Brian Joyce heads up new squad

Towergate-owned MGA Fusion Insurance has taken a team of engineering underwriters and other staff from Aviva.

The new team consists of Brian Joyce, Shona Bruce, Melissa Bailey, Katrina Bailey and David Cracknell, who will be based across a number of offices including Glasgow, London and Birmingham. 

Brian Joyce will lead the team and report into Fusion managing director Nick Wright.

Joyce said: “My team are really delighted to be joining a dynamic organisation which can clearly see an opportunity to develop a quality and service-led offering in the engineering marketplace.”

Wright said: “These five exceptional signings will strengthen and complement our teams across the regions. Brian and his team bring a vast amount of experience and expertise to Fusion and are the perfect people to support us in continuing to develop our proposition to our broker panel.”

In a statement, Fusion said it wanted to unveil more products and recruit more staff over the coming months.

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