Close Brothers Premium Finance
Blog: Broking is vital to help UK business recover from Covid-19
Premium Finance Week: Sharon Bishop, CEO Close Brothers Premium Finance, explains why brokers have an essential role in getting the UK back in business.
Looking to the future
Premium Finance Week: Despite coronavirus the broker space is still set to be a hive of activity for the remainder of 2020. Jonathan Swift finds out more with Close Brothers’ Paul Trail and Steve Wallis.
Supporting clients with Payment Services
Premium finance Week: How can brokers use technology (specifically Payment Services) to help and support their clients?
Adapting to change
Premium Finance Week: Close Brothers, Paul Trail and Steve Wallis reflect on how brokers have responded to the challenge of Covid-19.
Blog: Optimistic brokers need to think about the future opportunity now
Premium Finance Week: As we kick off a partnership looking into the premium finance space alongside Close Brothers, the CEO, Sharon Bishop shares her take on the business outlook amid coronavirus.
Survey - premium finance: What does the future hold for premium finance?
Jonathan Swift caught up with Close Brothers Premium Finance sales director Paul Trail and commercial director Steve Wallis to find out how the sector is evolving and to reveal some of the results of a survey of brokers carried out earlier this year
Where has the industry got to with diversity and inclusion?
Broker Extra 2020: Insurance industry leaders need to educate themselves to improve representation as panellists urge the sector to act now.
Administrator publishes Call Connection update
The business went bust in 2017 and administrators expect just £246,000 to be paid to creditors.
Blog: Reading the tea leaves is a mug’s game
Sharon Bishop, CEO of Close Brothers Premium Finance, discusses how technology will free brokers up to do what they’re good at and urges the sector to increase its focus on diversity and inclusion.
Video: Q&A Close Brothers discuss the importance of data
Sharon Bishop tells Insurance Age why data is king.
Blog: Data science and digital partnerships
By Sharon Bishop, of Close Brothers Premium Finance, on building personal lines broking success.
Video: What is reverse mentoring?
Close Brothers, Sharon Bishop, explains how the management technique is helping her.
Video: How can payment services help brokers?
Sharon Bishop, of Close Brothers Premium Finance, explains how technology is helping commercial brokers to offer payment services.
Blog: How tech-enabled payment options can assist commercial brokers
Sharon Bishop, CEO of Close Brothers Premium Finance, explains how the company's Payment Services is helping to assist brokers and customers alike.
Blog: Reverse mentoring – the experiment that got me thinking
Sharon Bishop, CEO at Close Brothers Premium Finance, discusses the lessons that leaders can learn from their staff.
Blog: The future of commercial broking
Sharon Bishop, Close Brothers Premium Finance CEO, explores the findings of the CBPF/Insurance Age Survey for commercial brokers.
The Insurance Age Podcast: 6 September 2019
The Insurance Age team unpick the most recent and most popular stories.
FCA warns of Close Brothers clone
Fraudsters are using Close Brothers' details to trick people in the UK.
Video: Close Brothers reveals personal lines data
Sharon Bishop, CEO of the premium finance provider, discusses the organisation's recent broker survey and what respondents had to say about personal lines.
Call Connection's administration extension confirmed
Administration period set to go on until 12 July 2020, as investigation into company director, Graeme Kalbraier continues.
Blog: A personal service?
Close Brothers Premium Finance CEO Sharon Bishop explains how suppliers can invest to help personal lines brokers thrive in a 24/7 world.
Video: Close Brothers survey reveals broker optimism
Close Brothers Premium Finance CEO Sharon Bishop discusses the results of its recent broker survey in part one of our Q&A series.
Ignition Select enters dissolution after administration extension fails to realise funds
Close Brothers are set to lose millions from the broker dissolving.
Waite-led Premium Credit takes Howells from Close Brothers and Thomas from RSA
Following Tara Waite's appointment as CEO, Owen Thomas and Jon Howells join the company from RSA and Close Brothers respectively.