Hastings Group

Hastings Group began in Bexhill-on-Sea and targets the home and motor markets. In 2020 it was valued at £1.66bn when it de-listed and was jointly bought by Sampo and Merchant Rand Investment holdings.

Hastings Group features in the Insurance Age Top 50 Insurance Brokers in Personal Lines listing. Find out what other companies made the cut.

Hastings' GWP leaps 52%

Hastings has announced its EBITDA rose to £27m in its full year figures to the end of June, more than double 2010’s total of £11m.

Market moves: All the fun of the fair

Summer is traditionally the time for going on holiday. The urban legend is that September follows as the month with the highest number of resignations. People coming back have reflected, probably on a beach, that they did not enjoy their job and become…

Hastings launches affinity and partnership division

Hastings Insurance Services has announced the launch of a new specialist division, Hastings Partnerships led by business development director Andy Kirton, which will handle all of the company’s affinity and partnership business.

Car insurance study champions niche players

In Which’s latest study of motor insurance for the over 50s, NFU Mutual and 50 plus Insurance Services came out on top while household brands such as Aviva and Axa failed to gain recommended status.

News review: October

The founder and chairman of direct insurer Esure, Peter Wood, revealed that 2014 would be the earliest date that the company would launch an initial public offering.

Editor's comment: The motor market is shot

A senior industry figure told me this month that it is the "worst time" in the history of the motor market for insurers. A pile of news has confirmed this, including RBS's loss of over £200m in its first-half results, Equity's reserving issues and NIG…

The PB interview - Bill Cooper: Bright light in the gloom

Andrew Tjaardstra meets Bill Cooper, managing director for insurance in the financial institutions division at Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets. Despite being cautious about prospects for brokers as the UK's economic malaise continues, the firm is very much…

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