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sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message bgl group type private industry finance and insurance founded 1992 products financial services number of employees 3 000 1 website www.bglgroup.co.uk bgl group is a financial services company based in orton southgate peterborough england . its main lines of business are vehicle and home insurance with a range of supplementary products such as breakdown cover legal protection and personal accident cover . in 2013 it added life insurance through the beagle street brand . contents 1 history 2 today 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1992 as the budget insurance company an underwriter . budget insurance services was founded in 1997 and the following year budget insurance company ceased underwriting and became an intermediary business marketing policies underwritten by a panel of insurers . in 1999 it acquired arnott century and changed its name to budget retail . the group acquired dial direct and bennetts in 2001 . in 2002 it launched an affinity business clarification needed called junction which was a major contributor to its growth through partners such as post office m & s money bradford & bingley and yes insurance . citation needed in 2003 the company launched its own uninsured loss recovery business acm ulr and in the same year it ran a pr and marketing campaign for bennetts helping to establish the bike insurer as a leading brand in the uk market . citation needed in 2004 budget was noted as providing the most competitive home insurance 2 and the cheapest motor insurance cover . 3 the company opened its cape town contact centre in 2004 set up comparethemarket.com as a complimentary service in 2005 and sold budget retail in 2006 . in july 2007 the company changed its name to bgl group launching an eco friendly car insurance site ibuyeco.co.uk and relaunching the comparethemarket.com insurance price comparison site . citation needed the year 2009 saw the creation of comparethemeerkat.com online meerkat comparison website as part of a spoof advertising campaign featuring a cgi meerkat character named aleksandr orlov . french price comparison sites lesfurets.com and creditmieux.com were acquired in 2010 1 and dutch site verzekeringssite.nl was acquired in 2012 . 2 the latter was rebranded as hoyhoy.nl in 2014 . in 2013 bgl group launched beagle street the first online only life insurer in the uk . in 2015 bennetts was sold to saga group 3 . today edit the group s main company name is bisl limited which was founded in 1996 4 trading under the names of budget dial direct bennetts junction acm ulr fusion no connection with the uk commercial insurer of the same name established in 2001 and comparethemarket.com . the group has a formal commitment to support national local and employee nominated causes and ensures that its people are actively encouraged to support charities and other community initiatives . 5 notes edit http www.bglgroup.co.uk about.php jones rupert 21 february 2004 . it pays to shop for home cover . the guardian . retrieved 2012 09 14 . brignall miles 24 july 2004 . motor cover on a tight budget . the guardian . retrieved 2012 09 14 . https www.opencompany.co.uk company 03231094 bisl limited . missing or empty title help http www.bglgroup.co.uk csr.php references edit the history of budget budget group case study external links edit official website comparethemarket.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bgl group & oldid 738467478 categories insurance companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in peterboroughhidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsarticles with topics of unclear notability from may 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilitywikipedia introduction cleanup from october 2012all pages needing 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