Driving innovation

For a man who fell into the health insurance market unintentionally, Stephen Walker< has come of age. Appointed chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) in February this year, he has come a long way since his early days as a sales agent for BUPA. Following a varied employment history spanning the motor, retail and travel industries, Walker joined the private medical insurance (PMI) sector in 1990 and has never looked back. "I set up a retail business at completely the wrong time. Interest rates went through the ceiling, the recession hit and my business f...