LV= poaches Partnership's Philip Brown

He will join the insurer as its new head of retirement propositions in August. Brown joined Partnership in September 2007 as head of retirement and care product development, before moving to head up retirement products in January 2009. Prior to this, Brown spent two years as a senior policy associate at the Financial Services Authority, and 12 years as a marketing manager at Teachers Assurance. A partnership spokesperson said: "We wish Philip all the best at LV=. It has been a real pleasure to work with him."