Royal & SunAlliance appoints CEO for Asia & Middle East

    /24-7PressRelease/ - September 05, 2007 - Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (R&SA) today announces the appointment of Scott Pickering as CEO for Asia & Middle East. He will be based in Dubai and report to Paul Whittaker, CEO of Emerging Markets for R&SA.

Scott joins from ACE Insurance where he was most recently CEO of ACE Insurance South Africa. Previously, he held several other senior positions at ACE including, Regional President, Far East & Japan and President & CEO, Hong Kong & Regional Director South East Asia.

Prior to ACE, Scott spent ten years in senior roles across Australasia and South East Asia with CIGNA.

His appointment is effective from 1st October 2007.

Paul Whittaker, CEO of Emerging Markets for Royal & Sun Alliance, said:

"Scott has extensive experience leading and managing a property and casualty insurance business and has a strong understanding of the markets and countries in which we operate. Our Asia & Middle East region has operations in some of the most exciting insurance markets in the world and I am looking forward to working with Scott as we drive the businesses forward and develop the franchise in the region."

About Royal & SunAlliance
Royal & SunAlliance is one of the world's leading multinational quoted insurance groups, with the capability to write business in over 130 countries and with major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, the Middle East and Latin America. Focusing on general insurance, it has around 24,000 employees and, in 2006, its net written premiums were 5.5bn. With an almost 300 year heritage Royal & SunAlliance is the oldest insurance company in the world still trading under its original name.

In Asia & Middle East, Royal & SunAlliance has operations in 8 countries, including India and China.

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