Case Study: Towergate Insurance achieves significant year-on-year IT savings with Redcentric

Towergate Insurance - Customer Case Study

Towergate Insurance, Europe’s largest independently owned insurance intermediary, needed a modern backup and network solution to support rapid growth through acquisitions while keeping IT costs low. The company wanted to avoid the expense and overhead of an on-premise tape system and instead find a flexible partner that could scale with its business. Redcentric provided the managed backup service, network links, and later virtual server hosting, all delivered over a single network.

Redcentric implemented a seamless, scalable platform that connected Towergate’s data centres, trading offices, and customer-facing premises, while also managing new connections and service changes. The results were significant: Towergate’s like-for-like backup costs fell 20% year-on-year, network costs dropped 14% a year, and migration to 21CN technology saved around £400,000 annually. Redcentric also helped Towergate operate with just four in-house IT staff, while delivering ongoing savings and easy integration of acquired companies.

Towergate Insurance

Graham Smith

Head of IT Operations and Infrastructure