⦿ Ashish Bhattacharya has been appointed head of real estate brokers at Aviso Specialty.

Based in Sydney, Mr Bhattacharya will lead the dedicated real estate practice across Australia and New Zealand.

“Our ambition is to build out a real estate practice recognised for the quality of its advice, the strength of its client and insurer relationships, and its commitment to execution and accountability,” Aviso said.

“We look forward to the leadership, energy and technical expertise Ashish brings to the team.”

Mr Bhattacharya joins from Lockton, where he spent five years and was head of real estate. Previously, he was at Marsh for four years and WTW for two.

⦿ Jenny Box has become commercial effectiveness leader at Marsh Pacific. She has been with Marsh for 12 years. She was previously sales knowledge, learning and development manager at Marsh McLennan.

⦿ Darren Young has been made risk and compliance lead at Steadfast Group. He will focus on strengthening governance, compliance practices and control effectiveness across the broking network.

⦿ Azra Amir has joined Sompo Japan Insurance Australia as head of operations. She joins from Aon, where she was head of process excellence for Asia-Pacific. Before that she was at Liberty Specialty Markets Asia-Pacific for 15 years.

⦿ Claudio Loureiro has become head of new business and propositions at Zurich Cover-More. He has been at Zurich for two years and was previously co-owner of advisory group Apple-Tree Financial Services.

⦿ Luke Eagle has been made GM for group schemes and partner development at broker Envest. He was previously head of sales at PSC Insurance Brokers.