Top 50 Brokers 2011: 41st Cobra Insurance

Management: Cobra is “well placed to ride out the current market conditions”. So said chief executive Steve Burrows at the end of last year, after it posted a 14% increase in pre-tax profits to £390,000 for the six months to September 30, and a 2.1% revenue rise to £11.98m.

Strategy: Cobra says it is focused on customer service and efficiencies rather than expanding through M&A.