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Towergate appoint new senior operations role
Towergate has announced the appointment of Jim Donaldson in a new senior operations role in the Towergate Broking Division.
PB Week: Where is our summer?
What do we have to do to get some sunshine these days? We spend all autumn, winter and spring waiting for a couple of weeks of unadulterated sunshine and so far in August we have been given humid, rainy, dark, damp days – perhaps one day an insurer will…
Founders quit Fusion
Founders Kevin Pallett and Geoff Crisp have left Towergate-owned Fusion. Towergate chairman Peter Cu...
Shaun Godfrey - Road runner
Directors Q&A
Appointment at Oval
Oval has hired Matthew Collins as its national broking director. Collins became the firm's eastern r...
BIG - The big picture
Brownhill Insurance Group
Love and Knox - Nothing ventured, nothing gained
The PB Interview
Economy opens door on legal policies
Commercial legal insurance sales opportunities are stronger than ever, writes Katherine Brandon
Appointment at NFU Mutual
NFU Mutual has taken on Beverley Hodson as a non-executive director. Hodson has had a varied career ...
A hole lot of fun at Mannings Heath
The Insurance Masters 2008, sponsored by software house Open GI, took place in glorious sunshine on ...
Appointment at CBG Group
CBG Group has appointed Martyn Hughes as its group finance director. The company has also announced ...
SSP sale - US link to SSP private equity deal
Andrew Tjaardstra reports on the increase in the value of software houses that saw Towergate spend £275m on Open GI last year. Now, a private equity firm has splashed out almost £200m on SSP
A monthly look at who is moving where ...
Martyn Hughes has been made group finance director at Manchester-based broker CBG Group. Martyn has ...
Towergate raise £100m to fund proposed acquisition
Consolidator Towergate raised £100m to fund Towergate Financial's proposed acquisition of regional i...
Fusion founders depart
Company founders Kevin Pallett and Geoff Crisp have left Fusion Insurance Services, nearly three yea...
Hastings Direct and Equity Direct reveal closure of two of their five contact centres
Hastings Direct and Equity Direct have revealed that, subject to consultation, they will be closing ...
Equity Insurance completes two book acquisitions
Equity Insurance has completed two book acquisitions, transferring both personal lines and commercia...
Sterling to relocate commercial operation to West Malling
Sterling is to relocate its commercial operation from Romford to West Malling in order to accommodat...
Synergy Plus ready for more buys
Synergy Plus Group, established to acquire a group of insurance brokers, has completed its first buy...
New network name revealed
Broker Direct is set to launch a new network after securing capacity with five leading insurers, Insurance Age has learned.
Carers win new employment discrimination rights
Earlier this month the European Court of Justice delivered a landmark ruling giving carers the same employment discrimination rights as disabled people - exposing unprepared firms to a raft of compensation claims, warned Allianz Legal Protection.
Pallett and Crisp leave Fusion
Towergate executive chairman, Peter Cullum, confirmed today that Kevin Pallett and Geoff Crisp have left Fusion Insurance Services.
Countrywide confirms new MD
Network Countrywide has appointed Nick Haycock as managing director, as revealed by Insurance Age at the beginning of the month.
Towergate launches personal financial advisory model
Towergate Financial, a new financial advisory business launched under the Towergate brand, has raised over £100m to pursue its plans to acquire regional IFAs. Funding for the deal has largely been provided by The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB…