Chris Giles
McManus and Giles sell 'significant' PIB stake to Carlyle Group
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a significant equity stake in Brendan McManus and Chris Giles’ latest broking venture PIB Insurance.
Giles and Bollinger deals forecast to cost Gallagher up to £17m through 2014
US broker Arthur J Gallagher is set to pay an estimated £17m in integration costs through this year following the acquisitions of Giles and Bollinger in 2013.
Gallagher targeting top three UK retail berth after Giles deal
The £223m purchase of Giles by US broker Arthur J Gallagher will convert the latter into one of the UK’s largest regional retail brokers according to UK commercial director Janice Deakin.
Gallagher to complete £233m Giles deal
Gallagher will snap up independent broker Giles for £233m in cash, in a deal expected to close in October.
AJG tipped as early favourite to complete Giles swoop
Arthur J Gallagher has emerged as an early frontrunner among a pack of brokers looking to secure Charterhouse's majority stake in Giles.
Career File: Chris Giles:Hunt for a new Giles Insurance executive chairman begins...
Giles Insurance executive chairman Chris Giles is to become non-executive directive of Expectrum, the holding company of Giles Insurance and Ink Underwriting.
Penny Black's insurance week
It was all go last Friday as the Post team frantically tried to track down brokers willing to comment on the appointment of Steve White as Biba’s top dog.
McManus charged with driving forward business as Giles takes up US role
Giles Insurance executive chairman Chris Giles is to become non-executive directive of Expectrum, the holding company of Giles Insurance and Ink Underwriting.
McManus named as Giles CEO
Former Willis boss Brendan McManus has been appointed as chief executive of Giles.
Market moves: Setting the trend
Insurer MMA was the main recruiter this week, with the firm naming five new staff across its regional office network. The moves set the trend among fellow underwriters, with high-profile appointments at Groupama, DAS and for Markel’s fledging operation…
Giles CEO dampens IPO speculation after £5.1m CBG move
The CEO of Giles Insurance Brokers has dampened speculation his firm will seek an IPO any time soon by claiming that being a listed broker is a "regulatory burden".
Giles CEO hails "industry leading margin" as earnings fall 13%
The Giles Group has reported that its turnover and EBITDA (excluding non recurring items) both decreased for the year ended 31 August 2010.
Giles completes CJ Higgins purchase
Giles has acquired the insurance broking business of Northern Irish intermediary CJ Higgins & Co for an undisclosed sum.
Penny Black’s insurance week
One of the rumours that will not go away is that Giles, fresh from the largest deal in its history, has again got an appetite for deals, with Kerry London among the firms on its hit list.
Post powerlist 2010: The influential crowd
Over the past 12 months the UK insurance industry has faced the global recession head on, taken the change of government in its stride and has shown that it is ready to face oncoming regulation in the form of Solvency II. Below we name the major players…
BIS countdown - Interview - Michael Casella: Commitment to the Chubb cause
The new CEO of Chubb Europe, Michael Casella, has spent 28 years travelling the world with the firm. Now based in London, he tells Jonathan Swift why it set up a new Lloyd's syndicate and why you'll never see it dipping in and out of markets.
Giles Insurance Brokers in Midlands swoop
Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired the retail broking division of James Hampden Insurance Brokers.
Giles poised to acquire Cooper Gay division
Giles Insurance Brokers is set to acquire Cooper Gay's UK wholesale broking division, FSJ Broking.
Giles to make first Lloyd's acquisition
Giles Insurance Brokers is in negotiations with Cooper Gay to acquire its FSJ business unit, Post has learnt.
Editor's comment: The managerial merry-go-round spins again
Last week's announcement from Giles of another senior departure would appear to the casual observer to be the latest in what seems a regular rolling cast change at the private equity-backed broker.
Penny black's insurance week
Penny was out and about with Hastings CEO Edward Fitzmaurice this week, and one couldn't help but be surprised by his music taste. After a discussion of the fine arts — and not so fine arts — something of a revelation occurred. Among the standard…