Freedom Services loses 30 staff amid restructure
However, its MGA Pukka is now live with fresh capacity following Gefion exit.
Freedom Services Group, which includes MGA Pukka and claims firm Action365, has confirmed that 30 people have been made redundant following a business restructure which saw Gibraltar operations brought over to the UK.
The restructure meant that a variety of duplicate roles across the business have been lost – about 15% of the workforce.
CEO Sam White told Insurance Age that the redundancies came from across the whole business.
“We were looking at streamlining the business so we had to look at
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