Broking success: Driving forward
Patons Insurance managing director Darren Roberts tells Insurance Age why the broker got into the taxi insurance sector and how it has coped with the pandemic
▶ When and why was your business set up?
The business was set-up in 1984 and I got involved in 2010, when I met Billy Paton, who was the major shareholder then. Patons was originally set up to be a subsidiary service to a motor dealer in the taxi sector. We’ve grown it organically to go beyond being a subsidiary service to the car dealership, and it became an insurance broker. We provide all sorts of products and services to the taxi trade.
▶ How has it developed since you started?
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