Reshuffle of top team at brokers
(Hull Daily Mail, January 2008)
Hull: A city-based insurance brokers and risk management company has undergone a management reshuffle.
Rixon Matthews Appleyard, an independent company based in Estuary Park carried out the changes to boost it's development for the new year.
As part of the move, former finance director Roger Gillingwater has become managing director.
Jo Clarkson, managing director of ProAktive Risk Management, which has offices in Doncaster and Hull, becomes operations manager at Rixon Matthews Appleyard.
Clive Owen takes on the newly-created role of director of development for the company's All Seasons service.
He will oversee the company's national development from it's headquarters.
The All Seasons service, which Rixon Matthews Appleyard launched 20 years ago, is among the company's fastest-growing areas, providing insurance cover for commercial growers and glasshouses throughout the UK.
Growth in the service means it now represents a third of the £13m premium cover at the business.
The company employs 44 staff and is part of the ProAktive Group, one of Yorkshire's biggest independent insurance brokers and risk managers.
ProAktive Group chief executive, Jon Whiteley, said: "These appointments make the best use of our experience and services in an increasingly tough and hardening market."
Broker caring for care homes
(Yorkshire Post, May 2007)
A REGIONAL insurance broker is expanding its operation after launching a new insurance policy for care homes.
Hull-based Rixon Matthews Appleyard, part of the ProAktive Group, officially unveiled the specialist insurance for care homes at an event at the House of Commons earlier this month.
The scheme further expands ProAktive's offering nationally and is endorsed by two of the care industry's biggest trade associations - English Community Care Association (ECCA) and the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA).
Care industry specialist Joy Howson has been appointed to the newly created role of ProAktive Care Executive with responsibility for developing the scheme and attracting new business.
She said: "Our aim is to let care home operators get on with effectively managing their care homes, safe in the knowledge they can leave their insurance worries to us.
"Our risk management experts will also provide practical advice and support to make sure the care home is complying with legislation, and create a safer environment."
Clive Owen, managing director of Rixon Matthews Appleyard, said: "This new policy will increase the scope of our offering as a group."
The scheme is the latest addition to the group's services, which include policies for garden centres, self-build homes and risk management.
Buyout expands insurers
(Yorkshire Post)
PROAKTIVE Risk Group, the Doncaster-based insurance group, has taken a stake in Rotherham-based TIB Insurance Brokers, buying out retiring shareholder Lorraine Dawson.
TIB managing director Steve Dunn said: "We looked at a number of options to take the business forward whilst enabling Lorraine to retire.
"We felt the investment by ProAktive Risk Group allowed us to retain our independence whilst at the same time giving us acces to the expertise and strength of ProAktive Risk Group.
"I am excited about the benefits this will bring to our clients, including access to ProAktive's innovative approach to risk management.
"It will also give support and opportunities for the staff at TIB and ensure our continued development in the region."
Jon Whiteley, chief executive of ProAktive Risk Group, said: "Our aim is to grow the business and strengthen our position in the region, and our investment in TIB is a positive move in this direction. TIB is a storng business in this area, and we are extremely pleased to be investing in a developing business."
The ProAktive Risk Group incorporates Atkinson Smith and ProAktive Risk Management of Doncaster and Rixon Matthews Appleyard of Hull.
Atkinson Smith scoops top business award
(February 20th, 2006)
Insurance brokers and risk managers Atkinson Smith Limited, a member of the ProAktive Risk Group, has been named “Business of the Year” by its local Chamber of Commerce in Doncaster.
The ProAktive Risk Group, a top-20 listed brokerage, is committed to redefining insurance broking and risk management for the 21st century. The judges honoured Atkinson Smith with “Doncaster Chamber’s Business of the Year Award 2005” in recognition of the company’s outstanding achievements at the forefront of innovation in insurance, risk management advice and health and safety consultancy for the corporate sector.
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Broker build for future
(Yorkshire Post)
HULL-based independent insurance brokers and risk managers Rixon Matthews Appleyard (RMA) has restructured its management team in a bid to boost business development.
Roger Gaillingwater, previously finance director, has been appointed managing director, while Jo Clarkson, managing director of ProAktive Risk Management, based in Doncaster and Hull, adds to her management roles by becoming RMA's operations director.
Clive Owen takes on a new role of director of development for one of the comany's key specialist services, All Seasons, which is among the company's fastest-growing areas, providing insurance cover for commercial growers and glasshouses throughout the UK.