Blooming marvellous

On the back of the controversial takeover by broking giant Towergate, Grant Ellis speaks to Martin Friel about the nature of broker networks and how fighting for the rights of members is essential in the politics of business

These are heady days indeed for the network sector. New propositions are springing up throughout the UK and rumours of takeovers persist in what was once a rather marginal and untested area. Networks are now accepted as an established feature and, remarkably, considering the relative infancy of the model, they have become an integral and almost essential part of the current and future insurance market.

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