Besso
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The fast-growing group – which did not exist when the UK voted to leave the EU – is now close to $500mn of adjusted Ebitda. -
The team will be headed up by Nikki Melbourne who previously led the team at Besso Re.
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The Besso and Bishopsgate chief will take a number of team members with him including Mick Lee, with Lilley Plummer the likely destination.
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An out-of-court settlement has been reached between a group of Caribbean hotel companies and Besso, closing a drawn-out case.
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Experienced brokers Matthew Sinclair and David Pratt-Sinclair are to head up the new division.
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Hotel firms are fighting to reclaim $10mn in ‘inflated’ fees charged by a former broker nicknamed ‘the pirate of the Caribbean’.
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The transaction will create London’s largest independent specialty and wholesale broking business.
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