Towergate opens new Manchester base

Towergate Risk Solutions has expanded its Northern presence with the opening a new office in Manchester.

The brand new TRS office is based in the heart of Manchester under the leadership of Mike Shelley. Shelley has 30 years experience in corporate insurance and joins from Willis.

Manchester based Towergate Professional Indemnity has also moved into the new office and continues to be led by managing director Alan Eyre.

Towergate said its intention is to build a significant broking presence in Manchester by combining the strengths of its TRS and Professional Indemnity operations.

Mike Shelley said: "I am relishing the opportunity which Towergate has provided, to set up a new commercial insurance brokerage in my home city. I know the level of advice which I and my team can provide to our clients, will be a real differentiator in the business environment we will operate in."

Jonathan Webb, TRS northern regional managing director, said: “We have ambitious plans to build a significant broking presence in Manchester where we have been underweight. In Mike Shelley, we have signed an experienced and successful leader who plans to build a strong team and client proposition.”