Huw Evans named director general of Association of British Insurers

Huw Evans

Huw Evans will succeed Otto Thoresen as director general of the Association of British Insurers in February, the London-based ABI announced Tuesday.

Mr. Evans currently is director of policy and deputy director general, at the ABI, the trade body for insurers in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Thoresen in February will become chairman of the National Employment Savings Trust, an automatic enrollment pension plan for employers and the self-employed set up by the U.K. government.

“In the current environment of high levels of regulatory and legislative change across the insurance sector, the need for an effective trade body is greater than ever — there is huge value to be gained from collaborative efforts on key policy issues,” Mr. Evans said in a statement.

“My experience of working with ABI members on issues as varied as Flood Re, pension reform and the aging society has shown me the power and potential of what we can achieve as an industry when we work together,” he added.