Ardonagh Group
Former Towergate investor to wind down
The private equity firm linked with buying a 25% stake in Towergate 32 months ago has decided to wind-up its investments and return cash to investors after takeover talks broke down.
Penny Black's insurance week
Ecclesiastical invited Penny and a bunch of insurance hacks for a snoop around Wellington Arch and Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington, last week.
Career path - CII exams: Repairing reputation
Professionalism could prove the most potent weapon in improving the public's perception of the insurance industry. Niall Boyd details how the CII's examinations overhaul is playing its part.
CII unveils pioneering pair
Chubb Europe has become the first insurance company to be granted corporate chartered insurer status by the Chartered Insurance Institute, following accreditation of its Manchester underwriting and service centre.
Towergate launches new website
Towergate Underwriting has launched a new website which it says will be easier for brokers to use.
Towergate Underwriting achieves chartered status
Towergate Underwriting Group has become one of the first underwriting companies to achieve the Chartered Insurance Institute’s award of chartered insurer.
Fortis backing key to UK General's £1.6m Shearings deal
UK General has won a two-year deal with travel firm Shearings — its first major piece of business since teaming up with new capacity provider Fortis.
Brokers worry about client choice as RSA bids for Aviva
Brokers have voiced concern that RSA's £5bn bid for parts of Aviva's general insurance business, including the UK, could ultimately limit client choice and competition.
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.