LINDA Rees has joined ERS as Head of Underwriting Fraud, as the A+ rated Lloyd’s syndicate embarks upon the next stage in its fight against fraud.
Ms Rees has 19 years insurance experience and most recently she held the role of Intelligence and Organised Fraud Manager at LV=.
Prior to this she was Case Strategy and Development Manager at the Insurance Fraud Bureau and she has also held positions at RBS, Groupama and AXA.
Over the last two years, ERS has concentrated on combatting fraud in the claims arena and now the specialist motor insurer wants to develop its capacity to fight underwriting fraud.
In her new role, Ms Rees will focus on developing four core strategies within ERS: Underwriting Integrity; Identity and Validation; Unwanted Returning Customers and Organised/Serious Fraudsters. She will report directly to ERS Active Underwriter Mark Bacon.
Ms Rees will collaborate with Underwriting and Claims functions to ensure that ERS has a clear and consistent approach and response to all forms of underwriting fraud. She will also work closely with our key brokers and distribution partners to ensure they understand and support our approach.
Ms Rees said: "I am really excited to join ERS at a time of positive change and investment. I hope to use my skills and experience to bring our fraud strategy to life, working closely with a wide variety of teams to knowledge share and put in place robust systems and procedures to protect the business from all types of underwriting fraud."
Mark Bacon said: “ERS is committed to fighting all forms of application fraud, whether it is the misrepresentation of information or policies being taken out with the intention of staging accidents and falsifying claims. Linda will be integral in championing our underwriting fraud and validation agenda.
“She has impressive experience in and understanding of all forms of insurance fraud and will lead our efforts in combating the spectre of all forms of application fraud. This in turn will help ensure that we continue to offer competitive and high quality products to honest customers and those brokers that work with us to detect and defend against fraud.”
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A photo of Linda Rees is available upon request
For more information please contact:
Liz McMahon
ERS PR & Communications Manager
01277 206054
0770 4542318
Liz.mcmahon@ers.com
