Howden Medical Insurance has opened a UK regional office in Leeds.

Tim Coles, managing director of Howden, said: “We've made no secret of our intention to open a regional office to service volume business, and I'm delighted to be able to announce its launch today.

"The office will initially be focussed on providing high service and low cost PI for volume business in the fields of orthodox medicine and complementary therapies.

He added: “By streamlining our operations we're passing on the savings to our clients and as our business grows we expect additional volume business to be serviced in Leeds in the future.”