With a little help from his friends.

Ex-Independent director Keith Rutter called on several key market figures to help him launch The Underwriter. He tells Tim Collison why brokers will want to trade with the company.

If you were looking to persuade an international investment bank to
part with £50m so you could set up a UK-based liability insurer in today's
soft market, what do you think your chances would be? Pretty slim,
maybe?


Well, not if you have the likes of Peter Wood and Robert McCracken on your
team. Keith Rutter, chief executive of new start-up insurer The
Underwriter, is the first to admit the benefits of having the Direct Line
founder as a non-executive director. "Let's be honest, would I have got an
int

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Broking Success: Embracing technology

Mark Thomas, founder of Compare Insurance, is looking to harness the power of technology even further to continue the pace of 60% growth the business achieved last year.

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