Dual targeting $3bn GWP within five years after Align buy
Howden-owned Dual can create a “really unique position in the market” as a specialist underwriting managing general agent and push for substantial further growth on the back of the deal to buy US firm Align Financial, CEO Richard Clapham told Post.
The purchase, due to complete in October, will add over $630m (£458m) in premium to the group taking its total to $2.1bn.
“We have been very much looking to build out a platform of scale, both
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