Wednesday, 22 October 2014



Towergate “destroyed a very good business” says ex-owner of Dorset broker

Author: Emmanuel Kenning
Source: Insurance Age | 17 Oct 2014

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Consolidator shuts Harry Fort Insurance Brokers two years after buying it.
Towergate has closed Harry Fort Insurance Brokers in Sherborne, Dorset, just two years after buying it, the Western Gazette has reported.
The business was founded in 1982 by Harry Fort, and was sold by his son Chris in 2012 upon his retirement.
However, Harry told the Western Gazette that Towergate had "abandoned" the business and that while it had made guarantees for two years he had hoped for a longer-term future.
"They have destroyed a very good business leaving hundreds of loyal policyholders without any personal service," he told the newspaper.
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http://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurance-age/news/2376272/towergate-destroyed-a-very-good-business-says-ex-owner-of-dorset-broker