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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACE (NYSE:ACE) has today announced the appointment of Ruth Polyblank as UK & Ireland Marketing and Communications Manager.

Reporting to Richard Pryce, President of ACE UK, Ruth will be responsible for providing strategic oversight for marketing and communications within the ACE Europe and ACE Global Markets brands. She will also manage the UK and Ireland marketing team.

Ruth, who is a Chartered Marketer, joins from CLS Group, the world’s largest foreign exchange settlement bank, where she held the position of Marketing and Communications Manager. Previously she was Marketing Manager for Fusion Insurance and part of the marketing team at Cox Insurance (now Equity).

Commenting on the appointment, Richard Pryce said: “Ruth’s appointment affirms our commitment to providing brokers in the UK and Ireland with the insight and tools they need to work closely with ACE to deliver exceptional levels of service to their clients. By utilising Ruth’s proven skills and insurance industry experience, we intend to strengthen our existing communications platform to ensure that ACE is clearly recognised as an insurer of choice for both corporate and major risk clients.”

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PICTURE: Ruth Polyblank, ACE UK & Ireland Marketing and Communications Manager

About ACE

ACE is well known for its experience and expertise in catering for medium to large clients worldwide. In the UK & Ireland ACE is structured into two core segments:

The Corporate Risk segment provides property, casualty, accident & health and other specialty insurance products. Target clients are broadly defined as those with turnovers of more than £5m and 50 plus staff with conventional insurance programme requirements.

The Major Risks segment provides property, casualty, accident & health and other specialty insurance products. Major Risks clients are broadly defined as companies with a turnover of greater than £500m and employing a full time global risk manager requiring non-conventional insurance programmes.

ACE UK & Ireland’s five regions are:

• Ireland (Dublin and Belfast)
• Scotland (Glasgow)
• The North (Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle)
• Midlands (Birmingham)
• London and South East (London, Maidstone, Reading, Watford)

Part of the ACE Group, ACE European Group comprises the operations of ACE Europe, ACE Global Markets and ACE Tempest Re Group. ACE Europe provides a range of tailored Property and Casualty, Accident and Health and Personal Lines solutions for a diverse range of clients. ACE Global Markets (AGM) is ACE’s specialty international business, underwriting through ACE’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 2488 and ACE European Group Limited. Specialty lines include excess and surplus lines business, Marine, Aviation, Energy and Political Risk as well as Property, Financial Lines and Accident and Health. Additional information on ACE European Group can be found at www.aceeuropeangroup.com

Celebrating 25 years of insuring progress, the ACE Group is a global leader in insurance and reinsurance serving a diverse group of clients. Headed by ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE), the ACE Group conducts its business on a worldwide basis with operating subsidiaries in more than 50 countries. Additional information can be found at: www.acelimited.com

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