Broking Success

• Finch Commercial
  Finch Commercial - Forward thinkers
  1 May 2008
  Charlie Thomas speaks to Vincent Gardner about his family-run firm and Finch Commercial Insurance Brokers' plans to resist the march of the consolidators
• Delite Insurance Agency - Achievement through conviction
  1 Apr 2008
  Neil Cook, head of special commercial risks at Gillingham-based Delite Insurance Agency, tells Charlie Thomas that as long as non-standard policies are required, brokers like his will always be needed
• BJP Insurance Brokers
  BJP Insurance Brokers - Building for the future
  1 Mar 2008
  Barry McGoun talks with Charlie Thomas to divulge his firm's strategies for electronic media and explain why it is unlikely to join a network
• James Hallam
  James Hallam - Independent thinker
  1 Feb 2008
  Charlie Thomas speaks to Paul Anscombe about consolidation, strategising and staff
• H&R Insurance
  H&R Insurance - A fresh angle
  1 Jan 2008
  Shona Robertson has revitalised her firm after taking over as partner, writes Charlie Thomas
• Mark Richard Insurance
  The rewards of consistency
  1 Dec 2007
  Forty years of personal-touch broking has given Mark Richard Insurance the confidence to resist consolidation. Mark Wyatt discusses the future of independents with Charlie Thomas
• ProAktive Risk Group
  The measure of achievement
  1 Nov 2007
  Over the last twenty years, Jon Whiteley has built up a successful Yorkshire-based broker that is committed to family values, career progression and measured growth. He speaks to Andrew Tjaardstra
• Knowlden Titlow
  Pride of Norfolk
  1 Oct 2007
  Knowlden Titlow treads its own path. Charlie Thomas speaks with co-founder John Knowlden and finds that broking in East Anglia is innovative and forward thinking
• Caunce O'Hara
  Value-added passion
  1 Sep 2007
  Chris Caunce is an innovator who lives and breathes insurance broking. Caunce travelled to London to meet PB's editor Andrew Tjaardstra
• The Insurance Partnership
  No time for office politics
  1 Jul 2007
  Rob Worrell talks to Andrew Tjaardstra about building The Insurance Partnership up during the past 14 years and his determination to drive the broker independently towards £50m of gross written premium by 2010
• Community Broking Group
  Consolidating the community
  1 May 2007
  The broking community is consolidating fast, and the Community Broking Group's model is built around these opportunities. Andrew Tjaardstra met Stephen Darcy to find out how he plans to use them to meet their targets
• Belmont International
  Transferring transporters
  1 Apr 2007
  Barrie Etchells is one of the most experienced brokers in the business. He talks to Andrew Tjaardstra about how his company Belmont International will gain momentum in the market
• Beaumonts
  Break for feedom
  1 Mar 2007
  Andrew Tjaardstra talks to Martin Sykes about undertaking a management buyout and how Beumonts has quadrupled in size in four years
• Lycetts
  Rural ambitions
  1 Feb 2007
  Andrew Tjaardstra talks to Edward Nicholl before he steps down and hands over the reins to his successor as chief executive in May
• Higos Insurance Services
  High times at Higos
  1 Jan 2007
  Ian Gosden, managing director of Higos Insurance Services, talks to Andrew Tjaardstra about his plans to create a £100m broker with 10 local branches.
• LFC
  Building up the neighbourhood
  1 Nov 2006
  Brothers Jeremy and Simon Clayton are working together to dominate the Essex broking market. Andrew Tjaardstra finds out how the business is developing
• Andrew Scott
  Scott's independent model
  1 Oct 2006
  Andrew Tjaardstra visited Andrew Scott in Kent to find about his ten-year business plan and why he is determined to remain independent
• Michael Pavey Holdings
  Michael Pavey Holdings: Growth at a rapid MPH
  1 Sep 2006
• Lucas Fettes and Partners
  Lucas Fettes and Partners: 200 staff and accounting.
