Smooth operator

As executive chairman of a software company that has more than 1,400 individual customers, in addition to the largest share, by revenue, of the UK retail general insurance broker and intermediary systems market, no one can deny that David Rasche is a driven and successful man. His company, Software Solutions Partners (SSP), also has the largest installed base of general insurance systems in the UK.

SSP's size is, in part, due to its acquisition of rival Sirius in May 2007 in a deal worth