Power Place adds broker network 1 Answer

Power Place has signed up personal lines broker network 1 Answer.

1 Answer is the first network to sign up to the online commercial insurance marketplace.

1 Answer managing director Paul Muir said: “Our network has grown to over 50 members now and their needs have changed in that time, with commercial insurance becoming an important part of their customer proposition. After extensive research, it became clear that Power Place offered a practical and effective solution."

He added: "We’re very excited and encouraged by this deal. We have ambitious plans to expand our network and by providing access to valuable partners such as Power Place, we’re presenting an extremely attractive proposition to brokers looking to join a network that has their interests at heart and can help them grow.”

Darren Rowe, sales director for Power Place, added: “We’re delighted to bring 1 Answer on board. It is a forward thinking business with like-minded brokers making up its membership. We recognise that this was a significant decision for Paul and his team, and we’re confident that the efficiencies that PowerPlace delivers together with the face-to-face support that our field-based team provides will accelerate their new drive into the commercial insurance arena.

"Since making Power Place available to every broker in the country last summer, we’ve signed up 110 and have another 100 applications currently going through the pipeline. This is on top of the additional OGI brokers that we have on board, which now number 600, so we’re well on track to meet our target of having 1000 PowerPlace brokers in 2011.”