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Three banks to fund Towergate war chest
Towergate is due to announce an £85m financing facility including a £45m war chest for its acquisiti...
Oval acquisition boosts group-wide programme
The Oval Group is hoping to complete up to eight acquisitions within two to three years after announ...
Independence of brokers is crucial
I refer to Kean Seager's letter (PB, March 2004) and can only comment in wholehearted support on Mr ...
Vega Insurance acquires Thompson Rudd
Vega Insurance Services has announced its second acquisition - Birmingham-based commercial broker Th...
Expanding European horizons
Future of Broking: Europe
All change at Camberford Law as Hanks quits
Camberford Law is understood to be within weeks of receiving formal accreditation from Lloyd's for i...
Folgate said it will be keeping most of the existing offices ...
Folgate said it will be keeping most of the existing offices, and integrating others into existing F...
Giles Insurance launches three pronged attack
Commercial broker Giles Insurance has sets its sights on aggressive growth in three new markets afte...
New research survey by Norwich Union
Nearly 50% of UK SMEs are worried about the availability of insurance for their business, according ...
Vega Insurances acquires Thompson Rudd Group
Acquisitional broking group Vega Insurance Services has acquired Birmingham-based Thompson Rudd Grou...
Weigh up your merger options
UK insurance broker deals - mergers and acquisitions and management buy outs - are increasing this year, and are being accompanied by a steady growth in the demand for development capital. Francis de Zulueta offers his interpretation of the rapid changes
Primary Group acquires Walton and Parkinson
Primary Group has acquired Walton and Parkinson - UK brokers to the theatre world. It will become an...
Harnessing the power
The once fiercely independent Duncan Pocock bit the merger bullet and joined the Folgate Partnership in 2002. John Marshgreen speaks openly to Michelle Worvell about the experience and explains why he believes the affair will 'end happily ever after' for…
The Folgate Partnership has completed the acquisition of Hill House Hammond's ..
The Folgate Partnership has completed the acquisition of Hill House Hammond's commercial business po...
Oval Group seals £20m Bland Bankart deal
Oval has acquired Leicester-based insurance broker Bland Bankart, in a deal worth around £20m in a m...
Annual dinner and dance raised more than £1,200 for charity
The annual dinner and dance of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Insurance Institute raised more than £1,200...
Fledgling Network Extra folded into parent company
Camberford Law Network Extra has been integrated into its parent company Camberford Law with the los...
Growth by acquisition
Argyll Insurance Group
Polaris imarket project
It could be argued that the Polaris imarket project is the seminal IT initiative threatening to drag...
Appointment at SMG Risk Solutions
Folgate broker SMG Risk Solutions has appointed Richard Senior as operations director. This follows ...
S&C gears up for national expansion
Smart and Cook is to step up its acquisition plans to expand its operation nationally and eventually...
Cox profits up but remains tight-lipped on Highway
Cox Insurance Holdings has reported a successful year and says it has laid firm foundations for futu...
Hiscox security launch
Hiscox has launched security advice service red24 for all its household insurance policyholders. The...
Oval in Bland Bankart tie-up
Broking start-up Oval has refused to rule out market speculation that it is on the brink of acquirin...