Exclusive: British Friendly's Alan Waddington joins Gryphon Group Holdings

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Alan Waddington has left British Friendly to join new insurance start-up Gryphon Group Holdings.

Waddington has been appointed as ‘head of field sales' at Gryphon, he joined the start-up at the beginning of October.  Waddington was national account manager at British Friendly for five years and previously worked at companies including Staysure and PruProtect. In his new role, Waddington said he would be focussed on communicating the proposition to key distribution partners.  In June of this year, start-up Gryphon Group Holdings Limited announced that it raised £180m in funding to design and build an 'insurance challenger', harnessing digital and cloud based technologies.   ...

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