POP Group Holdings appoints Nicole Coleby as Managing Partner of Operations
Pop Group Holdings, a leading investor in M&A and specialist, data and technology-enabled insurance businesses, have today announced the appointment of Nicole Coleby as Managing Partner of Operations.
In this newly formed role, Coleby will be in charge of operations across POP’s key operating entities – Fusion Specialty M&A and Financial Lines MGAs, and io.insure, its dedicated small to mid-market InsurTech and M&A Tech platform – managing teams both locally and globally. This includes leading the strategic direction of the Delegated Underwriting Authority, Operations, Finance, People, Legal & Compliance teams. Her appointment reflects POP’s strong growth momentum and ambitions as it continues to expand its global footprint and its pioneering tech-enabled M&A and specialty products in selected markets.
Based in Melbourne, Coleby is an insurance veteran with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. Most recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of Australia (Adica), where she oversaw operations and relationship management with key stakeholders, successfully driving growth in new business. Coming from an analytics, portfolio management, and operations background, Coleby has spent the bulk of her career at QBE Insurance, where she led the Agencies and Partnership national team. During this time, she was responsible for the strategy and portfolio profitability of QBE’s Underwriting Agencies and Partnerships business with a multi-million combined premium.
Announcing Coleby’s appointment, Killian McDermott, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of POP said, “We are delighted to announce Nicole’s appointment, which comes at an exciting time as we further strengthen our global footprint, with both Fusion and io.insure having exciting developments in their pipelines. We believe that Nicole is a great asset in leading our global operations teams, with her strong background and expertise in managing these functions at leading insurance organisations. We are very confident in her capabilities to deliver high quality services and a strong work ethic as foundations for our business success.”
David Rogers, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of POP added, “We warmly welcome Nicole to the growing POP team. As we cement our position as a leading global boutique data and tech-enabled M&A and specialty insurance services group, it is crucial to bolster our people and strategic operations and align them with our tech capabilities, so we remain resilient and competitive in the long-term. Moving into the new year, we are confident that with a solid strategy across the organisation, we will grow the business to new heights and deliver on our promises to customers, partner insurers, distributors, and advisors.”
Coleby said, “I look forward to working closely with Killian and David to drive POP’s growth and continued success across its key markets in Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe and the UK. Insurance has always been a passion of mine, and I am excited to join my fellow peers along POP’s journey, as we further the group’s efforts in data and technology-enabled innovations that are revolutionising the M&A and specialty insurance ecosystems.”
