Glendinning name Hitch as city head
INSURANCE brokerage firm JM Glendinning has appointed an established Birmingham real estate insurance specialist to lead its newly-launched city-based office.
Chris Hitch, who has been working in the real estate insurance industry since 2002, will head up the new JM Glendinning Real Estate office, based in the Cornwall Buildings, Newhall Street.
The business will provide a boutique insurance broking service for developers, investors and contractors of all sizes and specialisms.
Mr Hitch joins JM Glendinning as director from Lockton Real Estate & Construction where he led their Birmingham real estate business since 2012.
Prior to that, he worked for Alexander Forbes and JLT.
Mr Hitch specialises in real estate insurance and in niche areas such as rights to light, defective title, restrictive covenant, project specific insurance and investor portfolios.
He said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for me to introduce and establish the JM Glendinning name in the region as the go-to firm for real estate insurance services.
“I pride myself on giving clients the best advice and work closely with financial and legal teams to ensure that projects move ahead as smoothly as possible.
“Working with the team at JM Glendinning will allow me to focus exclusively on my clients and growing the business.”
Group managing director Nick Houghton added: “Chris has a deep understanding of the property market and is already very well known in the Midlands real estate market.
“Each of our eight group companies have been formed through us hand picking the right recruits and growing a business around them.”