PARIS & GLOUCESTER, United Kingdom–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verlingue has announced the acquisition of Gloucester-based Brunsdon Employee Benefits, an independently owned Employee Benefits specialist. The deal supports Verlingue’s recent expansion in the Midlands and Southwest and significantly boosts its employee benefits capabilities in the SME and mid-corporate market.
It also aligns with Verlingue’s 2024 strategic plan to create a major European, family-owned, independent insurance broker and has reinforced its ambition after the acquisition, early July, of INSER, one of the leading independent players in the Italian insurance brokerage market.
Brunsdon Employee Benefits provides schemes and advice to a broad portfolio of clients in the Southwest and across the UK.
The whole of the Brunsdon Employee Benefits team will join Verlingue as part of the deal and current Managing Director, Sebastian Merritt, will take on the role of Head of Employee Benefits reporting into CEO Mike Latham.
Mark Pugh, currently Head of Employee Benefits, will take the opportunity to relinquish previous operational responsibilities and will now concentrate on expanding and delivering Verlingue’s Multinational, Major Client and Partnership propositions.
The acquisition follows hot on the heels of the launch of a new general insurance office in Birmingham covering the Midlands and South West.
Mike Latham, CEO, Verlingue UK, commented:
“This is an exciting acquisition for Verlingue which not only expands our footprint in the employee benefits market but builds on our recent expansion as a group in the Midlands and South West. Our strategy is to continue to grow our employee benefits operation and we are actively looking for additional acquisitions this year and beyond!”
Benjamin Verlingue, director of International Subsidiaries, Verlingue, added:
“The acquisition of Brunsdon Employee Benefits will help us to reinforce our presence in the UK and to become a major player in this strategic market for insurance. Our aspiration remains to preserve our status as an independent, family-run broker, while pursuing sustained development through highly competent teams deployed across Europe to bring to our customers all the services they need at international level”.
About Verlingue
An insurance broker specialising in business protection, Verlingue is a subsidiary of the Adelaïde Group.
Working alongside entrepreneurs, Verlingue’s goal is to harness corporate risk management and employee protection to drive its customers’ value creation and performance.
With offices in France, Portugal, Switzerland, Great Britain and Italy, and through partners in over 100 countries, Verlingue works with its customers over the long term and at all times to better understand and plan ahead for new risks in order to develop simple yet effective solutions to protect their business (corporate risk) and staff (supplementary social protection schemes and pensions).
1,350 employees, 550 of whom are based outside France
€2,350m in premiums negotiated on behalf of its customers
Operating out of 5 countries in Europe
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Contacts
Adelaïde Group – Thomas Barbelet – thomas.barbelet@verlingue.fr – +33(0)6 72 75 49 14
Epoka Agency – Lucie Fortin – lfortin@epoka.fr – +33(0)6 19 68 70 18
