Esure's director buys first shares two days after joining board

Esure’s new director Martin Pike bought his first shares in the company two days after joining the personal lines insurer.

The non-executive director purchased 400,000 shares for an individual price of 235.5p, spending a total of £942,000 in the transaction.

Pike is also a director at Standard Life and the chairman of Greencore Construction.

On Wednesday, the company also announced Mike Evans has decided to step down as a non-executive director due to a potential conflict of interest following Zoopla’s acquisition of uSwitch.

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