Markerstudy
Established in 2001, Markerstudy Group includes the Markerstudy Broking division, which comprises a number of brands including Brightside Insurance and Insurance Factory alongside complementary businesses Auto Windscreens, VisionTrack and Vision Vehicle Solutions. In 2021 it acquired BGL Insurance, a distributor of insurance to 3 million customers, and Lloyd’s broker, Clegg Gifford.
Marketstudy Broking features in the Insurance Age Top 75 UK Brokers listing, and the Insurance Age Top 50 Insurance Brokers in Personal Lines listing. Find out what other companies made the cut.
Markerstudy promotes Ross Barrington to retail MD
Richard Morley also promoted to operations director for Markerstudy's retail business.
Markerstudy pulls back from MGA capacity arrangements on motor fleet
Insurer says it is looking to expand its own fleet business “substantially”.
Video: Gary Humphreys
Markerstudy's Gary Humphreys talks Brexit and Solvency II.
Admiral and Legal & General join Markerstudy’s pet aggregator panel
Platform offers cover for cats and dogs.
Brightside to launch MGA in September
CEO Mark Cliff says MGA will specialise in van and tradesman insurance.
Profile: Gary Humphreys, Markerstudy
Making a mark: Markerstudy’s group underwriting director and second biggest shareholder Gary Humphreys tells Insurance Age about Brexit’s effect on regulation, acquisition strategies and the advantages of remaining unrated
Markerstudy confirms job cuts in IT department
Restructure likely to lead to 45 redundancies.
Humphreys admits Markerstudy could bid for Brightside "if it came back on the market"
Markerstudy's Gary Humphreys talks exclusively to Insurance Age for the December edition.
In-depth - talent: Why perceived tedium is tainting our talent
Insurance needs to brush off its old image and attract young people with flair and talent to the industry, says Tanya Gerrard-White
Markerstudy to launch new commercial broker
New brand to offer any type of commercial cover from November.
#Insagepeople: 26 September to 02 October 2016
Keep up to date with the latest people moves.
Markerstudy and Be Wiser agree partial pull back
Insurer says move is not part of wider reorganisation.
Brightside teams up with Covéa in capacity deal
Deal covers broker's motor book and "fills the gap left by Markerstudy".
Markerstudy buys telematics firm Drivology
Company confirms push for telematics and app based business.
Broking break: Your top five of the week
This week's most read stories include fraud, an exit from Zurich and Brexit.
Markerstudy boss warns about possible job cuts in case of a Brexit
Company confirmed potential for Brexit to lead to "large job losses".
Keychoice adds Markerstudy to motor panel
Broker members can now access Zenith Insurance and Zenith Marque products.
Markerstudy to launch pet insurance aggregator
New offering to be called Go Get It
Brightside loses agency with Markerstudy
Private car and van capacity believed to be affected following Markerstudy review of relationship.
Markerstudy reorganises retail division as Russell Bence leaves
Managing director Bence leaves after seven years with the company.
Cheltenham charity bets: Day two - Queen Mother Champion Chase
All eyes are on the Queen Mother Champion Chase today and Dodging Bullets (with its insurer-related owners) could be in the frame.
Cheltenham charity bets: Day One - Champion Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival kicks off today. For the second year in a row Insurance Age will be revealing the top bets from our tipsters every day.
Brightside partners with Markerstudy on pet insurance
Broker and insurer team up for six month pilot project.
Chaucer Insurance rebrands as Zenith Marque
The move follows Markerstudy's acquisition of Chaucer's UK motor business.