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CCV signs Aldermanbury Declaration
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has joined sister company Towergate in signing up to the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Aldermanbury Declaration.
Video interview: Peter Cullum on Towergate's refinancing
Days after Towergate Partnership announced the completion of its refinancing and £200m investment from private equity firm Advent International, founder and chairman Peter Cullum CBE spoke to Post about what now lies ahead for the broker.
New finance director at CCV
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has appointed Bryan Park as finance director with immediate effect.
News review: December
A brief round-up of December's news.
Reportage - Setting up a scheme: A scheming mind
Louise Meeson uncovers what a successful scheme looks like and offers practical advice on how brokers can identify and run one - should they find an existing niche or create one, how do they sell it to the insurer and is it possible to win schemes from…
Brokers penetrate regions with further acquisition activity
Acquisition activity has continued to bubble away in the regions where Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV), Barbon Insurance Group, Antur Insurance and BLS Insurance Brokers have all swooped for new businesses.
PB December 2010: News round-up
Apple iPhone apps continue to be all the rage in the insurance industry. Aviva launched MyClaim, a free app enabling policyholders to file a motor insurance claim remotely from their iPhones.
Focus - Broker funding: Finding your way through
With the major banks still cautious about lending, brokers are finding it tough to access funding for growth. Rachel Gordon looks at the options.
Technology - 2010 retrospective: Software houses moving forward steadily
This year, most of the key players in technology were pleased with steady progress, keeping close to existing clients in a tough economic environment for brokers, writes Andrew Tjaardstra.
CCV makes foray into underwriting with latest acquisitions
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has completed the acquisition of two further businesses in the north east of England.
News round-up: Broker acquisitions
Essex-based commercial broker LFC Insurance Group acquired £2.25m gross written premium Chelmsford Insurance Centre.
Brokers strive for growth with series of recent acquisitions
Access Insurance, Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) and LFC Insurance Group have all revealed ambitious growth targets following a spate of recent acquisitions.
CCV snaps up another two businesses
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has acquired the general insurance arm of Bolton-based Standrings and Sussex-based Goodwood Insurance Services.
The PB Interview - Tim Ryan: Local hero
Andrew Tjaardstra meets Tim Ryan in Ipswich, where he is fighting hard against the recession and the force of the consolidators.
CCV acquires four businesses
Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has announced the acquisition of four businesses during September, adding over £10m worth of gross written premium (GWP) and bringing its total number of acquisitions so far in 2010 to nine.
Agenda: That elusive crock of gold
The consolidation of the retail broking sector started in 1998 with the creation of Towergate but gathered pace in early 2000 through to 2008. In that period, some £3.6bn of commercial business was acquired, which equates to 25% of the total commercial…
News review: July 2010
A review of July's industry news.
All quiet on the North-western front?
The healthy competition between its two dominant cities, Manchester and Leeds, makes the North-west insurance market anything but quiet. Martin Friel profiles some of the region's key players
Broker buying spree continues
Brokers began the second half of 2010 in a flurry of acquisition activity with Bridle Insurance snapping up two buys and further purchases from MRIB and Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV).
Industry anticipates further IPT rises to catch up with EU levels
Industry experts have warned of further Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) hikes as the Government attempts to bring UK tax levels into line with the rest of Europe.
News round-up: July/August 2010
A brief round up of news from the secto.
New government: Coalition consequences
The new government has already announced the end of the Financial Services Authority and an Emergency Budget full of spending cuts and tax rises. Emmanuel Kenning looks at the implications for insurance brokers.
CCV buys Newcastle based Bishop Skinner
Cullum Capital Ventures has confirmed the purchase of Newcastle based broker, Bishop Skinner, its fifth acquisition of the year.
Flurry of broker buys completed before CGT hikes come into play
A raft of broker acquisitions were completed before the rise in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) came into force.