AXA UK appoints Dave Pearce as Director of Retail Direct

AXA UK has appointed Dave Pearce as Director of Retail Direct
Dave will be responsible for overseeing strategy for AXA Retail’s Direct business

AXA UK has announced the appointment of Dave Pearce as Director of Retail Direct. Dave will be responsible for overseeing strategy and operations for the Direct business of AXA UK Retail Insurance.

Dave brings a wealth of leadership and underwriting experience having operated at senior levels in both technical and street pricing. He joins from Aviva where he was Head of Retail New Business and played a pivotal role in the creation of quotemehappy.com and the delivery of Aviva Online.

Dave starts in March 2022 and will report into Marco Distefano, Managing Director for Motor and Home at AXA UK Retail Insurance.

head shot of Dave Pearce, Director of AXA UK Retail Direct

I am looking forward to joining AXA UK Retail and supporting the ongoing work of the team. Customer needs are changing fast and it’s important that insurers have the right tools, technology and skillsets to meet those demands. I’m very pleased to be joining AXA UK and building on the work it is doing to deliver for its customers.

Dave Pearce, Director of Retail Direct at AXA UK Retail Insurance

Dave will be part of AXA UK Retail’s Home and Motor senior leadership team and will help drive forward the team’s new strategic approach which places technology and the customer at the heart of its operations.

head shot of Marco Distefano,Managing Director of Motor and Home, AXA UK Retail Insurance

Dave is a highly experienced and versatile senior leader and I am delighted to welcome him to AXA UK. We have been developing a new strategy that will allow us to meet the changing requirements of our customers. Dave has the skills and experience to help us deliver this new strategy and continue to provide our customers with the products and services they need.

Marco Distefano, Managing Director for Motor and Home at AXA UK Retail Insurance

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AXA UK is part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with 147,000 employees serving 94 million clients in 50 countries. In 2023, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 102.7 billion and underlying earnings to Euro 7.6 billion. AXA had Euro 844 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023.

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