Business advisory firm Ecovis Clark Jacobs has formed a new insurance joint venture, allowing it to expand its accounting, taxation and audit service offering.

Ecovis Clark Jacobs Insurance is jointly owned by MBS Insurance and its offering includes personal cover, business continuity, income protection, trauma, life and total and permanent disability cover, both at an individual level and as group protection.

“We strongly believe that an insurance advice capability is needed to provide robust holistic advice to our clients,” Ecovis Clark Jacobs director Heath Stewart said.

“We didn’t have the specialist insurance capacity in house, so we chose a partner that already excels in this area.”