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Cox, the motorcycle insurer, is to accept a £298m takeover offer from a management team backed by Englefield Capital and Duke Street Capital. 02-May-2005 Cox Insurance, the motor insurance company valued at more than £200m, has received a number of takeover approaches. 08-Nov-2004 Cox Insurance is to quit the premium finance and broker guaranteeing markets and sell its Brokersure division, in order to focus on underwriting and insurance broking. 20-Sep-2004 Cox Insurance has agreed to outsource its IT systems to CGI Group, in order to save £3.8m a year. 24-May-2004 Cox Insurance has made a £81m takeover approach for Highway Insurance, both companies being based in Brentwood. 16-Mar-2004 Cox Insurance has acquired Bennetts UK, the Worcester-based insurance broker with 20 branches, for £4.5m. 18-Nov-2003 Cox Insurance has rejected a proposal for a £250m management buy-out. 09-Dec-2002 Cox Insurance has announced plans to raise £70m in a share placing to fund the restructuring of its business. 15-Apr-2002 Cox Insurance has announced plans to restructure its insurance business, which will involve the loss of 50 jobs and the discontinuation of property and reinsurance underwriting. 22-Mar-2002 Cox Insurance is to recruit 100 additional staff at its insurance call centre in Bradford over the next few months. 27-Aug-2001 Cox Insurance has expanded its network of Argent retail branches with the acquisition of Doncaster-based Bourne Swann for undisclosed terms. 12-Jan-2001 Cox Insurance is to sell Groves John & Westrup, the Liverpool-based cargo and pleasure craft insurer, to Munich Re for undisclosed terms. 04-Oct-2000 Cox Insurance is to withdraw from the market for marine insurance and restructure its commercial division to scale down other underperforming areas. 26-Sep-2000 Cox Insurance is planning to create up to 500 call centre jobs in Bradford over the next year, having won a number of new contracts from leading internet companies. 30-Aug-2000 Cox Insurance has acquired West Midlands-based Argent Insurance Group and the wholesale broker operation Brokersure, for a total £1.4m. 11-Feb-2000 Cox Insurance is to set up a call centre in Bradford with the creation of 200 jobs. 01-Jul-1999 Cox Insurance is acquiring Anthony Kidd Agencies, the travel and personal accident insurance distributor, for £14m. 09-Apr-1998 Cox Insurance, the Lloyd's insurance company, is to acquire the Christopherson Heath agency for up to £34m. 04-Oct-1996
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