Pier Ancru was the chairman of the board of Pend Insurance and a major stockholder in the company. As a prominent figure in the leadership of Pend Insurance, Ancru had apartments in all of their main stations. He was an early adopter of jump clone technology, and used it to take frequent leisure trips, preferring that mode of travel over normal spaceflight. Ancru was left-handed, but still ate as if he was right-handed, something which allowed him to prove his innocence and identity when confronted by Police Commissioner Jilaine Garat about the assassination of Senator Papadour in Palmon.