Hodges lifts the lid on joining Towergate

Mark Hodges has revealed that when he was first approached to leave Aviva for Towergate he felt he needed to make sure there would be a meeting of minds on how to progress the broker’s business.

"When I was approached, my first reaction was to wonder whether they were serious," he told Insurance Age in his first interview since joining the company.

"Part of what I did [in early conversations] was lay out how I saw the world and where I was at. There needed to be a meeting of minds on what the role was, who was going to be in charge and how it was going to be structured.

"I spent quite a lot of time getting comfortable that I would get the mandate to do the job," he added.

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