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Howard Lickens: Clear Group ‘deliberately fussy’ about M&A targets

By 2023-10-12T07:00:00

Howard Lickens, executive chairman, Clear Group

’This will be by far the biggest year we’ve ever had and I’d expect that to accelerate,’ says executive chairman

Clear Group is a broker on the rise, having grown its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) by 75% year-on-year according to the data used to create the Insurance Times Top 50 Brokers 2023 rankings.  

Alongside strong organic growth, which was recorded at 10% across 2022 in the firm’s full year financial results, much of the broker’s growth has come from its merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy, with the firm acquiring more than 10 brokers and three MGAs over the last 12 months.  

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