CII appoints Aston Lark CEO Peter Blanc as president

Blanc (pictured) will takeover from Aon UK CEO Julie Page, who was appointed president last year.  He currently heads Chartered insurance broker Aston Lark, which has more than 1,500 staff across 53 locations in the UK and Ireland. He is also non-executive chairman of Hastings Insurance Services, the broker arm of Hastings Direct, and up until recently served as chairman of the Large Brokers' Advisory Board at the British Insurance Brokers Insurance Association. Over the next few months, Blanc will work with Page, before taking over as president and chair of the president's forum o...