About Us

Collingwood Richardson & Company Limited was founded in 1984 by Donald Richardson after spending some thirty years working for insurance companies and national brokers.

Donald first worked for the Commercial Union in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, before spending time with the Royal in Johannesburg and working in London for The Federated and later Stewart Smith Insurance brokers. He arrived in Shrewsbury in 1976 and worked for the broker Brentnal Beard, which in turn became Hogg Robinson.

In 1984 with the support of a loyal core of commercial customers he decided to go it alone and has not looked back.

The company has grown steadily every year since and is still situated in the rural Shropshire village of Pontesbury. The company continues to prosper by offering straight forward honest and impartial advice in a personal and professional manner to a range of commercial and personal clients.

Collingwood Richardson & Company Limited is a member of BIBA (the British Insurance Brokers Association) and a founding member of the GISC (General Insurance Standards Council). The company aims to be FSA compliant and regulated by Jan 2005.

Mission Statement:

To offer professional, personal service with 21st century efficiency..

History:

Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Admiral of the Red (1750-1810). Nelson’s ‘Dear Coll’ was a quiet Northumbrian and they began a lifelong friendship as lieutenants in the West Indies. As captain of the Excellent, 74 guns, he distinguished himself at Cape St Vincent and in 1799 took over the Channel Fleet as rear-admiral. He was second-in-command at Trafalgar in the Royal Sovereign, 100 Guns, and on Nelson’s death remained in command of the Mediterranean Fleet. He never saw England again, dying on the way home.