ARB plans expansion.
Dublin-based underwriting agency ARB has announced plans to expand into the UK, following the openin...
Dublin-based underwriting agency ARB has announced plans to expandinto the UK, following the opening of an office in Southampton in
October.
It will offer brokers and intermediaries personal and commercial lines
business. The company is particularly interested in schemes and
affinities, its speciality in Ireland. Peter Smith manages ARB's
Southampton office, with Graham MacFadyen its underwriting manager.
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