Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd is launching a specialist wholesale division, operating across its Manchester and London offices.

The creation of this team will mean third party brokers can benefit from the expertise of the Bridge operation, giving their clients premium insurer access and underwriting expertise.

Ryan Sturges and Max Orrin have been recruited to manage the team and will report into Robin Gleeson, Managing Director of the London office. Ryan has been appointed Head of Wholesale Development, having previously been employed as a broker and a development underwriter. He more recently moved into Business Development Manager roles and prior to joining Bridge he was a Real Estate Sales Director.

Ryan says: “I’ll be combining my actual broking and underwriting experience with my sales training and approach, working with third party businesses to expand our broker footprint and ensuring they benefit from our close working relationships and ability to secure cover for a wide range of risks.”

He is joined by Max, who comes to the Bridge team as a Wholesale Broker, having worked in commercial accounting handling, specialising in property and real estate.  Max and Ryan will both be based in the London office but will be working closely with Tiffaney Pollard – another who has recently joined Bridge – and Alexander McDonald, Delegated Underwriting Executives who will be providing the underwriting for the wholesale broker clients. They are based in the Manchester office and report to John Batty, Director of Technical Services.

Robin concludes: “Sub-brokers working with our wholesale team will be able to get new access to bespoke products and specialist cover, supported by our expertise and experience. These tailored solutions could give them an advantage over their competitors and open new opportunities while expanding our own market base. We can’t wait to get started.”