Assurant Intermediary has promoted Penny Reese to the position of business development manager.

She joined the specialist general insurance provider’s sales support team in York in 2005.

She previously worked at Aviva for 16 years in a number of different roles in finance, IT and customer services.

In her new role Reese will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities amongst mortgage brokers and intermediaries, promoting Assurant Intermediary’s range of general insurance products and bringing new clients on board in the North Central region covering Yorkshire, Humberside and the M62 corridor.

Kevin Paterson, Assurant Intermediary’s sales and marketing director, said: “We are judged not only by the products we provide to our intermediaries but also