The 25 Champions of Protection: Nicky Bray

“I've given young underwriters the opportunities to grow and spread their wings”

Hemma Visavadia
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COVER profiles 25 of the leading champions of the protection space that have previously or are currently changing the market for the better, as chosen by our advisory board of industry experts.

Nicky Bray is currently chief underwriter at Zurich UK. She has over 25 years' experience in financial services including a background in reassurance, bancassurance and IFA companies. Nicky regularly reviews and challenges existing processes and philosophy to ensure that customers are treated fairly, and efficient use is made of any developments in technology. What achievement are you most proud of from your career in protection? One of the biggest things I did was starting the electronic GPR project and bringing together insurers and GPs to work together to come up with what was the ...

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