AXA Commercial announces new appointments

AXA Commercial has announced two new appointments to its Underwriting, Pricing & Portfolio Management leadership team
Gurinder Aulakh joins from Allianz as Pricing Director while Jean-Sébastien Lagacé moves from AXA Group to the role of Reinsurance Director

AXA Commercial has this month made two appointments to its Underwriting, Pricing & Portfolio Management leadership team. Gurinder Aulakh has been appointed Pricing Director, replacing Jo Scott who retires on 31 July, while Jean-Sébastien Lagacé moves from AXA Group to the role of Reinsurance Director.

Gurinder joins AXA from Allianz, where she most recently led on the insurer’s mid-corporate pricing transformation. She previously worked in various pricing roles at Zurich and has more than 20 years of pricing experience across commercial and personal lines in the UK and overseas.

Gurinder also has a wealth of knowledge and experience in mid-market and the deployment of rating tools.

Gurinder’s breadth of experience will give us a stronger understanding of what’s happening in the pricing space across the market. She is a welcome addition to our team and will provide valuable insight at a time when pricing is in sharp focus.

I’d like to thank Jo Scott for the great work she’s done in the pricing space. She has successfully transformed our pricing capability and overseen the deployment of a new pricing approach. I wish her all the best in her retirement.

David Ovenden, Chief Underwriting Officer at AXA Commercial

I’m delighted to be joining the AXA Commercial team and leading their pricing function. I’m beginning to see first-hand all the great work that has been undertaken by the team and look forward to working with the business to continue strengthening our pricing capability.

Gurinder Aulakh, Pricing Director at AXA Commercial

AXA Commercial has also appointed Jean-Sébastien Lagacé as Reinsurance Director to provide additional support and expertise to the team and help drive successful outcomes across its business portfolio.

A qualified actuary, Jean-Sébastien has extensive experience in reinsurance, data, actuarial science, and catastrophe and capital modelling, having worked across a variety of AXA Group entities over the past 25 years.

I’m pleased to be joining AXA Commercial as Reinsurance Director. Having followed AXA UK’s business transformation and achievements while in other AXA Group entities, I look forward to working closely with the teams to help drive the strategy forward.

Jean-Sébastien Lagacé, Reinsurance Director at AXA Commercial

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AXA Commercial announces new appointments to underwriting leadership team