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change at the top
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Lucy Pearce has joined the advo board of directors as the group’s commercial director. Lucy takes over responsibility for advo’s three main areas of payroll, employee benefits and HR co-ordinating a joint approach to services and technology. The move has been popular with advo staff and warmly welcomed by the health and protection industry. Colin Boxall, previously commercial director has moved to an Executive director position which better suits his wide range of responsibilities as a working shareholder of the group. You can read more about Lucy’s successful career with advo and how the appointment was reported by the protction press on page 9.
advo’s excellence awards
The finalists for one of the protection industry’s premier events, the COVER Ex Awards, has been announced with advo recognised for its work on employe benefits and advising clients on healthcare.
The Cover Excellence awards aims to ‘celebrate the leading firms and interm within the protection, life and health insurance space’.
The awards that recognise both providers and advisory firms, and are judge a panel of chosen by a panel of top industry experts, will this year be a ‘virtu ceremony held on the evening of the 10th November 2020.
advo are finalists in two of the nine categories, the ‘Best Healthcare Interme and the UK’s Employee Benefits Intermediary for the Year for 2020.
Commenting on advo’s success advo’s Executive Director, Colin Boxall said is up against stiff competition but looking back over the last year, and in par how we have continued to support clients during lockdown, we are looking in both categories. Last year advo was fortunate to win the Employee Benefi Intermediary of the Year category so fingers & toes are crossed for this year.
Colin added “In March this year, advo, along with the rest of the UK was in lo and likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. The shortlistings for the two is testament to how our staff have continued to deliver excellent service des such challenging conditions. It is because of them that advo has not only su lockdown, but thrived.” Jamie Tuffield picks up the UK’s Best Employee Benefit’s Intermediary on behalf of advo at the 2019 awards.
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