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Assessment · insurance brokers round insurance-brokers-2026-09

JM Glendinning review

Ranked 6 of 10 in Insurance brokers in Telford

Best for: midlands branch of a top-30 uk broker

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Trading as JMG Insurance Brokers Limited · Telford · Service area: Telford

JM Glendinning in short

JM Glendinning is the Telford branch of a large national broking group, offering commercial combined, motor, liability, professional indemnity and household cover with a claims-support route. That group backing suits anyone who wants a local branch with national scale behind it. The authorisation footing is exact, with a firm reference number stated on the group's legal page. Business and personal lines sit side by side, so one broker can cover firm and household.

Customer reviews of JM Glendinning run to a single five-out-of-five Google review, so local evidence is as thin as it gets. It counts against the branch that the national site says little about Telford itself, and no fees or VAT position are published on the site. The company record runs to the early seventies, which is a long record.

The Telford branch sits at Halesfield, backed by a national group with offices well beyond the town. The company record runs to the early seventies, a longer paper trail than most of the table holds. That group scale is what distinguishes the branch from the independents around it.

Evidence is a single voice on a single platform — the thinnest possible base. Almost everything in the judgement therefore comes from the authorisation record and the group backing rather than customer voices. Telford residents have little local testimony to lean on.

JM Glendinning reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for JM Glendinning, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google5.0 out of 51

Our verdict

Our judgement: JM Glendinning suits you if you want a Telford branch backed by a large UK broker group. The authorisation record is exact and the history runs to 1972. It counts against it that Telford-specific evidence is thin to a single review and the national site says little about the branch.

Score summary

Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.

Composite score
64.4 / 100

Customer evidence C1 · weight 30%

68

Google 5 out of 5 from 1 review [4]. With fewer than five reviews so far, this counts a little less.

Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%

70

Financial Conduct Authority authorisation is listed on the business's own website [2].

First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Trading history C4 · weight 10%

80

On the Companies House record since 1972 [3].

Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%

40

No fees, commission terms, free-quote statement or VAT position are published [1] [2].

Website and service information C7 · weight 5%

80

The site sets out business and personal cover with claims support and contact routes [1], and the legal page states the authorisation footing [2]. Telford branch detail itself comes from the Places record [4].

Evidence

Every fact held for this provider, with its source and check date.
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Limited company since1972Source companies-house

Industry qualifications

Sourced from the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders, on the date shown.

Strengths

  • You get commercial combined, motor, liability, professional indemnity and household cover from a group-scale broker [1].

  • The authorisation footing is precise: J.M. Glendinning (Insurance Brokers) Limited with Firm Reference Number 116687, stated on the firm's own legal page [2].

  • The company record runs since 1972 with a claims-support route on the site [1] [3].

Limitations

  • The Google record is a single 5-out-of-5 review, seen 4 September 2026 [4].

  • Telford branch detail on the national site is thin, and no fees or VAT position are published [1] [2].

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Questions about JM Glendinning

Is JM Glendinning any good?

On the evidence, yes for group-backed cover: it sits sixth in our Telford insurance brokers table, with a Telford branch, an exact authorisation reference and a company record running decades back. Local review evidence is thin, so read the full page and its sources. Confirm who in Telford handles your account.

Is JM Glendinning FCA registered?

Authorisation under a printed firm reference number is stated on the group's own legal page. Check the name and number match on the FCA register before you share documents. Ask for the reference in writing with your quote before you proceed. The legal page prints the firm reference number in full.

What does JM Glendinning charge?

The site publishes no fees, commission terms, free-quote statement or VAT position, so the written quote does the talking. Ask what the broker earns on your policy and whether any fee adds VAT. Get the answers in writing before cover starts. Group scale shows in the cover range, not in published prices.

Where does JM Glendinning work?

The branch works from Halesfield in Telford, backed by a national group with offices well beyond the town. Send your postcode with the enquiry to confirm you are covered. Ask whether your account stays in Telford, and take a named contact for the file. The Halesfield branch is the local door to a national group.

How is JM Glendinning ranked?

It ranks sixth of the ten brokers in our September round, carried by its authorisation footing and long company record. A single local review holds it back. Read the full review, then compare its quote with one independent broker before you decide. Quote and contact routes on the site cover both business and personal lines.

How do I get a quote from JM Glendinning?

Start through the contact routes on the group site, asking for the Telford branch at Halesfield by name. Say whether the need is commercial, motor, liability or household so the enquiry lands correctly. Confirm the account stays in Telford and take a named contact. Business and personal enquiries go through the same routes.

What do customers say about JM Glendinning?

Evidence is a single top-marks Google review — the thinnest base imaginable. That lone voice says nothing useful about the branch on its own. One voice cannot carry a verdict, so read the full review page for the rest. Judge the firm on its authorisation record and group backing until local testimony grows.

How does JM Glendinning compare with the others in this round?

It ranks sixth of the ten, carried by an exact authorisation footing and a long company record rather than customer voices. Group backing sets it apart from independents; thin Telford detail holds it back. The company record runs decades deeper than the reviews. Our view is that it suits buyers who prize scale over local testimony.

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Sources

  1. JMG homepage — business and personal cover, claims and contact Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. JMG legal page — authorisation and Firm Reference Number Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. Companies House — JMG INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED overview (01079593) Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  4. Google Maps listing — JM Glendinning, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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