A Dorset-based insurance firm has expanded into West Dorset after purchasing a company based in Dorchester.

Alan & Thomas, based in Poole, has purchased Casterbridge Insurance and follows the firm’s recent purchase of Arthur Savage Insurance, which was also based in Dorchester.

The firm has said the company will still operate from its previous office on High West Street, but there are plans to move into a bigger and more high profile premises within the county town.