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Acquiring the general insurance portfolio of Woodward Markwell marks 100th acquisition since GRP founded in 2013

GRP-owned Newstead Insurance, which is headquartered in Birmingham, has acquired Crendon Insurance Brokers Ltd (Crendon), a commercial brokerage that is based locally.

GRP has completed its first acquisition since becoming part of Brown & Brown, following a deal to buy the share capital of First Insurance Solutions Ltd.

Maidstone-based First Insurance is an insurance broker which provides bespoke insurance solutions in the contracting sectors such as drainage, cleaning, electrical, air-conditioning and security. 

Brown & Brown and GRP win the "Industry Impact" Award at Insurance Post's British Insurance Awards

Brown & Brown today announced the completion of the previously-announced acquisition of GRP.

Article regarding GRP's acquisition of Prescott Jones Insurance Brokers

Taylor Francis is primarily a retail commercial broker with two offices, in Newport South Wales, and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. Mr Taylor said: “County Group will provide our business, our people and our clients with a solid base from which to continue to grow.”

GRP-owned Marshall Wooldridge has acquired Insurefirst Limited, trading as Bush & Associates (Bush). Geoff Kirk, MD of Marshall Wooldridge, said: “Wayne and his team run a high-class regional brokerage and I’m really pleased they’ve chosen to join us for the next stage of their development.

DCJ Group has acquired SM Commercial Insurance Brokers Ltd (SM Commercial). Chris Breeze, chief executive of DCJ said: “SM Commercial is a highly respected community broker with a reputation for high quality client servicing. I’m looking forward to working alongside Steve and his team to help them take the business to the next stage of its development.”

GRP brokers achieve “excellent” Net Promoter Score of 64.9 in customer survey