The Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) insurance broking group has confirmed the signing of a team of top brokers with good connections to leading US owners.

JLT says it is adding a marine speciality practice to its US subsidiary, following the recruitment of John Betz, Christopher Maro and Kenneth Fichtelman.

The fifth biggest of the international broking groups says it is confident that current and further clients will benefit greatly from their in-depth market knowledge.

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