Ardonagh Group
Ardonagh-owned Atlanta Group is fast moving up the rankings. It was built up by founder, Ian Donaldson from its base in Stoke-on-Trent and comprises heritage brands Autonet, Carol Nash and Swinton Group.
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Ardonagh losses rise to £44.5m in H1 2019
Broking giant also posts growing income as a result of the deal to buy Swinton.
Brightside hires new MD of broking as Russell Bence exits
Derek Henry, formerly of Ardonagh Group, will join the broker in September.
Ardonagh shutters Swinton's advised commercial business
Advised clients will be transferred to Towergate and the move, which will lead to redundancies, is likely to result in branch closures.
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Ex-Ardonagh deputy CEO Janice Deakin: "I need a break from big deals"
Former Ardonagh deputy CEO Janice Deakin has stepped back at the consolidator and vowed that she needs a ‘break’ from big deals having worked on the acquisition of Swinton, but added the idea of acting as a non-executive director at another firm…
Autonet to offer jobs to majority of staff as Atlanta takes over Ageas' Stoke office
Move follows Ageas' decision to close its Stoke operations and the majority of the staff currently facing redundancy will be offered employment under the Autonet brand.
Ardonagh’s van der Veer joins Nexus
Marc van der Veer was previously CEO of international for Ardonagh MGA GEO Underwriting.
Adrian Brown becomes NED at SSP
He will remain in his current position at Ardonagh.
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Ardonagh losses decrease for Q1
Income goes up for the quarter as Swinton is credited with assisting growth despite branch closures.
Ardonagh closes 24 Swinton branches
The company's Q1 results revealed that £6m had been spent by Ardonagh on the closures.
Investors value Ardonagh at £1.9bn
Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners have bought more shares in the business.
Three insurance firms on FSCS insolvency list
List includes payment protection specialist British Insurance which was bought by Towergate in 2008, but stopped trading in 2011.
Ardonagh vs Gallagher judgement could take longer than three months
The long-running court battle between Ardonagh and Gallagher finally wrapped up on Friday, but a written judgement may take more than three months to arrive.
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Gallagher’s closing statements begin as legal dispute with Ardonagh goes on
The staff poaching case continues as both sides make their case as the trial nears completion.
Gallagher and Ardonagh return to court as closing statements begin
QCs issue closing statements defending Peter Burton and Nawaf Hasan as staff poaching case moves to conclusion.
RSA hires personal lines MD in management reshuffle
Provider announces a number of senior departures as Ardonagh Group’s Kay Martin joins.
Former Swinton distribution director, Richard Beaven becomes COO of Brightside
Brightside said the management change was made to build stronger and deeper relationships with distribution partners in an increasingly digitised sector.
Arch buys Obelisk Underwriting
The business is to become part of the Arch UK Regional Division and follows its deal to buy Axiom Underwriting earlier this month.
Swinton performing better than expected for Ardonagh
The Ardonagh Group results showed that the personal lines broker contributed £146.3m in pro forma income.
Ardonagh losses shrink at first full year results
The business reported a total loss for 2018 of £111.6m, significant improvement on 2017's numbers.
Axiom Underwriting now part of Arch UK regional division
Deal follows Arch's purchase of Ardonagh's commercial MGA businesses last year.
Premiership Rugby stands by sponsor Gallagher after racism allegations
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable urged the organisation to review its relationship with Gallagher last week after racist comments from Simon Matson were brought up in the Gallagher v Ardonagh court case.