Market speculation rife over changes at Towergate
Midlands region shake-up at Towergate sparks rumours of possible flotation
Towergate has moved into 2013 with some pretty big changes in the Midlands region.
As exclusively revealed by Insurance Age, Paul Watts, regional managing director for the Midlands, was placed on gardening leave at the end of 2012.
Meanwhile responsibility for the Nottingham office has now been taken on by the Hinckley branch, and the Sutton Coldfield location is now being managed from the Stoke office.
Mike Lawton, who left RSA in June last year to become chief executive of Towergate’s broking
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