Clear Group’s Europe chief executive steps down

Clear Group has announced that its Europe chief executive, Andreas Luberichs, has chosen to leave the business.

Luberichs joined the broker when it formed Clear Management Europe in 2023 and was in charge of leading the firm’s expansion into Continental Europe.

Under his leadership, Clear Group made multiple investments to strengthen its European presence, including the acquisitions of London market broker Lilley Plummer Risks and four Irish brokers that have come together as Clear Insurance Ireland.

“We are grateful to Luberichs for his leadership and strategic insight during a formative period in our European journey,” said Mike Edgeley, group chief executive at Clear Group.

“He has added significant weight and understanding into our European and broader M&A strategy. We wish him every success in his future endeavours.”

Luberichs added: “It has been a pleasure to work with Edgeley and Clear Group to explore its first steps into the Continental European insurance broking market following the group’s sustained success in UK retail and recent expansions into London market, Ireland and MGAs.

“My departure comes at the right time for the group’s future focus. Clear is now well positioned to implement the strategies we have developed to extend its successful growth journey into new markets and I am confident that the excellent team Edgeley has built around him will drive the company’s success from strength to strength.”

Europe expansion 

Speaking to Insurance Times in March 2025, Edgeley said that his firm is planning a “really measured, careful build out” into Continental Europe this year as it seeks to develop “a proper global proposition” that can support clients “both in the UK and abroad”.

He added: “Our approach, rather than suddenly dropping into lots of different countries, is [to] pick up that [buy and build] model [we have used in the UK] and move it into another country to get – in a good, sensible, measured way – some critical mass in that country, then move to the next one.

“We will start with one particular country in Europe and we’ll look at bringing a series of small brokers together, building out a platform from that.

“We know what’s worked in the UK and it’s about exporting [the same approach].”