Jatin Patel joins Hastings as Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer

Jatin Patel has been appointed as Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer at technology driven insurance provider Hastings.

Jatin was most recently Digital and Product Director at TSB. He had played a key role in the separation of TSB from Lloyds and was instrumental in developing and launching TSB's Plus bank account. Prior to this, he held a variety of roles within the bank across current accounts, insights and strategy. He began his career with Marakon.

We wish Jatin the best of luck in his new role.

Founded in 1996 in Bexhill-on-Sea on the Sussex coast, the Hastings Group is one of the leading general insurance providers to the UK market, employing over 3,400 colleagues at sites in Bexhill, Leicester, Gibraltar and London.

Hastings Group recently reported interim results for the nine months ended September 2019 which saw live customer policies up 5% year on year to 2.84 million, and gross written premiums up 2% to £753.1m.