  1 Aug 2006
  Broker Lucas Fettes is being primed to double in size within three to five years. Andrew Tjaardstra met managing director Robin Lucas to find out how
• David Moore and Company
  Moore Network extras
  1 Jul 2006
  David Moore and Company is an emerging West Midlands broker, thriving under the Willis Commercial Network. Andrew Tjaardstra met managing director David Moore
• Hughes and Company
  Motoring forward
  1 Jun 2006
  Andrew Tjaardstra travelled to Northern Ireland to meet broker Leslie Hughes, partner at Hughes and Company, who has built an enviable broking empire in the province
• Bishop Skinner
  Broking on the Tyne
  1 May 2006
  Bishop Skinner Insurance Brokers is in the big league of broking in Newcastle. Andrew Tjaardstra visited England's north-east city and met chairman Ron Brewis and managing director Donald Jones
• Bridge
  A Bridge to success
  1 Apr 2006
  Mike Backner knows the North-west is a competitive broking market. Andrew Tjaardstra visited Bridge's impressive Manchester offices to find out more
• MacDonald Reid Scott
  Bonny on the Clyde
  1 Mar 2006
  Bernard Dunn, managing director of Glasgow-based broker MacDonald Reid Scott, talks to Andrew Tjaardstra about 25 years of steady, organic, debt-free growth
• Hanover Park Commercial
  Hanover succession
  1 Feb 2006
  Andy Halstead, who has been chief executive officer of Hanover Park Commercial since November, talks to Andrew Tjaardstra about property, property and property
• Roland Smith
  Smith at your service
  1 Jan 2006
  Nigel Smith, managing director of Roland Smith since 1982, is a friendly Northerner with a ruthless business streak. Andrew Tjaardstra discovers how Smith has developed his business into one of the leading brokers in the North West
• Todd & Cue
  At the head of the Cue
  1 Dec 2005
  Broking in Newcastle is alive and well at Todd & Cue, where its understated and quietly confident managing director Stevan Cue has made the business ship shape. Andrew Tjaardstra finds out how
• J&M
  Investing for the future
  1 Nov 2005
  Andrew Tjaardstra talks to chairman Martin Harris and new chief operating officer Paul Dodds about Epping-based J&M's ambitious expansion plans
• Crosbie & Jack
  The rise of Crosbie & Jack
  1 Oct 2005
  Scottish broker Crosbie & Jack has moved mountains since managing director Gordon Crosbie took over in 2000. Andrew Tjaardstra asks Gordon Crosbie about how a traditional provincial family broker has become one of the largest independents in Scotland
• Lark Insurance Brokers
  Up with the Lark
  1 Sep 2005
  Graham Lark, chairman of Lark Insurance Brokers for 12 years, speaks to Andrew Tjaardstra about the acquisitions and niche schemes of this top-50 broker
• Firebond
  It's a family affair
  1 Aug 2005
  The introduction of regulation has caused many upheavals. Andrew Tjaardstra discovers how, for Firebond, it brought about the unification of husband and wife as business partners
• Alan & Thomas
  The southern professional
  1 Jul 2005
  Alan & Thomas has been broking since 1975 but, in the last five years, under the leadership of Julian Boughton, the firm has taken off. Andrew Tjaardstra finds out why
• JW Group
  Flying Scotsmen
  1 Jun 2005
  Under the leadership of its charismatic managing director, the JW Group is growing in the right direction. Andrew Tjaardstra communes with Ken Davie
• Moorhouse Group
  More is Moore
  1 May 2005
  Welsh broker the Moorhouse Group is on target to double its premium income through organic growth to £36m by the end of 2005. Chairman Lyndon Wood discusses the firm's sound infrastructure and outsourcing operation with Nicolle Farthing
• The Davis Group
  All the smart moves
  1 Apr 2005
  The Davis Group is one of the 50 best small companies to work for in the UK, according to The Sunday Times. Chief executive Leigh Smart discusses the firm's success and the reasons behind its ranking with Nicolle Farthing
• Vega Insurance Services
  Heading for the stars
  1 Mar 2005
  In partnership with The Primary Group, Bob Screen launched Vega Insurance Services in 2003. With its fifth acquisition expected this year, Vega aims to become one of the UK's leading commercial brokers, by Nicolle Farthing
• Clear Insurance Management
  Clear-cut progress
  1 Feb 2005
  In just four years since it was established, Clear Insurance Management has seen rapid growth, both organically and through acquisition. Nicolle Farthing talks to the firm's directors, Howard Lickens and Gary O'Donnell
• Coversure Insurance Services
  A sure-fire thing
  1 Jan 2005
  Nicolle Farthing talks to Mark Coverdale, who founded Coversure Insurance Services with the aim of providing franchise-holder members with an environment in which they could own and manage profitable businesses
• Allen & Allen
  In the driving seat
  1 Dec 2004
  Nicolle Farthing charts the success of motor specialist Allen & Allen. Started as a one-man business from home in 1968, it currently employs around 450 people and has a premium income of £80m
• Riverbourne Group
  To the Riverbourne
  1 Nov 2004
  The antithesis of long-standing firms with legacy cultures, Riverbourne has quickly amassed several accolades and impressive turnover inside two years. Andrew Tjaardstra talks to the firm's founders about their recipe for success

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