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ADVERTORIAL
Tim Austen
A NEW BROKER IN TOWN – BUT WITH A FAMILIAR FACE
With the opening of a representative office in Tunbridge Wells, Carroll Insurance Group Ltd are teaming up with Hubstar ltd and establishing their presence in both the town and region. We hear from Tim Austen and Peter Carroll about what this exciting new partnership will mean for both companies.
approach to local business insurance needs. This, along with him also focusing on private clients who require more understanding and attention with their bespoke policies, makes him ideally suited to being our representative. “As a well-established Lloyds broker, the Carroll Insurance Group look forward to supporting Tim and together finding the right insurance solutions for clients, focusing on their
CARROLL INSURANCE GROUP LTD have
see that a void had been created in Tunbridge
opened a representative office in Tunbridge Wells
Wells and the surrounding area by the removal of
– a long established (35 years), City based Lloyd’s
my old company. Added to this – and more
The Carroll Insurance Group Ltd
broker, specialising in all classes of commercial
importantly, in my view – an opportunity presented
London Office
and private client insurance policies with a
itself to offer people a ‘Client First’ service driven
2 White Lion Court, Cornhill,
number of bespoke schemes. Tim Austen’s
ethos when looking after their insurance needs,
London
company, Hubstar Ltd, is their appointed
rather than the ‘pile it high, sell it cheap’ attitude
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representative operating out of Calverley House.
that is so often the norm these days.”
0207 623 2228
As well as working in Tunbridge Wells for the past
Tim Austen will be fully supported by Carroll
particular requirements.”
peter.carroll@carrollinsurance.co.uk
10 years, Tim is an active member of the Lord’s
Insurance’s commercial and private client teams,
Taverners and is looking forward to re-engaging
who are based in their City office and have
Tunbridge Wells Representative Office
with the business community within the region.
access to both Lloyd’s and company markets.
Calverley House, 55 Calverley Road,
“Having been sold by our parent company to a
“After ‘being on the beach’ for some time due
Tunbridge Wells,
large consolidator, who subsequently found
to contractual covenants, I am really looking
Kent TN1 2TU
themselves in financial trouble and the subject of
forward to being able to offer a professionally run
01892 704 078
much speculation in both the national and
broking solution to both former and new clients
07836 781 186
insurance press, I was approached by a large
alike,” Tim says.
tim.austen@carrollinsurance.co.uk
number of friends and clients who were
“We are delighted to have Tim as our
concerned about their insurance arrangements,”
appointed representative in Kent,” says Peter
www.carrollinsurance.co.uk
says Tim, whose Tunbridge Wells based broking
Carroll. “As an insurance broker who has been
The Carroll Insurance Group Ltd
firm was acquired last summer.
based in Tunbridge Wells for many years, he is
is authorised and regulated by the
very well known for his highly professional
Financial Conduct Authority
“I approached my friend, Peter Carroll, as I could
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