Mr. Venus will oversee operational development in line with the company's growth plans, and will have responsibility for regulatory compliance, audit and risk management

LV= Broker has appointed Tony Venus to head its operational development and control team. He will report to operations director, Kevin Gill.

Mr. Venus will oversee operational development in line with LV= Broker’s growth plans, and will also have responsibility for regulatory compliance, audit and risk management. He will be based in LV= Broker’s head office in Croydon, South London, but will travel extensively to other LV= offices around the UK.

He has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Most recently, he was head of branch support at NIG, where he held a number of management roles across the regional office network. Prior to that, he worked at the Sterling Insurance group as a specialist underwriter. He also spent eight years at Legal & General in a range of underwriting positions.

Kevin Gill, director of operations of LV= Broker, said: “I am very pleased to have secured someone with Tony’s experience for this important role at LV= Broker. We have significant growth plans for the years ahead and Tony will help to ensure that we are at the forefront of industry developments. Providing a first class customer service to brokers is a top priority for LV=. Tony and the operations team will play a key part in ensuring this continues to be the case.”