BGL Group
BGL Group – Founded in 1992 by Douw Steyn, BGL has quickly grown into one of the largest personal lines brokers in the UK with GWP surpassing more that £1bn. It describes itself as a digital distributor of insurance and household financial services.
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Saga buys bike broker Bennetts for £26.26m
Deal takes firm up to approximately 20% of UK motorbike insurance market.
BGL Group posts £94m pre-tax profit
Customer numbers rise to 7.5 million.
Marsh appoints Canniffe and Kershaw to affinity and placement roles
Canniffe joins from BGL and Kershaw comes on board from Towergate.
Bennetts expands customer reach
BGL-owned firm has launched a new team to deal with specialist requests.
L&G enters personal lines motor market
Provider partners with Junction for new market venture.
BGL Group and Towergate in five-year claims deal
Broking group will provide centralised claims service.
BGL Group adds former Logica chief Keating to main board
BGL Group has appointed Seamus Keating as non-executive director.
A&A Group appoints Markerstudy's Tozer as BDM
Allen & Allen Group has appointed Matt Tozer as business development manager, Insurance Age can reveal.
BGL buys Minster Law
BGL has bought Minster Law following the Solicitors Regulation Authority approval of the law firm’s Alternative Business Structure (ABS).
Junction adds new partnerships chief
Junction has appointed Sharon Stephen as corporate partnerships director.
BGL jumps into Biba online debate
The BGL Group has countered the British Insurance Brokers' Association's (Biba) views on the transactional nature of insurance, describing them as "prehistoric".
BGL takes Rayner from RSA
The BGL Group has appointed Alison Rayner from RSA to the new role of associate director, compliance.
Junction strikes five-year RAC deal
Junction has agreed a five-year deal with the RAC to continue managing motor insurance for new and existing customers.
Product: BGL to tackle online fraud with data hub
BGL Group has moved to offer insurers improved levels of fraud protection by verifying all Budget and Dial Direct van insurance customers through an in-house data hub. This will be used in combination with checking against a ‘block list’ of past…
Product roundup: To boldly go where products have rarely been before
l It appears that there is no frontier which insurance broking would ever be daunted by and this month we report on a new product for space travellers, perhaps the most appropriate use of the verb “to launch” ever seen on these pages. Aon has teamed up…
BGL appoints exclusive glass supplier
BGL Group has struck an agreement with Auto Windscreens for the glazing company to be its exclusive glass supplier.
BGL simplifies rate change processes ahead of EU gender ban
The BGL Group has made amendments to its rate change process in response to the European Court of Justice’s gender ruling which comes into force on 21 December.
LV Broker adds ABC home product to BGL panels
LV Broker has extended its partnership with BGL Group to launch its ABC home insurance product to Budget and Dial Direct customers.
LV Broker turns to BGL for strategic account manager
LV Broker has swooped to appoint former BGL man Paul Chalfont as strategic account manager.
Junction hires AA man as e-commerce chief
Junction has appointed Jamie Queen as associate director, e-commerce and aggregation.
BGL Group snaps up new MD for brands
BGL Group has swooped to appoint Mark Townsend as managing director of Frontline - the business unit responsible for BGL brands Budget and Dial Direct.
BGL appoints new leader for anti-fraud division
BGL Group has appointed Martin Croucher as senior counter-fraud manager.
The BGL Group expands board
The BGL Group has appointed David Downie to its board as group director of intermediated businesses.
BGL reports 16% growth in profit
BGL Group has reported pre-tax profits of £72m for the year end June 2011, a year-on-year growth of 16%.