Atlanta
Atlanta Group – the motor specialist started out as Autonet and it still led by founder Ian Donaldson. It is also part of the Ardonagh Group and, in 2021, added both Marmalade and Be Wiser to its portfolio.
Atlanta Group features in the Insurance Age Top 100 Insurance Brokers 2021 listing. Find out what other companies made the cut.
Colm Tully to head up Paymentshield
Colm Tully has been appointed to lead Ardonagh-owned Paymentshield, succeeding Rob Evans.
Broker Diversity Push – Q&A with Ardonagh’s CFO Diane Cougill
In an exclusive interview with Insurance Age as part of our Broker Diversity Push - Gender Leadership Gap campaign, Diane Cougill, chief financial officer at The Ardonagh Group shares her insights from a firm that while it has a rising percentage of…
News analysis: Why are brokers offshoring to South Africa?
Complete Cover recently became the latest personal lines broker to offshore some of its operations to South Africa. Saxon East explores the attraction for intermediaries in outsourcing to a country over 6000 miles away from the UK
Ardonagh restructures UK commercial and retail MGA offerings
Ardonagh has reorganised its UK commercial and retail MGAs, with businesses and brands aligned by client type across its platforms, Insurance Age can reveal.
Atlanta claims UK first with Plain Numbers roll out
Atlanta, claims to have become the first organisation in the UK to have key customer high volume communications certified by social enterprise, Plain Numbers.
Atlanta reveals Be Wiser price tag
Ardonagh paid £6.3m in cash for the business and assets of motor broker Be Wiser Insurance last year.
Market Moves – October 2022
The latest recruitment news from around the industry.
Mark Coffey named personal lines and e-trade director at Premium Credit
Former RSA leader and director at Ardonagh-owned Atlanta, Mark Coffey, has joined Premium Credit as personal lines and e-trade director.
Mark Coffey leaves Atlanta
The director of trading had been with the firm for nearly four years.
IWD: The view from the top
Key female insurance figures consider how far women have come in the sector on International Women’s Day.
Analysis: Spotlight falls on personal lines amid consolidation frenzy
After a record breaking year for deals by value and volume, specialists analyse what is driving the market and where the acquisition rush will go next. Emmanuel Kenning reports.
In Person: Emma Rawlinson, Atlanta CEO
Rawlinson tells Insurance Age about taking over the reins from Ian Donaldson and discusses the broker's acquisition plans and the "volatile" personal lines market.
Blog: Making financial communication plain
Atlanta's Karen Hogg explains how using plain numbers can improve customer care.
Ardonagh Retail names chairman
Andy Higginson will join the broker's retail business, working closely with Ardonagh Retail CEO Ian Donaldson, Atlanta CEO Emma Rawlinson, and chief commercial officer Craig Ball.
Market Analysis: Broking consolidation from 2010 to today – how the top 100 has changed
Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift charts consolidation among the top 100 intermediaries from 2010 to today and reflects on the biggest winners in terms of M&A success
How can the industry solve its talent crisis?
Brokers, insurers and industry experts discuss the main obstacles in attracting young talent and what the industry can do to solve its image problem.
The Blog Spot: The pay as you go bonanza
Are motor brokers going to listen to their customers?
People Moves: 5 - 9 July 2021
Stay up-to-date with the latest job changes in the world of insurance.
Swinton adds Alzheimer’s Society donation option for customers
Insurance Cares: The broker will invite car insurance customers to donate £1 when they buy a policy in ‘industry first’.
How are brokers adapting to millennials’ needs?
Experts discuss the challenges that motor brokers need to overcome to attract and retain younger customers and how they can use technology to make cover more affordable.
Ardonagh's Q1 deal spend revealed
The consolidator has paid £111m in cash for deals including Marmalade, Hemsley Wynne Furlonge, AccuRisk, and Resilium as it also states it was paid £22.75m for Bennetts.
Biba 2021: The Future of Broking
Phil Barton attacks scale-led consolidation and warns broking is “in a dangerous place” as an expert panel including Aon’s Julie Page, A-Plan’s Carl Shuker and Atlanta’s Ian Donaldson consider the future in a session chaired by Brokerbility’s, Ashwin…
Analysis: The rise of pay-as-you-go insurance
As demand for flexible on-demand insurance products is accelerated by Covid-19, Insurance Age investigates what the challenges and opportunities are for brokers.
Blog: Ardonagh's swoop for 'brand Bayles' is a logical one rooted in past success
As Phil Bayles becomes the latest Aviva senior manager to join Ardonagh, Jonathan Swift suggests that having built his 'brand' at the insurer, he is well primed to now make his mark in the broker space.