R&Q opens Manchester MGA office

Randall and Quilter (R&Q) has opened its first regional MGA office in Manchester to sell more products to local brokers.

The Kings Street office will house a team from R&Q Commercial Risk Services, part of R&Q’s MGA arm.

The new office will be headed by R&Q Commercial Risk Services director James Wheddon, and R&Q underwriters Marek and Ted Rusinek have also joined the team.

It will specialise in commercial combined, property owners, contracting and package lines.

R&Q MGA chief executive Nicholas Hales said: “The opening of a new office in Manchester is a demonstration of the group’s commitment to develop a leading MGA platform.”