Our Story
Our success story gets better by the day, and here's a glimpse how we did it, from the very beginning.
Jan 2001
CVD founded
CVD formed to supply motor insurance to small businesses
Mar 2002
Panacea Formed
Panacea Finance formed to offer premium finance to CVD customers
Sep 2002
ONE Business
OBIS created to offer a full range of commercial insurance to clients
Jan 2003
Motor and Home Direct
Motor and Home Direct Insurance acquired to offer personal insurance lines to our clients
Mar 2003
Taxi Direct
Taxi Direct acquired to move into the taxi insurance market
Aug 2004
CVD growth
CVD acquires the 22,000 policy book of the AA Insurance Services for £2.2m
Jun 2008
AIM Listing
Listing on AIM of Group Direct Limited and Injury QED by way of reverse acquisition of Brightside Group Plc
Oct 2008
eLife launch
eLife launched to distribute life insurance policies
Dec 2008
eVan acquired
eVan acquired to further enhance the Group’s online product offerings
Dec 2009
Equity funded
£20m equity fundraising to accelerate organic growth
Jun 2010
eCar and eBike
Acquisition of eCar and eBike in June 2010 funded by part cash and issue of £9m new Shares
Feb 2011
Quote Exchange
Acquisition of Quote Exchange Limited, a specialist developer of aggregator technology