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In his first interview after 33 years in the industry, CDL’s Tom Hogg explains to Emmanuel Kenning how the company grew from a one-man band to an insurance institution

So the question really has to be, why now? Tom Hogg has built Cheshire Datasystems Limited (CDL) from a one-man band to a software provider that last year made over £4m in pre-tax profit. Having been involved with insurance broking for 33 years, he must have turned down plenty of press interview opportunities.

Is CDL for sale? It is a question he answers before it is even posed. “I’ve never had a bank on my back and I don’t deal with private equity. That answers one of your questions about am I

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Broking profits fall at Saga

Underlying profit before tax in Saga’s insurance broking arm fell to £39.8m for the year ended 31 January 2024, compared with £71.5m in the previous period.

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