Global Risk Partners (GRP)
Since launch in 2013 Global Risk Partners has grown to employ 2000 staff who control or influence over £1.8bn premium. The group comprises a retail division of specialist and community insurance brokers operating from over 100 offices around the UK and Ireland, focused on delivering an expert, personal service to their clients alongside Lloyd’s and London market brokers Lonmar and Ropner. In July 2022, US broker Brown & Brown acquired GRP.
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Blog: When is a consolidator, not a consolidator? The question Barton, Jelf and Reid’s Partners& hopes to answer
This week saw the launch of new broking business Partners&, bringing together a quintet of players to form a business which is positioning itself as distinctly anti-consolidator. Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift looks at what this means; and…
GRP hub Greens announces two deals
Green Insurance Group has bought Brighton-based RT Williams Insurance Brokers and its appointed representative NIB Insurance Brokers.
GRP-owned Sagars buys Preston broker
Anderson Ashcroft has been bought for an undisclosed sum.
GRP hub Greens makes first deal of 2020
Broker buys Hastings-based SME and personal lines specialist Manor Insurance Services as it reveals it has more deals in the pipeline.
Consolidators behind half of broker deals in 2019
Exclusive: Research from Mazars shows 83% of brokers feel that the current levels of consolidation are sustainable.
GRP retains hub focus following Searchlight deal
The investment will help GRP continue to buy UK brokers according to newly promoted Mike Bruce.
Searchlight Capital Partners takes majority stake in GRP
The deal sees founders Peter Cullum and David Margrett retain a minority stake in the company alongside Penta Capital.
Searchlight believed to be final party in discussions with GRP – reports
GRP has been exploring sale and reinvestment options since last summer.
GRP buys Birrell Group to create Midlands hub
Broker becomes GRP's eighth major hub and will retain its brand, with all staff remaining with the business.
GRP’s £68m acquisition spree revealed
Total covers 10 businesses that the group bought in the year to 31 March 2019.
GRP reaffirms acquisition strategy despite £17.9m loss
Accounting procedures and acquisition costs blamed as turnover and operating profit grow 48% and 173% respectively.
GRP silent as potential buyers named
Searchlight and Apax Partners are believed to be in talks with the consolidator over taking a stake in the business.
2019 in review: June's top stories
The start of Summer brought with it the revelation that now Prime Minister Boris Johnson was paid £25,540 by Biba to speak at its conference.
GRP-owned CCIB buys agricultural specialist
Deal for Barpax Associates is the broker's second since becoming part of GRP in early 2018.
County Group buys Welsh broker Bruce Edwards Jones
Deal forms part of the broker’s strategy to increase its presence in North Wales.
GRP buys HNW broker Gauntlet Insurance Services
Deal follows GRP's purchases of risk management specialist Health and Safety Click and Lancashire-based broker 3XD.
GRP-owned Sagar takes branch director from Towergate
Former Halifax branch director has joined the firm as managing director.
Customers value professionalism above all, finds survey
GRP survey highlights that customers choose brokers based on professionalism and recommendation.
GRP hub Greens buys Millards
It is the sixth purchase for Greens since it became a Global Risk Partners hub in 2017.
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Quizzical questions: 27 September 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
GRP hires investment director to ramp up acquisition strategy
Scott Hallett to work with GRP's brokers and MGAs on new deals.
The Blog Spot: RIP Jelf, hello Marsh Commercial - what's in a broking brand?
As Marsh rebrands Jelf, Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift reflects on the passing of another name heavily associated with noughties broker consolidation
The Insurance Age Podcast: 6 September 2019
The Insurance Age team unpick the most recent and most popular stories.