ACE Europe, a provider of insurance services, has appointed Ian Fox as the new development manager for the UK regions.

Mr Fox will be responsible for managing and building ACE’s broker relationships across its eight UK regional offices namely, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading and Watford.

Mr Fox joined ACE in 2001 as the business development manager for Watford and shortly afterwards relocated to Manchester to develop business in the north of UK.

Colin McKellar, development manager of ACE Europe for UK and Ireland, said: Ian has achieved considerable success in providing operational support and leadership in relationship management in the north. I look forward to working with Ian in extending his expertise across the rest of our UK offices.