Marsh Commercial

Marsh Commercial is the SME insurance specialist within Marsh and is part of Marsh McLennan, which has a 150-year heritage. It is trusted by over 130,000 business owners and operates from more than 40 offices across the UK. The firm has specialist expertise in transport, construction and manufacturing. Marsh Commercial is a trading name of Marsh Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for General Insurance Distribution and Credit Broking.

Its history as a local UK insurance broker includes the brands Bluefin, Clark Thomson and Jelf. In 2015, Jelf became part of Marsh; in 2016, Bluefin merged with Jelf; in 2018, Clark Thomson joined the Marsh McLennan family; and in 2020 these brands evolved to become Marsh Commercial. It provides insurance and risk management services.

Business insurance is the service described by the customer of this Newcastle upon Tyne broker. The account explains that other intermediaries either returned very high quotations or turned the request down, while this firm negotiated directly with insurers to set out how the company operates.

That work produced a package suited to the business's requirements at a price the customer considered highly competitive. The review also notes that the broker secured terms where others had declined to offer any cover at all.