Towergate Group
Towergate is a familiar name in the Top 100 and is another business founded by Peter Cullum. It is now part of the Ardonagh Group which is helmed by David Ross.
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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…
Focus - technology: Taming the tide of systems improvement
The technology ocean requires time, flexibility and planning to navigate safely and, as the aggregator model shows, there is great danger in being left behind a business ship bound for new, exciting and profitable lands, writes Ed Murray.
Towergate launches new web platform for affiliates
Towergate today announced the launch of Towergateaffiliates.com - a new service aimed at providing website owners and online introducers with the ability to promote Towergate eInsurance product offerings online.
Fusion founders unveil new risk venture with support from Aspen
Regional brokers will be targeted by a new managing general agent (MGA) led by Fusion founders Kevin Pallett and Geoff Crisp.
Fusion founders Pallett and Crisp join Aspen
Aspen Insurance UK, a subsidiary of Aspen Insurance Holdings, has announced the appointment of Kevin Pallett and Geoff Crisp to launch a range of new insurance and risk management products for selected brokers and their clients in the UK market.
Knowlden Titlow hires sales and marketing manager
Former Towergate employee Michael Buse has been appointed sales and marketing manager at Norwich-based Knowlden Titlow Insurance Brokers.
Henderson unveils a dozen new hires
Leeds-based Henderson Insurance has revealed a raft of 12 new appointments, all made within six weeks.
Product review: Vehicle liability to cover smaller fleets
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Market Watch: Sporting chance
With the 2012 Olympics looming large on the horizon, Emmanuel Kenning delves into the many and varied risks surrounding the insurance of sports clubs.
News Analysis: Brokers swarm ExCeL at Biba 2010
Emmanuel Kenning reviews a successful Biba conference at which brokers networked with insurance leaders and debated what the future holds under the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
QBE set to double commercial property book
QBE looks set to double the size of its commercial property book as it closes in on a deal that could see it snatch £40m worth of business from Axa, Insurance Age has learnt.
Schemes: British Insurance MPPI offering
Towergate-owned British Insurance has launched a new mortgage payment protection insurance policy.
News review: May
Former insurance broker turned MP, Andrew Stephenson, described being an intermediary under the labour Government as a "nightmare".
Schemes: Scheme boom to drive down rates
Commercial affinity schemes are growing in popularity but increased competition could have a detrimental impact on rates.
Results news: 'Admirable' performance as Towergate rates stay put
Towergate executive chairman, Peter Cullum, has claimed that the company has refused to follow the market's "kamikaze" approach to rates.
Biba news: 'Unbelievable change' afoot
Towergate chief executive, Peter Cullum, has predicted that the UK is set for two years of "unbelievable change" under the new coalition Government with the economy and regulation set to top the agenda.
News: QBE ambitions realised
QBE looks set to double the size of its commercial property book as it closes in on a deal that could see it snatch £40m worth of business from Axa, Insurance Age has learnt.
Towergate and Allianz link up over employment legislation
Allianz Legal Protection and Towergate Risk Solutions Milton Keynes want to give more access to legal advice over employers' responsibilities.
BIBA 2010: Broking stars awarded
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has named Victoria Parry of Hugh J Boswell as its Young Broker of the Year and Mike Cowburn of Towergate as winner of the Francis Perkins Award.
Cullum reflects on extraordinary 2009 as Towergate posts results
Results reveal the Maidstone-based broking and underwriting group had a testing 2009.
Towergate postpones bond issue
Towergate refinancing on hold
Towergate senior management on investor roadshow
Towergate sees opportunity to raise money in the UK, the rest of Europe and the US
Towergate seeks to refinance debt
Towergate Finance seeks to raise £665m to refinance
The PB Interview: Riding out the storm
Andy Homer, chief executive of Towergate, tells Andrew Tjaardstra how the company adapted to the tough economic climate by learning more about corporate finance and taking some hard decisions.