David Harlow

David started his career at Aviva before starting Insureyourmotor.com in 2000 with a staff of four above a shop in a West London. Over the next thirteen years he grew the business to a staff of 130 and a GWP of circa £50M. Along the way, the business moved to Wales with the help of some grant assistance from the Welsh Assembly government. The business was sold to private equity in 2012.
David co-founded Cwmbran based Quote Exchange (QE) in 2005 in response to the changing consumer tastes for price comparison within the personal lines sector. The company grew rapidly and secured contracts with brands including Lloyds Bank, ComparetheMarket and Moneysupermarket. QE also moved into international markets and launched the first price comparison site in Brazil. This business was sold to a listed company in 2011.
Whilst waiting out his legal and contractual obligations David spent four years in public service as an elected County Councillor on Herefordshire Council. He was made Cabinet Member for Economy and Corporate services and until recently attended the board of the LEP and NMITE – the new university as well as being a Director of the local enterprise Zone.
Four years was enough to convince David that his interests lay more in business and in 2016 he set up pH Innovate group. David is now the CEO of Pontypool based Quote Detective who sell wheels based insurance to the under served market.
The pH group is entirely owned by its management team, it has no debts or borrowings and employs over one hundred staff.