Adviser / Broking

Chase Templeton has acquired intermediary firm Best Go Private, which was founded in 2010 by former AMII treasurer Graeme Godfrey and wife Lucy.

Openwork has more tripled its operating profits to £5.5m in 2014, up from £1.7m in 2013.

All advisers surveyed for a report by Epoq Legal supported insurers doing more to remind clients about added benefits in their ongoing communications and marketing.

An audience with John Ritchie, offering market observations and looking at opportunities for advisers in the market.

Willis Group is set to acquire PMI Heath Group (PMIHG) in a bid to expand its UK employee benefits and healthcare business.

PMI Health Group has been awarded a Gold rating from Investors in People, the employee healthcare risk management broker firm has announced.

Staff from Thetford-based Anglia Healthcare will compete at the Hercules Festival of Sport to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Patrick McIntosh, the financial adviser who trekked to the South Pole after repeatedly beating cancer, has been appointed the first ambassador for Seven Families.

National independent advisory business Wren Sterling has reached an agreement with Darlington Building Society to offer in-branch financial planning services to the group's customers.

Towers Watson has merged with insurance broker Willis Group in an $18bn (£11.4bn) deal to create a wide-ranging global advisory, broking, and solutions provider.