Global Risk Partners (GRP)
Since launch in 2013 Global Risk Partners has grown to employ 2000 staff who control or influence over £1.8bn premium. The group comprises a retail division of specialist and community insurance brokers operating from over 100 offices around the UK and Ireland, focused on delivering an expert, personal service to their clients alongside Lloyd’s and London market brokers Lonmar and Ropner. In July 2022, US broker Brown & Brown acquired GRP.
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GRP buys digital commercial broker
Poole-based Insync has joined the GRP portfolio for an undisclosed sum.
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Zurich and Plum Underwriting agree £150m capacity deal
The five-year personal lines deal sees Zurich replace Lloyd's capacity.
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GRP Yorkshire hub Marshall Wooldridge buys again with RIB swoop
Marshall Wooldridge, the Yorkshire hub business for Global Risk Partners, has acquired its second broker within a month following a swoop for Rotherham-based RIB Group.
GRP’s Marshall Wooldridge buys Yorkshire broker
Messrs R F Broadley is based in Masham and specialises in agriculture.
GRP creates investment director role
David Cunningham has joined the broker from Close Brothers Premium Finance.
GRP-owned Birrell Group buys again
The broker, which trades as Kingsway, has purchased Home Counties Insurance Services, following on from its deal for Managed Risk Solutions earlier this week.
GRP-hub Birrell Group buys commercial broker
Birrell, which trades as Kingsway, became part of GRP in January this year.
GRP-owned Cherish launches home policy with access to Flood Re
The product is underwritten by Axa and the wholesale broker says it has removed “non-essential” cover in order to offer a more affordable option.
GRP makes first Irish deal
Consolidator makes Dublin-based Crotty Insurance Brokers its Irish hub as it announces plans to make further deals in the Republic of Ireland.
GRP reveals management changes
Stuart Grieb joins the consolidator as regional managing director for the South, while Chris Haggart moves to take on wider responsibilities across GRP's retail division.
County makes second deal in a week
The GRP-owned business has purchased Cheshire-based Britannia Consultants Services.
GRP-owned County buys CJN Insurance Services
Broker states it has a number of deals in due diligence and expects to add to its portfolio soon.
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GRP buys seven business books from Aon
The deal includes a large portfolio in Northern Ireland.
GRP moves into health insurance sector with new deal
Towcester-based broker Premier Choice Healthcare becomes consolidator's healthcare hub.
Lord Hunt takes GRP main board role
Move follows Searchlight's purchase of a majority stake in GRP, which saw a number of management changes.
GRP to close "a number of deals" within weeks
Group CEO Mike Bruce on the Searchlight deal, expansion plans and how the firm's M&A activity is "gaining momentum".
Brokers mixed response to Black Lives Matter
Updated: Some have pledged an “anti-racist” approach but there is little ethnicity data available to measure performance.
Searchlight completes GRP deal
The move, which was first announced in February, sees founders Peter Cullum and David Margrett retain a minority stake in the business as Mike Bruce becomes group chief executive.
Head Lines: Mental health support for insurance workers
As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close Insurance Age asks what employers are doing for the people keeping the industry moving as they cope with Covid-19.
Covid-19: Broker M&A numbers predicted to drop
But the consolidators say their models have not changed as a result of the coronavirus.