Whilst still looking for a new role as an employed member of the industry, I am working with several potential entrants into the UK Personal Lines arena, to provide insight and understanding of the dynamics, structure and opportunities available in the broker market.

Still working for Be Wiser Insurance, I picked up additional responsibility to set up and fulfil the agency requirements for a new brand "Be Wiser Business" - negotiated all agency and scheme facilities for the launch of the new brand and then added additional facilities as needed during the initial growth period. - targeting SME, Property Owners, Small Fleet and Liability business, I was able to drive excellent results from a number of new and existing relationships. Specific successes achieved with RSA, NIG, Covea, Aviva and Commercial Express amongst others. - ultimately managing in excess of 40 individual agencies, my role involved everything from identifying and researching markets, initiating contact and setting up the agencies themselves. Thereafter, developing a business plan for growth, reviewing results daily, and targeting specific trades and lines of business with individual markets to deliver profitable growth for the insurers concerned. - used excellent organisational, business planning and leadership skills to maintain the growth of the accounts over an extended period which resulted in the Be Wiser Business Brand moving from a standing start to £10m GWP within 3 years. - my responsibility extended to sourcing, arranging and facilitating staff training for the new members of the team on all aspects of Commercial (SME) insurances, both product and non-product specific. - delivered a bespoke agency management system to track deals, schemes and performance v. targets, and to record activity with each market.

The primary responsibility of this role was to negotiate and implement deals, schemes and facilities with insurer partners for the benefit of all brands of Be Wiser. Working closely with key decision-makers within the business to identify opportunities, through negotiation with insurer partners, business planning and finally onto implementation and delivery of the business.Set up and managed a team of traders to target and write non-standard risks in Personal Lines Motor, Home and CV. - identified, negotiated and introduced new facilities to enable this team to exceed objectives. as well as managing their own performance against agreed monthly targets. - successfully managed numerous internal stakeholders, and insurer relationships, reporting to the board monthly on team performance. - added up to £150,000 of commission and fee income per month to the business over a two year period. Exceeding target month on month. - maintained a responsibility for growing accounts with a number of non-standard markets in Personal Lines and the introduction of several new Wholesale facilities to the business.This lead to being allocated further responsibility for the set up and initial development of the Be Wiser Business Team - a new brand targeting SME and Small Business.

A relationship management and sales development role, growing the business with 10-15 key insurers and MGAs in Personal Lines, during a period when Be Wiser was one of the fastest growing Personal Lines brokers in the UK.

Marketing of Corporate Commercial, Financial Lines, Real Estate, Marine Cargo and Accident & Travel to the broker market. Marketing lead for the Elite 100 Academy Training Programme.

Account Executive for Commercial and Personal Lines Accounts in the Thames Valley and Home Counties.

Account Management of Personal Lines Broker accounts in the Thames Valley, Home Counties and West London.

Management of Broker Personal Lines Accounts across Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey.

Management of Broker Personal Lines Accounts in Essex, Herts and North London.