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MEET THE Business
Development team
Ruth
Robinson
Executive Account Manager
Ruth joined the Markerstudy Business
Development team in late 2013 from
Aviva, where she spent 23 years in
accounts, product, marketing and
account management. She also
secured her MBA and Marketing
Diploma whilst there. Ruth looks after
our larger accounts and works closely
with the product and underwriting
teams to develop and manage these
accounts.
07889 803 761
Matt
Tozer
Executive Account Manager
Matt rejoined the business in August 2014
following roles at the A&A Group and iGO4.
As Executive Account Manager, Matt oversees
the business development of a portfolio of
large and high potential broker accounts,
benefitting from his combination of broker
and insurer experience.
07468 701 279
Dan
Woods
Account Manager
Dan started his Markerstudy career in
2010 when he joined Zenith as a temp in
the claims admin team. In 2015 he
received a promotion to the role of
Account Manager. Working in various
sectors of the group has given Dan an
in-depth understanding of the business.
A highlight of Dan’s career was
completing Markerstudy’s leadership
programme ‘Shooting Stars’ in 2013.
07467 338 934
Michael
Brigden
Account Manager
Having joined Markerstudy in 2012,
Michael was recently promoted to
Account Manager, and is now
responsible for a selection of brokers
and reviewing business development
opportunities. Michael completed the
Markerstudy Shooting Stars
Programme in 2014 and was put
forward for CII Young Achiever of
the Year 2014.
07730 761 944
Anthony
Foster
Head of Broker Performance
Management
Anthony joined the group in July 2014 from
Aviva where he spent seven years in a range of
broker development roles. Anthony currently
heads up our broker business development
team. The team’s core focus is to continuously
improve our broker proposition, thereby
building the quality and value of our broker
relationships. Anthony has worked in a variety
of industries in his home nation of South Africa
and in the UK after moving here in 1997, with
business development being the common
thread throughout his career.
07500 126 677
Paul
Copeland
Group Business Development
Manager
Paul began his insurance career with NEM
Insurance in Darlington followed by a brief
spell with RAC Insurance Brokers. He then
joined Link insurance in Northallerton, and
subsequently relocated to the South of England
to become Agency Manager, responsible for
the development and maintenance of Link's
3,500 brokers. Following Link's merger with
Zenith, Paul remained as Business
Development Manager, subsequently
becoming Markerstudy’s Group Business
Development Manager in January 2009.
07836 295 059
Neil
Hayden
Business Development Manager
Neil started his working life as an apprentice
aircraft engineer at Gatwick Airport. With the
demise of Laker Airways his career path
altered and by chance he started working for
Lombard Elizabethan in 1982. Neil progressed
into broking in 1988 but found his true vocation
in 2001 upon joining HML Marketing Ltd, in a
role similar to his current position. Neil has
been with Markerstudy since 2004 and
develops and maintains new and existing
accounts with a wide range of brokers.
During the Markerstudy Group 10th
anniversary celebrations, Neil was awarded
the title of Employee of the Decade!
07968 793 543
If you are interested in joining our nationwide network of over 3,000 intermediaries, or have an opportunity
you would like us to consider, please contact our Specialist Agency Team on 0845 600 4983.