A.M. Best Announces Appointment of Yvette Essen as Director of Research & Communications – EMEA
August 04 2015 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
A.M. Best is pleased to announce that Yvette Essen has
been appointed Director of Research & Communications –
EMEA.
Essen is currently director of research, based in A.M. Best’s
London office, and will continue to report to Nick Charteris-Black,
managing director, market development – EMEA. In addition to
overseeing the publication of A.M. Best’s research in EMEA, Essen
will also be responsible for A.M. Best’s communication strategy in
the region. She will work closely with Edem Kuenyehia, Associate
Director, Market Development & Communications in London and Jim
Peavy, Assistant Vice President, Public Relations in Oldwick, both
of whom continue to be key contacts for the company’s global media
relations.
Essen joined A.M. Best in May 2009 with responsibilities for the
production of Best’s Special Reports and Best’s Briefings from the
London and Hong Kong offices. She has vast experience working in
the media, having completed a postgraduate diploma in journalism at
Cardiff University, been the senior London Market reporter at
Insurance Times and spent seven years as the insurance, pensions
and stock market reporter and deputy editor of the shares tipping
column at the Daily Telegraph.
Essen is a graduate of University College London and was
previously named the Association of British Insurers’ Insurance
Journalist of the Year and won the Journalist of the Year accolade
at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) awards.
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A.M. Best Company, Inc.Yvette Essen, +(44) 20
7397 6264Director of Research & Communications –
EMEAyvette.essen@ambest.comorDr. Edem Kuenyehia, +(44) 20
7397 6264Associate Director, Market Development &
Communicationsedem.kuenyehia@ambest.comorJim Peavy,
+(1) 908 439 2200, ext. 5644Assistant Vice President,
Public Relationsjames.peavy@ambest.com