October 1999
Frank Adebowale founds Independents Insurances after a career with Royal and Sun Alliance spanning 27 years
January 2000
Independents insures its first health club
August 2001
Designed and implemented a Legal Expenses scheme for the health club market on behalf of the trade association.
September 2001
First employee, Bev Boekbinder joins the company
March 2002
Cover arranged for the 100th client
April 2004
Lost a major client when a large London law firm was taken over. 25% of our business disappeared. This spurred Independents to achieve significant growth over the coming years.
October 2007
Independents moves to its first commercial premises
April 2009
First Apprentice hired (still with the company now)
March 2010
As a result of sustained growth, Independents move to larger premises
May 2012
Awarded Chartered Insurance Broker status in recognition of high professional standards
October 2012
Company is incorporated as F&N (Reading) Ltd trading under the name Independents
May 2013
Director, Neil Adebowale, becomes President of The Insurance Institute of Reading
October 2014
After 15 years of trading, Independents arranges insurances with premium totalling in excess of £2 million for a diverse range of clients including leisure, manufacturing, technology and construction sectors.
January 2015
Independents joins BIBA
June 2015
500th Gym Insured (600+ as of June 2016)
July 2015
Risk Management Guide launched
June 2016
As a result of sustained growth, Independents move to even larger premises
July 2016
The number of Independents staff reaches double figures.
April 2017
Independents win the specialist broker of the year awards at The 2017 Commercial Insurance Awards.
January 2019
Independents is acquired by MRIB.