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try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message 1st central insurance simply driven industry insurance founded 2008 headquarters haywards heath united kingdom key people ken acott chairman & ceo products car insurance number of employees 500 website http www.1stcentralinsurance.com 1st central is a car insurance company founded in april 2008 by ken acott patrick tilley peter creed and mike leonard . it was established to take advantage of the development of price comparison websites aggregators as a means of distributing motor insurance policies in the uk . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit 1st central dates back to 2006 when peter creed presented a business plan to patrick tilley ken acott and tom acott detailing the pricing techniques available in the fledgling aggregator marketplace . 1 together they established first central enterprises limited 2 as a private company based in the uk . first tv advert on 29 october 2008 the group sold its first policy through its link with the price comparison website gocompare.com and soon established itself on the uk s other main price comparison websites confused.com moneysupermarket.com and comparethemarket.com . 3 in april 2013 less than four and a half years after its launch the company sold its one millionth policy . following the appointment of andy james as the new chief executive officer of first central insurance management limited in 2013 4 the company launched its first tv advert 5 through sky adsmart in october 2013 6 a program that tailors what is shown during tv ad breaks according to a household s profile and location . in 2015 the firm s car insurance was rated 5 star 7 by defaqto an independent financial research company . awards edit 1st central has received the following national awards 2015 employer of the year gatwick diamond business awards 8 2014 celent model insurer awards highly commended celent model insurer awards 9 2013 employer of the year business matters awards 10 2012 employer of the year business matters awards 11 references edit first central looks to hit 22m in first trading year . post online . 2008 . first central enterprises limited . companiesintheuk . a soft start up for hard times . www.postonline.co.uk . 1st central appoints new ceo as founder acott takes on chairman role insurance age . www.insuranceage.co.uk . 1st central tv advert insurance simply driven . 21 october 2013 via youtube . sky adsmart launch backed by some of the biggest brands in britain . car insurance star ratings defaqto . ben harvey . the 2015 winners gdb awards . aia software kofax . business matters awards . timelesstime . slideshow business matters awards winners announced . external links edit official website 1st central group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 1st central & oldid 728314139 categories insurance companies of the united kingdomhidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from february 2015articles with topics of unclear notability from february 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from february 2015all orphaned articlesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 july 2016 at 15 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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