Risk People as at 16 June 2016

New Appointments
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MLC Appoints Sales GM
Russell Hannah has been appointed as the general manager of retail advised insurance sales at MLC, a newly-created position. Hannah is back at MLC after moving across to BT for a stint. 

Awards
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AFA Launches Consumer-based Award for Life Insurers
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched a new award, the Consumer Choice Award, based on feedback from consumers. The award has been put together with the Beddoes Institute providing the research from industry-wide customer experience benchmarking studies from earlier in 2016, The Life Insurance Industry Performance Barometer. Winners are to be announced in November, with preliminary awards announced sooner. 

Special Mention
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Martin Senn, the former global chief executive of Zurich and much loved friend, husband and father, has died at age 59.