Other Businesses
Towergate has acquired and developed a number of businesses
outside the traditional scope of general insurance. This move into
related areas of mortgage protection, personal finance and
technology provision gives us a range of first class distribution
channels for our brokers and clients.
These businesses include:
Paymentshield
The UK’s leading supplier of mortgage protection and household
insurance products, Paymentshield has a strong reputation for
expertise and product knowledge. According to Council of Mortgage
Lenders research one in seven mortgage applicants in the UK becomes
a Paymentshield policyholder.
Open GI
Open International Limited, with its subsidiaries Open GI and
London Market technology provider, MI Ltd, is our largest
acquisition to date. With 27,000 users of its system across 2,000
commercial and personal lines brokers, Open GI has around 40% of
the UK broker market and has built strong partnerships with all
major insurers. It also safeguards one of our main strategic IT
platforms.