Ardonagh Group
Now for Tow Compare
Go Compare has diversified its offering to include caravan insurance, with Towergate and NIG among its providers.
Broker Network breaks 700-member mark
Broker Network has broken through the 700-member mark after adding more than 50 intermediaries to its proposition in the first half of 2010.
Towergate boss joins Power Place
Former Towergate manager Darren Rowe has been appointed sales director of sister company Power Place.
BIS Countdown - innovation: Listening to customers
The relationship between the customer and the market is constantly on the move, says Amanda Blanc, who stresses firms must innovate and evolve or face severe consequences.
Post Magazine - 5 August 2010
The August 5 edition of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital interactive e-book.
Postscript - five years ago: Towergate in VC launch for insurance
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
Towergate: bond issue is still on 'to do' list
Towergate is keeping the brakes on its £665m bond issue in response to little improvement in the financial markets.
QBE backs Towergate property book
QBE is to insure an arrangement for Towergate's commercial property owners business.
Penny Black's insurance week
A cautionary tale reaches Penny about the dangers of playing with hot candle wax, or rather the embarrassment that can be caused by being covered in this quick-drying viscous liquid when dining with colleagues. For that is the sticky situation that…
Property restructure sees Tonge join Keelan Westall
Barbon has restructured its property division and appointed former Erinaceous boss and Towergate director Wayne Tonge as head of business within its wholesale broking business, Keelan Westall.
Ex-Erinaceous boss returns
Former Erinaceous boss Andy Halstead has returned to the insurance market with a new property venture called Rent On Time.
Ex Broker Network team set to challenge Towergate with start-up
A new broker has been set up by former Broker Network employees that will go head to head with Towergate's recently merged Manchester operation.
CCV buys Bishop Skinner
Cullum Capital Ventures has completed its fifth acquisition of the year, with the purchase of Newcastle based broker, Bishop Skinner.
Penny Black’s insurance week
Remember Big Brother? Penny was taken aback to discover the series is still trundling through its final series and drawing in big enough viewing figures for Go Compare to choose a slot in tomorrow’s eviction night extravaganza as the place to launch its…
Towergate sales day
Amanda Blanc, Towergate deputy chief executive, said its first annual sales day, held on 17 June, generated "tens of thousands of new leads".
Ex-Layton duo return
Layton Blackham founder Chris Blackham and former managing director Geoff Bradford are offering investment to general insurance brokers and managing general agents as part of a new venture.
Ex-Fusion bosses outline MGA plan
The new managing general agency led by Fusion founders Kevin Pallett and Geoff Crisp aims to establish at least five offices as it gears up for its launch next year, backed by Bermuda-based insurance group Aspen.
Fusion founders Pallett and Crisp back with Aspen MGA
Aspen Insurance UK has announced today that it has appointed 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.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Insurance and West Bromwich Albion have not appeared in conjunction too often in this column in the past — bar one reference to Baggies fan and Towergate CEO Andy Homer's lucky pants, perhaps.
Power Place appoints FD
Power Place has appointed Robert Appleton as finance director.
Towergate expands Scottish team
Towergate Risk Solutions has recruited a further two sales executives as part of its drive for continued organic growth in Scotland.
Brokers unite in call for new code of conduct for covenant breaches
A British Insurance Brokers’ Association regional head has called for a new code of conduct to help reduce the legal bill and inconvenience faced by intermediaries defending themselves against former staff who break their restrictive covenants.
Henderson's ranks swell by twelve
Henderson Insurance has announced 12 new appointments within the past six weeks.
Paradigm shifts to Towergate
Paradigm Group is to offer a commercial insurance offering to its members through Towergate Risk Solutions.