Allianz Insurance has appointed Chris Varley to the newly created position of chief analytics officer, effective from March 2022. In this role, Chris will be responsible for growing capabilities in data and pricing, to deliver a single analytics strategy across Allianz Insurance. Chris joins Allianz from Willis Towers Watson, where he is senior director, responsible for the commercial lines pricing, product, claims and underwriting consulting proposition. In this role Chris has been developing and delivering cutting edge analytics in the commercial insurance market and has worked with Allianz at a Group and UK level. Prior to this, Chris was with Zurich Insurance for 13 years in various roles, most recently as Head of Underwriting Transformation, responsible for defining and leading the Underwriting Transformation Programme, which focused on data-led decision making.