INSTANDA expands life and health focus with ex-Aviva hire

Adam Saville
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Will Wood, previously head of UK SME strategy at Aviva, has joined insurtech firm

INSTANDA is a customer and policy management platform designed to help the insurance industry tailor offerings to employers, including SMEs. The appointment of Will Wood as head of life and health follows two years of rapid growth in the health and life insurance space, the firm said, after the hire of former senior Swiss Re executive Trevor Davis as managing director of life and health in 2019. Wood joins with 15 years of experience at Aviva, where he was previously head of UK SME strategy. In recent times, INSTANDA's life and health division has worked with insurers to bring prod...

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