Private medical insurance adviser-consolidator Chase Templeton has opened a Greater London hub as part of a significant drive to promote new business within the SME sector.
The new office in Bromley will be headed by Rob Wheater who, with five other staff, joined the fast-growing company through its acquisition earlier this month of Consilium Employee Benefits.
Wheater will manage a combined team of 10 new business and telemarketing consultants operating nationally.
The move is part of a wider strategic push by Chase Templeton to complement its "buy and build" acquisition strategy with a much more aggressive focus on securing organic new business.
In addition to the Bromley initiative the company is also looking to imminently recruit an additional 10 staff to handle back-office functions at its headquarters in Darwen, Lancashire.
It already employs over 100 staff in Darwen and at its offices in Bridgwater Somerset.
It has twice the number it had in 2013 when it secured the backing of Manchester's Palatine Private Equity to fuel its growth.
Richard Holden, commercial director at Chase Templeton said:"The opening of a Greater London hub marks a new phase in our growth strategy.
"Whilst buy and build will remain at the core with no let-up in the pace of our acquisitions, we are putting significantly more resources and effort into identifying organic new business opportunities."
"This effort will be directed in particular at the SME space which is a sector we really know how to serve and serve well."
