Axa-owned group buys again

Bluefin Insurance Services has acquired the general insurance business of Lakeland Insurance Advisers .

Based in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, Lakeland Insurance Advisers has 1,400 clients and deals principally in commercial SME and personal lines insurance.

Lakeland directors Kay Lancaster and Tracy Benson will join Bluefin effective 6 May 2009.

This latest acquisition further increases Bluefin’s presence in Cumbria, where it also has an office in Kendal.

Stuart Reid, chief executive of Bluefin Insurance Services Limited said: “Lakeland Insurance Advisers presented an ideal strategic fit with Bluefin’s business and people. We are pleased to welcome them and their clients under the Bluefin banner as we pursue our ambitious plans to grow the business.”