Eldon Insurance
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Website | eldoninsurance |
Eldon Insurance Services Limited or simply Eldon Insurance is a British
It is closely related to
History
The company was incorporated in August 2007 with John Gannon and Paul Chase-Gardener as founding directors. Michael Lee became a director shortly after and was the
At the time, the trio of Banks, Chase-Gardener and Gannon were also the three executive directors of Bristol-based
Banks was forced to resign from Eldon in September 2013 and Southern Rock Insurance the following year, as part of an agreement with Gibraltarian regulators also accepting a "period of ban or self-exclusion from other insurance directorships" after they found Southern Rock to be trading while technically
Just before Christmas 2013, the company'sEldon's new
Eldon is also 50% owner of a
During 2017 Eldon moved its offices in Newcastle into larger premises.
Leave.EU
Elizabeth (Liz) Bilney, who became a director shortly before Paul Chase-Gardener resigned, was reported to be the
In August 2016 the Leave.EU campaign announced a sponsorship deal with the Goskippy brand and offering a 10% discount on insurance.[27] From June 2017 the GoSkippy brand began appearing alongside that of Leave.EU on the campaign's Facebook and Twitter posts, including one featuring a photo of the burning Grenfell Tower stating "An amnesty for Grenfell illegal immigrants? Absolutely not! The law is the law."[28]
The Guardian reported in April 2018 that the UK Information Commissioner's Office was investigating whether Eldon shared data with the Leave.EU campaign. Although Banks had previously admitted advertising insurance products to campaign supporters, he stated "Eldon has never given or used any data to Leave.EU. They are separate entities with strong data control rules. And vice versa."[25]
In November 2018 the Information Commissioner took enforcement action against Eldon Insurance and Leave.EU for breaches of the Data Protection Act, fining them a total of £135,000.[29]
The company changed its legal name to Somerset Bridge Insurance Services on 6 December 2019.[30]
Finances
During 2013 Eldon sold 113,000 policies and recorded a £239,000 pre-tax profit on a
See also
References
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