas as Group Risk Product Manager and Chris Taylor as Group Insurance Business Relationship Manager (BRM).
AMP Director of Wealth Protection Products Michael Paff said, “These appointments will further strengthen our Group Risk business, boosting AMP’s ability to offer high quality, competitive insurance packages to groups of individuals, such as those through employer sponsored super.”
Victoria Simpson’s appointment as Group Risk Product Strategy Manager follows five years at AMP as an actuary within product manufacturing, most recently within Pricing and Value Analytics. Prior to joining AMP, Victoria worked in actuarial finance at Canada Life Insurance in Dublin.
“In her new role Victoria will be focused on developing and implementing the strategic and operational plans for AMP’s Group Risk product set,” Mr Paff said.
Jenny Vaitsas joins AMP from MLC, where she held the position of Service Manager for the Master Key Business Super Insurance team. Before this, Jenny held several senior operations positions at CommInsure.
“Jenny brings to AMP a wealth of experience in risk and corporate superannuation products, having worked in the life insurance industry for almost 13 years. Jenny will play a key role in strengthening AMP’s Group Insurance proposition,” Mr Paff said.
Chris Taylor’s appointment as Group Insurance BRM comes after Chris joined AMP in 2009 as Group Life Product Manager. Chris previously held various roles in Group Risk Claims at PrefSure Life and Tower.
“Chris brings extensive experience to this position given his background across many aspects of Group Insurance. Chris will be primarily focused on life insurance and salary continuance,” Mr Paff said.
Mr Paff said that Chris will also be responsible for managing strategic relationships within the business.
