It’s Official: We’re Commercial Lines Broker of the Year
It’s Official: We’re Commercial Lines Broker of the Year! On the 10th of October, the annual Insurance Age UK Broker Awards were held. The ceremony looks to recognise the talent that the insurance industry holds and celebrate the achievements of professionals across roles. We were honoured to be nominated for Commercial Lines Broker of the […]
Ryan Whybrow: Too Good to be True
“I fell into my first insurance job at the age of 17 because I wanted to be able to afford a car! But I ended up finding something I’m actually passionate about. 23 years later it’s great to feel passionate about it again. With Konsileo I’ve re-found my love for the job – and my […]
Josh Bedford: Understanding Clients’ Needs
“You don’t need to wear a suit and sit in an office for 7 hours a day to be a professional. In fact in insurance broking you’re probably worth more to your clients when you actually roll up your sleeves and get stuck into what really makes them tick, what their risk are, and what they really need in terms of cover.”
Teal Tuesday – Wholeness
In this edition of our Teal blog post series, we’re going to be looking at the second of Laloux’s key concepts – wholeness. What does wholeness actually mean? How do you go about implementing this abstract idea in a professional environment? The Concept In Reinventing Organisations Laloux explains how in a traditional corporate work […]
Teal Tuesday – Self-Management
It’s another week and another Teal Tuesday! As discussed in our last blog post ‘Introduction to Teal’ (have a read if you haven’t already), the three core principles of Teal set out by Laloux are self-management, wholeness, and evolutionary purpose. Today’s blog post is dedicated to ‘self-management’, how this fits in with the wider Teal […]
Teal Tuesday – What Actually is Teal, anyway?
Welcome! If you’re unaware of what Konsileo is, we are a commercial insurance broker with a difference. We operate by the Teal culture, as described by Frederic Laloux in his book Reinventing Organisations (2011)1. We place our clients and Client Directors at the heart of what we do, shifting the focus from targets to rekindling […]
Kim Appleby-Jones: Flexibility and Putting Clients First
Kim has worked in insurance in various roles for much of her working life, including at her husband Stephen’s brokerage. When it was sold, she thought at first it might be time to retire… But when husband Stephen had an interview with Konsileo, they wanted Kim to come on board too! “We’ve always been a […]
Konsileo Growth Continues with Latest Hires
Commercial brokerage Konsileo has hired two client directors in its latest cohort as part of its ongoing national expansion programme. Konsileo has doubled in size in the last year and is now a £20 million GWP broker with fast growth continuing. The latest hires include: Becky Wright has joined from NFU Mutual. She will […]
Duncan Bennett: Falling Back in Love with Broking
Duncan Bennett had been running his own brokerage firm and pouring hours into it – when he realised he wanted something different out of his life. When an old colleague told him about Konsileo, he knew he’d found it. Duncan says: “Running your own business can take over your entire life, and I found that’s […]
Konsileo named one of the UK’s ‘Fast Brokerages’
We’re delighted to be one of 15 brokerages making Insurance Business UK’s 2022 list of Fast Brokerages. The Fast Brokerages awards recognise brokerages of all sizes across the country that didn’t just survive the Covid-19 storm, but thrived through it. To win, they had to have achieved 20% or more revenue growth over 2020 and […]