Three New Additions to Russell Scanlan’s Growing Team

We’ve kicked off 2018 by recruiting three new additions to our growing team. We have appointed Louise Bamford and Sonia Butler as Commercial Account Handlers and Olivia Levers as SME Account Handler. The three new starters join us with nearly 50 years’ experience in the industry between them. Louise joins us with a broad skill set across personal, commercial, underwriting, broking and financial insurance, having started her career in Manchester in 1988. She said: “It was the perfect time for me to make a career move and I’d heard so many excellent reviews of Russell Scanlan and how they do business….

Russell Scanlan gets Cracking with Easter Fundraising for its Annual Charity

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be supporting a project dedicated to helping underprivileged and at-risk children across the East Midlands this year. The team will be fundraising throughout the year to help provide over 2,000 vulnerable children with Easter eggs and Christmas gifts, as part of the ‘Forget-Me-Notts’ project run by global charity, Operation Orphan. The charity’s work in the East Midlands also includes providing support to families in times of hardship. Through referrals from social workers, the charity is able to respond to the specific needs of families in the area. Mike Dickinson, Sales and Marketing Director at…

Russell Scanlan Team Looks Forward to Nottingham’s Biggest Hospitality Event

Russell Scanlan is gearing up to present an award at the new Nottingham Restaurant and Bar Awards, which take place next week at Colwick Hall. As one of the most successful food and drink events in the city, the NRBAs recently took a few years off and are set to come back bigger and better than ever on the 31st of January. Celebrating the very best of Nottingham’s thriving restaurant and bar scene, the awards will bring together some of the city and county’s most influential hospitality experts, business owners and professionals. Russell Scanlan’s expert knowledge of the brewing industry, thanks…

Russell Scanlan Celebrate 20 Years of Independent Insurance Alliance

Russell Scanlan came together with their colleagues from across the sector to celebrate 20 years of UNA, the independent broker alliance, at the organisation’s annual conference. The event, held at the prestigious Belfry resort and golf course in Sutton Coldfield, was attended by more than 200 delegates from across the UK and saw presentations and break-out sessions take place on a range of hot topics in the insurance sector such as how to embrace digital marketing in financial services and how the claims sector is evolving in order to tackle continued fraud and rising costs. Managing Director at Russell Scanlan, Bryan…

Russell Scanlan Support Glittering Launch of Nottingham Restaurant and Bar Awards

The team from Russell Scanlan attended the official launch of the new Nottingham Restaurant and Bar Awards (NRBA) 2017/ 2018 last night, in full support as one of the event’s sponsors. Russell Scanlan mingled with fellow sponsors and some of the city’s leading professionals from favourite food and drink venues across the county, who will be hoping to make the nominee’s shortlist. Mike Dickinson, Sales and Marketing Director at Russell Scanlan, attended the glittering launch event. He said: “Last night’s event was a great way to catch up with other sponsors and meet some of the people that help to make…

Thirst for craft beer leads to spike in demand for specialist brewery insurance

Specialist brewery insurer Russell Scanlan has recorded a significant spike in demand for its bespoke insurance solutions, as the nation’s thirst for craft beers and gins continues to grow. Russell Scanlan launched its specialist brewery insurance, Masterbrew, a decade ago – an innovative service which responded to a demand from small brewers and who couldn’t find appropriate insurance for their needs. Over recent years the product has been adapted to cater for the boom in craft gin distilleries too. Since 2007 when it launched, the service has been in ever increasing demand, with more than 20 breweries signing up for Masterbrew…

Russell Scanlan Bowled Over by Support for Beer Festival

The team at Nottingham’s largest independent insurance broker, Russell Scanlan, recently combined its love of community sport and craft beer to sponsor the annual Attenborough Cricket Club Beer Festival. Over 700 people attended the event which spanned four days, raising £3,500 for the Cricket Club from the beer sales alone. Russell Scanlan’s decade of experience providing insurance cover especially tailored for the brewing industry through its Masterbrew Insurance has put the company in perfect stead to support local beer events. In fact, one of its Masterbrew clients, Nottingham Brewery, supplied the wide range of ales that were on offer throughout the…

Russell Scanlan reacts to new lower discount rate for personal injury claims

Mike Dickinson, Sales and Marketing Director, reviews the reactions of an industry in shock following this week’s government announcement of a change in the compensation discount rate, and advises businesses to take heed and budget for the increased costs now. This week the Lord Chancellor shocked the insurance industry by announcing changes to personal injury compensation payments, with the inevitable result of increased cost of insurance to customers. As of March 20th, the Discount Rate – a calculation which takes into account the interest claimants can expect to earn on the amount of compensation money they receive if they invest it…

Russell Scanlan Sponsor Nottingham Means Business Christmas Drinks 2015 at Park Plaza

We were delighted to sponsor yet another fantastic Nottingham Means Business (NMB) Christmas Drinks on Wednesday 16th December. The event attended by so many members gave chance to celebrate some of this year’s successes and look at the future plans of NMB. As we draw to a close to 2015, we would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and prosperous 2016.

Russell Scanlan Signs as Founding Funder of Castle Transformation

We are delighted to have recently signed the contract naming us as the founding sponsor for the Nottingham Castle Transformation, a £24 million refurbishment project that will begin next year. This brilliant project, which has just secured £13.9 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, aims to rejuvenate our city’s famous cave system, gatehouse and castle itself for over 400,000 visitors per year. It is forecast to bring 2,000 jobs and contribute £77 million to Nottingham’s visitor economy. This highlights the importance of the castle to Nottingham. Established in Nottingham in 1881, Russell Scanlan has a vested interest in heritage…

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