Author: Mark-The-Broker

A couple of things have spurred me to write a blog, a while since the last one! The first was passing the 18 month point in my role. The second was the unexpected bill (unexpectedly higher than I forgot it would be too!) for my domain and website. Those two spurs are not necessarily in…

Whilst impossible to measure, I consider this to be the best 3-4 months of network connection building EVER – both F2F and in the virtual space of social media. I’m disappointed with myself by typing this cliché but it feels as though “everything just clicked” 😉 Again, no tangible measure but everything has been very…

If you’re a Financial Director or business owner in Scotland about to accept that great insurance quotation, have you even asked “the claims question”? The Broker has probably volunteered little if anything about their claims service. This article gives some insight into why… #howden #insurance #claims #insuranceclaims The reason a company purchases Insurance is to…

Very positive stories are not shared nearly enough. Here’s one!    Last week, I took Kyle Fraser up on his kind offer to visit Change Centre in Dundee. I’ve heard him give a presentation on the great work he and the team do there through Street Soccer Scotland and also seen him promote this with…

Quite unusual for one of my posts…I’m just “cutting to the chase” As my first full year with Howden Scotland begins, what better time to set out what I can offer: * Highly experienced Commercial Account Executive, with access to a vast array of general and niche Insurance products for SME through to larger national…

Reflecting on 2024, I have no complaints – it has been a cracking year, certainly from March onwards! My career to date has been something of a long winding road, with more twists and turns than I had ever planned. However as I keep telling my three awesome kids, as my core Dad duty of…

As 2024 draws to a close, I thought I’d share a few photos I found during my end of year phone back up, before they languish in a folder, somewhere in the cloud! It has been non-stop since March and whilst loads of photos were taken, most are of client sites – so not for…