Ballantyne running Accuro

Is Naomi Ballantyne still Managing Director of the insurance broking firm US ADVICE that consistently promotes itself as unbiased and impartial? Says she is on their website as at today, so you would wonder about that impartiality towards both Accuro and ING.

You mean the same Naomi Ballantyne who is also a director of Newpark?

Johnny, if you are going to post make sure you have your facts right. The word you should have used is Boardmember not director. Big difference.

Us Advice offers unbiased, expert advice based on a comprehensive recommendation process backed by compreshensive product research. We are very confident that our processes would stand up to any level of scruitiny. My temporary role as caretaker CEO whilst the Accuro board puts in place its permanent leadership plans is something that I am happy to contribute. My long term commitments are as Managing Director of Us Advice and as a non-executive board member for Accuro. My involvement with Accuro has not and will not have any influence in respect of the Us Advice research and recommendation process. Accuro is certainly one of the product providers covered by our research and certainly has been the recommended product for customers for whom relatively high value for low cost is their key requirement. Our entire business model has been designed to deliver the best advice to our customers for their individual circumstances - something we would encourage every adviser to do.

Given Naomi's pointed dig at other insurance advisers (ie competitors to Us Advice) to deliver best and unbiased advice, apparently like her team does, then I think she is somewhat naive to think that also being the caretaker CEO of one of the companies they clearly promote to their clients sends anything other than mixed messages in terms of perceived bias

Yes - Naomi seems to forget that without brokers and their support a new company like Club Life would never have made it to first base. Funny how the home plate changes depending on the team you choose to play for. Stop knocking the advisors it is not the first time Naomi!

In my world a non-executive board member is still a Director, or is in not??