About Noble Marine (Insurance Brokers) Limited

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All About Noble Marine

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The Beginnings

Back in September 1971, Richard Langford and Tony Noble formed M.A. Noble (Insurance Brokers) Ltd to offer general insurance to businesses and private individuals across the East Midlands. Richard and Tony were subsequently joined by Trevor Walton and the business continued to grow with offices based throughout Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

Through Richard's love of sailing, he developed a number of insurance schemes for a variety of dinghy class associations, such as the Enterprise, Solo and Laser and also schemes for rowing sculls and windsurfers. Richard has remained passionate about the need to support class associations, who he believes are the backbone of the sport of sailing in the UK. Noble Marine currently supports more than thirty class associations.

Formation of Noble Marine (Insurance Brokers) Ltd

In 1989 the decision was taken to divide M.A. Noble into three separate companies, and on 24th February 1989, Noble Marine (Insurance Brokers) Ltd., was formed to concentrate solely on the marine insurance business.

Noble Marine continued to develop, building on a reputation of providing prompt response to claims enabling customers to maximise their leisure time spent on the water.

Richard Langford is the current Chairman of the RYA, and a Council Member of the RNLI. He has previously held the position of RYA Deputy Chairman, RYA Treasurer and Treasurer of the UK Boardsailing Association (UKBSA) and has sat on the committees of a variety of local sailing and windsurfing clubs.

Noble Marine Underwriting Agencies) Ltd

Noble Marine continued to grow, developing further facilities for the insurance of larger yachts and motor cruisers, and in 1995 was appointed the sole Pleasure Craft underwriter for Commercial Union. A new company, Noble Marine (Underwriting Agencies) Ltd. was formed as a sister company to the original business, to administer policies for larger boat and to assist other insurance brokers in arranging marine insurance for their clients.

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc

In April 2011, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc, bought all shares in both Noble Marine companies and Jonathan Langford assumed the role of Managing Director, continuing the family's involvement with the businesses.

Financial Services Authority

Noble Marine (Insurance Brokers) Ltd and Noble Marine (Underwriting Agencies) Ltd are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The regulatory status of both companies can be checked on the FSA Register.

The Firm Reference Number for Noble Marine (Insurance Brokers) Ltd is 305884 and the Firm Reference Number for Noble Marine (Underwrtiting Agencies) Ltd is 305118.

Noble Marine Website

Noble Marine's website was first launched in 1999 and this quickly grew into a well used resource, not just to enable boat owners to buy insurance, but also as a source of information regarding sailing clubs, boat and sail repair facilities, marine surveyors, marinas, boats for sale and much more. Noble Marine's website currently offers approximately 20,000 pages and is listed by Experian Hitwise as one of the Top 10 Yachting & Boating websites in the UK.