Bennetts is a specialist insurance broker for

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s headquartered in

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, with a contact centre in Coventry, England, owned by Saga plc. On 17 February 2020 it was announced that The Ardonagh Group had agreed to purchase Bennetts from Saga for £26 million.

History

Bennetts was founded by Frederick J Bennett in 1930 in Coventry and initially provided general insurance services for customers in the

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. By the early 1980s it focussed solely on providing insurance to motorcyclists. But in the autumn of 2022, the company began offering car insurance, too. In 2000, Bennetts launched a quote and buy on-line facility. It was acquired by the

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in 2001. In 2011 the company launched commercial portal dedicated to motorcycling, followed in 2012 by a social networking group, Bike Social. On 28 January 2015, it was announced that

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was to purchase Bennetts from BGL Group for a reported £26.26m, completed on 1 July 2015. On 1 December 2019, Bennetts stopped trading through Saga Services Limited, changing to Bennetts Motorcycling Services Limited, remaining part of the Saga group of companies.

Administration fees

Bennetts is a broker. As a broker fees act as a way to maintain business, without this the company could not function. A full explanation of their fees can be found in the policy documents on the website www.Bennetts.co.uk

Sponsorships

Bennetts is very active in sponsorship of motorcycle championships, race teams, events and individual racers, being the title sponsor of the British Superbike Championship for the 2018-2020 seasons, and previously between 2005 and 2008. Bennetts is also the official insurance partner to the Isle of Man TT Races, along with being title sponsor of the Isle of Man Classic TT races, and the headline sponsor of the Isle of Man

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race. The company is also a personal sponsor of Isle of Man TT racer John McGuinness. Previously Bennetts has been title sponsor of the Suzuki team in the British Superbike Championship, a personal sponsor of rider

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, and young rider

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. Bennetts Travel is backing long-distance motorcyclist and author

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External links

The Bennetts Website
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History

Administration fees

Sponsorships

See also

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