Channel hires Watson as A&H head

Scor-owned the Channel Syndicate has hired Gavin Watson from Sompo
Canopius as its head of accident and health (A&H),
The Insurance Insider can reveal.
Watson replaces Neil Whitbread, who left the firm to launch
Ascot's A&H business in December last year.
He will report to active underwriter Tom Corfield.
Watson was head of international A&H at Lloyd's peer
Sompo Canopius, having originally joined the firm in 2006 after
Canopius acquired his former employer Creechurch Underwriting.
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