The simultaneity of the departures, and their timing, has not addressed. McIlquham joined in 2021 to build Acrisure’s UK retail platform, overseeing around 15 acquisitions in his first two years before his oversight was extended to wholesale, reinsurance and corporate advisory. Cross joined as CFO in February 2024 as the platform was scaling. Both departed six months after McIlquham led a rebrand programme, completed in January, that brought previously acquired brokers – Sutton Winson, Affinity Brokers, FinCred, Russell Scanlan and WH&R McCartney – under the single Acrisure name. Whether the departures represent a natural post-integration leadership transition, an issue about direction, or executives moving on after completing a defined phase of the build, the company has not said.
