Sandy Leitch, Lord Leitch, who has died aged 76, was a prominent City figure over four decades. He became a valuable link between Tony Blair’s government and the financial services industry.
The son of a miner, Leitch was steadfast in his Labour loyalties as he pursued a glittering business career that led him, in the 1990s, to become chief executive of the insurance group Allied Dunbar (later Zurich Financial Services UK), as well as chair of the Association of British Insurers.
