Broking success: Tony Knight, Knightsure

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The old school approach: Knightsure director Tony Knight prides himself on his old school, face-to-face approach, but is not afraid to take on new challenges such as cyber or how to thrive in the post-Brexit world

▶ What are the origins of your company?

It’s been 26 years since the business was formed, we started in 1990. It was set up by myself and my wife, although she retired through ill health at the end of the 90s. I carried on for a few years on my own but made the decision in 2004 to join Broker Network. This was simply because then we were experiencing a hard market, something a lot of brokers had never heard of. 

We were in a situation where we were getting renewals chucked out and new business

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