Protect your assets and establish your financial security by risk-proofing your investments. Entering into the insurance industry in 1994, I learnt the importance of providing exceptional service as well as value for money to all my clients. I believe that one of the most vital qualities of an excellent insurance broker is their ability to put themselves into their client’s shoes; to accurately as
sess their business and/or personal current state, priorities, risks and then provide assurance through a correctly structured insurance portfolio. Early on in my career, I spent time in London working for Lloyds Underwriter before returning to South Africa to establish my career in the industry. Upon my return to my first company, I met my wife Sue and we were married in 2001 and our daughter Ellen, was born in 2007. As a family we love the outdoors and spend time trail running, getting into nature and immersing ourselves in bushveld adventures in the wilderness of our beautiful country and continent. After dedicating myself to my previous employer from 1998 to 2020, I decided to venture out on my own after building my reputation and experience in the insurance industry. The transition to becoming an independent broker has been an exciting journey on both a business and personal level. Assisting my clients in protecting themselves from life’s risks provides me with immense fulfilment – especially in such trying times. My personal motivation in business is to help and guide people, and businesses, to correctly protect themselves against life’s curveballs. That means that a thorough assessment is done followed up with a process of matching up the risks with the correct insurance policies. When a loss occurs, it is a stressful situation that nobody likes, and I want my clients to know that they will not have any added stress when it comes to their insurance claim. This can only happen if the groundwork has been done and the foundation laid correctly, with an emphasis on attention to detail. More often than not, insurance will cost less than what you end up spending on tangible goods in the long run should you suffer a loss and it is not insured. I pride myself in the diligence I bring to the table when assessing the risks that affect you on a day to day basis and then finding the right cover for you. A huge factor in my work and personal life is the value of trust and building relationships built on trust is therefore important to me. As one of my longstanding clients have said about my work, “We can say without a doubt, that you are dealing with a good moral character who operates with integrity and has never had a bad word to say about anyone. I believe that my customers are entitled to receive the best possible advice and service that I can give them and when a relationship is built on trust, this can cut through wasted time, getting to the crux of matters quickly and efficiently. I pride myself in treating my clients best interests as my own. As Simon Sinek once said: “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it – and what you do simply proves what you believe.”.
