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Northern Ireland based broker joins the Oval group
Oval has acquired Belfast-based insurance broker Bartholomew & James. The acquisition will create the new Northern Ireland regional foothold for UK insurance broking and financial services provider the Oval group (Oval).
CCV returns to smaller end of the market
Following the recent acquisitions of Protectagroup and HLI, Cullum Capital Ventures has announced two further acquisitions.
Directors face three year ban
Three directors of Leicester-based broker, Shakespeare Underwriting, have been disqualified for failing to comply with their Terms of Business Agreement (TOBA), Insurance Age has found.
PB Week: Acquisition, acquisition, acquisition
This week saw a spate of acquisitions in the industry before the changes in Capital Gains Tax on 6 April, writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of Professional Broking . Although it is becoming increasingly hard to keep up with each deal - the following is an…
Camberford Law confirm MBO
There has been a management buyout at Camberford Law, as first revealed by Insurance Age at the beginning of April.
Erinaceous attempts to go back to basics
Erinaceous Insurance Services has gone ‘back to basics’ in its Property and Commercial Division (P&C) as the company begins to emerge from a very difficult period.
LFC Insurance Group acquire shareholding of R. S. Hayworth & Co
LFC Insurance Group, the South-East based commercial brokers, has acquired the shareholding of R. S. Hayworth & Co - trading as Shield Policies. This underwriting agency has a track record going back to 1923 and operates from Feering, near Colchester, in…
CBG continues acquisition spree
CBG Group, the Manchester based insurance broker, financial adviser and healthcare specialist, has completed the acquisition of Howgud, and it’s trading subsidiaries, EDN (Insurance Services), E Davies (Northern) and EDN (Financial Services), on 04 April…
Cobra acquires three brokers and an underwriting agency
The Board of Cobra Holdings, a major UK-based retail and wholesale insurance broking group, has acquired four businesses comprising of three insurance broking entities, Giles (Alton), J.K. Lee, G.D.K Insurance Services and an underwriting agency, County…
Jelf is ‘consolidator of the week’
In the fast moving world of broker acquisitions Jelf has so far won the ‘battle’ for the title of consolidator of the week by announcing the acquisitions of Worthing-based Argyll and Malvern-based Clarke Roxburgh writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of…
Jelf acquisitions push GWP towards £250m
Jelf Group, the Bristol-based consolidator, has acquired Clarke Roxburgh and its subsidiaries: Clarke Roxburgh Insurance Brokers, Clarke Roxburgh Financial Planning and Clarke Roxburgh Mortgages and Gillingham-based Argyll Insurance.
Swinton Business acquires commercial broker
Swinton Business, the commercial division of the UK's leading high street insurance retailer, Swinton Group, has acquired the independent broker Lawrences in a move to strengthen Swinton's commercial offering.
D&O cover - Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
The introduction of The Companies Act (2006) means a new set of risks have appeared, though small and medium-size enterprises seem not to be prepared for them. Samantha Hanson reviews some of the major changes
Start-ups set to increase in 2008?
With Cobra and UKGI announcing new platforms, interest in broker start-ups may be about to flourish, argues Marcus Alcock
Broker agrees six-figure settlement
Leicester-based Berkeley Burke has agreed to a six-figure out-of-court settlement in a dispute with ...
Ownership strategies - Aiming high
Jelf Group and CBG are just two of the rising number of brokers that have floated themselves on the alternative stock market, though some commentators question if there are any tangible benefits in doing so. Matthew Robinson investigates
Ownership strategies - The leader within
Despite the arrival of grim global economic conditions, management buyouts remain popular. Charlie Thomas assesses the options
MCE relocates to boost capacity
MCE has relocated to larger premises in a bid to increase its capacity to write business. The specia...
Insurer-backed MBO rumoured for broker Camberford Law
Specialist broker Camberford Law is understood to be in discussions with an insurer regarding a mana...
A market only for the brave
I have been compiling a list of the top 250 brokers in the commercial market since 2002, so while co...
Giles Insurance makes three acquisitions
Giles Insurance Brokers has made three acquisitions following the £500m private equity investment in...
Spedding Goldthorpe joins TBN
West-Yorkshire-based Spedding Goldthorpe has joined the Broker Network (TBN). The group also recentl...
Allianz seeks opportunities with London Market brokers
Allianz Schemes has confirmed that it will be targeting brokers in the London Market to develop its ...
Oval awarded substantial compensation
Oval has been awarded a substantial six-figure sum in compensation following its successful court pr...