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...Briggs was also optimistic about the prospect of more mergers and acquisitions activity....
...His father, John Sr, also led the bank. John Weinberg’s cousin Peter Weinberg is a Goldman veteran who founded Perella Weinberg Partners....
...“I’ve now taken the Myers-Briggs assessment twice, for business, and what I’ve learned is that I am a total introvert,” she says. “That’s my real self. I’ve always been a pretend extrovert....
...Mr Briggs, a former Friends Life and Aviva executive who joined Phoenix this year, said the crisis would prompt more deals....
...The obvious purchaser is Phoenix, run by former Aviva’s former UK chief executive Andy Briggs, but the company is already digesting a string of acquisitions....
...Mr Briggs is a well-known figure in the insurance world....
...The deal comes just months before Mr Bannister is due to retire and hand over to Andy Briggs, who used to run Aviva’s UK business....
...When Aviva announced the departure last month of UK chief executive Andy Briggs — who had been a rival to Mr Tulloch for the group chief executive role — it said there would be “a review of the UK businesses...
...Andy Briggs, former chief of the UK business, has left, while Aviva on Wednesday said its finance chief, Tom Stoddard, would step down....
...In April, Aviva announced a number of management changes, including the departure of Andy Briggs, who ran the group’s UK business and had been the other internal candidate for CEO....
...Andy Briggs, the head of Aviva’s UK business, was also interested in the job and so could look for opportunities elsewhere....
...Mr Briggs, an actuary by training, has experience leading a listed company....
...“This is pretty revolutionary in the market and we are keen to . . . evolve as we go,” said Andy Briggs, head of Aviva’s UK insurance business....
...Another year, another Nureyev movie: The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes....
...Mr Briggs said: “Ultimately, we’re going to have a more skilled workforce. Digitisation is going to automate a lot of processing roles....
...Sir Adrian will lead a committee of the three executive directors, including Mr Briggs, Mr Tulloch and chief financial officer Tom Stoddard before returning to his role as non-executive chairman....
...There are two frontrunners for the top job: Andy Briggs, the 52-year-old head of UK insurance, and Maurice Tulloch, 49 and head of international insurance....
...“To require insurers to be overcapitalised is going to drive prices up and discourage people from [taking out mortgages],” warned Andy Briggs, UK chief executive at Aviva....
...“There is a big gap between the perception and the reality,” said Andy Briggs, UK chief executive of Aviva....
...Polo, Ralph Lauren’s lower-priced sister line, offered migraine-inducing hoodies and sweatshirts for about £100, alongside T-shirts with a large Polo logo....
...“These guiding principles and action points are a sign of an industry that recognises a problem when it sees one and does what it can to address it,” said Andy Briggs, chairman of the ABI....
...Andy Briggs, chief executive of Aviva UK’s life business, said he was concerned that under contingent charging financial advisers currently only get paid if their clients transfer out of defined-benefit...
...Mr Briggs says the company has not yet made a decision about whether to start advising clients about pension transfers....
...Then I was accepted at Brighton Polytechnic art school, where I was taught by the great Raymond Briggs. Who was or still is your mentor? There are so many! Certainly Briggs....
...Andy Briggs, head of UK life insurance, will be responsible for both the life and general insurance sides of the business....
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