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Director's Q+A: Traditional values

PB interviews managing director of cider maker Thatchers, Martin Thatcher, who is the fourth generation of his family to run the company

Professional Broking | 26 Feb 2010

Martin Thatcher

The PB Interview: View from the rock

Markerstudy was the first insurer to underwrite in the UK from Gibraltar, courting inevitable controversy. Andrew Tjaardstra meets group underwriting director Gary Humphreys to discover its success in becoming a major player in the broking and underwriting niche personal motor market

Professional Broking | 26 Feb 2010

Gary Humphreys

Broking Success: High expectations in High Wycombe

Emmanuel Kenning meets the broker who bucked the trend by doubling his marketing team at the start of the recession and is now reaping the benefits

Professional Broking | 26 Feb 2010

Edward Finch

Biography - Eric Galbraith

Insurance Age | 26 Feb 2010

Interview: Eric Galbraith - The voice of unity

Biba's Eric Galbraith talks to Martin Friel about the importance of forming a single industry voice following the defection of Liiba

Insurance Age | 26 Feb 2010

Eric Galbraith wearing blue tie

Biography - Paul Muir

Insurance Age | 29 Jan 2010

Biography - Paul Muir

Insurance Age | 29 Jan 2010

Interview: The Personal Touch - Paul Muir, managing director, 1 Answer Network

Having founded his own successful brokerage, Paul Muir talks from experience when he advocates the benefits of brokers belonging to his personal lines network. Louise Meeson meets the 1 Answer managing director

Insurance Age | 29 Jan 2010

Paul Muir One Answer Network

The PB Interview - Rob Worrell: Yorkshire pride

Hull's leading independent broker has had floods and a recession to contend with, yet it is a vibrant business that is growing strongly. Andrew Tjaardstra meets managing director and majority shareholder Rob Worrell

Professional Broking | 29 Jan 2010

Rob Worrell

Biography - Paul Muir

Insurance Age | 29 Jan 2010

The personal touch

Having founded his own successful brokerage, Paul Muir talks from experience when he advocates the benefits of brokers belonging to his personal lines network. Louise Meeson meets the 1 Answer managing director

Insurance Age | 29 Jan 2010

Biography - Paul Muir

Insurance Age | 29 Jan 2010

Biography - Mike Lawton

Insurance Age | 04 Jan 2010

The promised land

Over the years, RSA has acquired a somewhat unfavourable reputation for not delivering on its promises, however Mike Lawton pledges that such 'sins' are now a thing of the past. Martin Friel tracks the insurer's 'journey of enlightenment'

Insurance Age | 04 Jan 2010

mike-lawton

The youth of today

Temporary Cover CEO, Alan Inskip, talks to Martin Friel about his meteoric rise through the ranks

Insurance Age | 01 Dec 2009

Alan Inskip

Biography - Alan inskip

Insurance Age | 01 Dec 2009

The youth of today

At the tender age of 30, Alan Inskip has already made his mark, rising through the ranks to become CEO of Temporary Cover. He talks to Martin Friel about breaking the old boys' club stranglehold and taking the £12m business to the next level

Insurance Age | 01 Dec 2009

Interview - Douglas McWilliams, CEBR: Critique of a crisis

Douglas McWilliams, chief executive officer at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, is paid to make judgements on the economy. Andrew Tjaardstra sought his expert verdict on the current turbulence and asked him some fundamental questions about capitalism.

Professional Broking | 30 Nov 2009

Douglas McWilliams

Biography - Alan inskip

Insurance Age | 30 Nov 2009

The youth of today

At the tender age of 30, Alan Inskip has already made his mark, rising through the ranks to become CEO of Temporary Cover. He talks to Martin Friel about breaking the old boys' club stranglehold and taking the £12m business to the next level

Insurance Age | 30 Nov 2009

Bright future

Emmanuel Kenning maps the route to success for the UK's leading commercial vehicle insurance broker.

Professional Broking | 30 Nov 2009

Martin Holman

Clear communications

PB asks Graham How, ex-managing director at advertising and marketing specialist Brooker and How about his relationship with broker Manor Insurance.

Professional Broking | 04 Nov 2009

Well-established principals

We are often told that the small and medium-size, family-run insurance broker is dead but, according to Simon Bolam and daughter Valerie McIntee of Edinburgh-based EH Ranson & Co, that is far from the case, writes Edward Murray.

Professional Broking | 04 Nov 2009

Simon Bolam MBE and Valerie McIntee

A tale of two brokers

Andrew Tjaardstra meets the founder of Footman James and finds out that age is no barrier to him doing it all again. Twice.

Professional Broking | 04 Nov 2009

In the wake of the storm

With Neil Utley at the bow, he explains to Louise Meeson how he plans to guide Insurance Australia Group UK into calmer waters following the sale of its mass-market assets

Insurance Age | 29 Oct 2009

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Life in the fast lane

Andrew Tjaardstra visited 2009 award winning broker MCE Insurance to meet father and son management team Michael and Julian Edwards, whose business is on the up and has developed an innovative marketing campaign.

Professional Broking | 06 Oct 2009

Michael and Julian Edwards of MCE Insurance

A healthy outlook

PMI Health Group may have suffered from awkward growing pains but Emmanuel Kenning discovers that strict financial control and unerring focus on customer service have created a health insurance broker full of vitality.

Professional Broking | 06 Oct 2009

The rate debate

Swiss insurer Zurich is the latest to attempt to push through rate increases. David Smith speaks to Martin Friel about his determination to make the increases stick and explains why he needs brokers on board to make it happen

Insurance Age | 02 Oct 2009

david-smith

Assured improvements

PB asks Richard Divall, director at refurbishment specialist Celltarga - a client of Glamorgan-based broker Moorhouse - about his firm's insurances, many of which are placed with Aviva.

Professional Broking | 22 Sep 2009

Back to business

Janice Deakin, corporate sales director at Aviva UK general insurance, is busy explaining to brokers Aviva's strategy as it seeks to push up rates and keep commissions under control, writes Andrew Tjaardstra.

Professional Broking | 22 Sep 2009

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