Director of Corporate Clients at Broadway Insurance Brokers How do you like to start the day? Despite not being a morning person, I like to get up early, well, relatively...and go to the gym followed by a lovely strong Nespresso coffee. ‘Own the morning, elevate your day’ as Brian Sharma once said; the feeling of control flows through the whole day, no matter how tough
As I write, we're about to start the second and final week of the 26th United Nations' conference on climate change - or COP26, for short - in Glasgow. Over the course of the opening few days, the importance of the event in devising a concerted approach to limit man's negative impact on our planet has been put in stark terms. Sir David Attenborough, for
It's now just over a year since Broadway opened its doors. Even in just those 12 months, we have seen the kind of shifts which illustrate the importance of the support provided by brokers to business and private clients alike. For instance, the majority of restrictions to limit the spread of Covid-19 have been lifted but the pandemic's legacy for the insurance industry will be
Despite the urging of teachers at the time, I'm not sure how many of those individuals reading this article will look back on their schooldays with total fondness. One of the main gripes for pupils in every generation seems to have been about the relevance of items on the syllabus to life once they leave classrooms or university campuses behind. There are now, of course,
It's now almost 18 months since Britain was placed into a state of lockdown in an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus. The measures proved severe for many businesses, especially those in the hospitality sector. Even more alarming was their inability to secure payouts on the business interruption insurance policies which they had put in place. Those disputes culminated in the Financial Conduct Authority
The pace of impact which technology has had on our lives has quickened considerably in recent decades. It should, therefore, perhaps come as no surprise that the same sense of acceleration increasingly applies to how we get about. Although the first production electric car rolled out of a London factory in 1884, it hasn't been until his century that battery-powered vehicles have firmly left the
It still takes my breath away. In the space of just 15 months, many accepted wisdoms about our lives both in and out of the workplace have changed markedly. That pace of change shows no sign of abating either. Yet it could be said that some of the radical shifts which we have seen in how individuals and corporations behave are perhaps for the better.
Almost two months after the UK took its first steps out of lockdown, there are still few doubts as to the impact which the Covid pandemic has had on the country's economy. We only need glance around our high streets and city centres to see that many businesses sadly did not survive the enforced loss of custom. Only a couple of weeks ago, the Office
The renewal of insurance policies is arguably a far more dynamic process than it was in years past. Now, insurers' desire to be competitive and the ease with which consumers can compare quotes has led to an increase in switching between providers. A relatively recent survey found that almost three-quarters of policyholders prepared to change insurer, with customers most likely to do so when considering
As we all know, the last 12 months have severely tested our supplies of resilience and patience. Despite enforced spells of home-working meaning that many people have spent more time with their families than normal, simply keeping households and businesses going has been a challenge. Yet, as some of the restrictions are lifted and the UK's economy prepares to gradually open up once again, I
