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Steve Bashford: Arch’s strategy is bringing ‘London expertise to the regions’

By 2024-05-01T10:45:00

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’Our message is that we deal with brokers the way they want – we’re not going to force anybody to take an optimised trading route irrespective of premium size,’ says chief executive for UK regions

Having been formed in 2000, Arch is a relatively new kid on the block when compared to many other insurers. But at a market cap of just over £27.2bn ($34bn), the business – formed of reinsurance, insurance and mortgage insurance divisions – is by no means a small player.

Arch has maintained a London market presence in the UK since the setting up of Arch Insurance UK in London during 2004, but it was only in 2019 that the insurer made the move to expand its distribution across the UK regions to brokers.

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