Two Northern Ireland insurance brokers are coming together to form one of the largest independent insurance policy providers in the UK and Ireland, it has been announced.<br /><br />Kerr Insurance will become part of the Dickson & Co Group, increasing the brokers workforce by 50% and making the Omagh-based family business a significant personal and commercial lines player in the UK and Ireland marketplaces.<br /><br />The deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions and expansions undertaken by Dickson & Co as part of an ambitious £7m investment by the Dickson family that has doubled the size of its’ UK and Ireland operations.<br /><br />The addition of Kerr Insurance to the group will be the business’s fourth acquisition in the last two years and the company’s 13th overall.<br /><br />Together, the two community-based brokers will collectively employ more than 150 staff, serving customers across a combined network of 17 trading sites in Northern Ireland and two branches in the Republic of Ireland under the Dickson & Wilson Insurance brand.<br /><br />The expanded group is now forecast to manage more than 50,000 insurance policies across 170 insurance companies with an annual premium value of more than £45m.
