Do you need to take a fresh look at insurance?
We know, you’d rather run and hide than think about insurance. You might already have spent hours trawling through online comparison sites or been bored to tears by an insurance broker with no sense of humour.
Here at Risk Kitchen, we like to do things a bit differently. We know that not everyone is fascinated by insurance. You just want to get the right cover in place and get on with the fun things in your business. That’s where we come in. Here’s how we got here.
The story so far
We are Jessica Tyrrell and Gary Evans, the family behind Risk Kitchen.
Jessica has worked in insurance for 22 years. Despite the fact that her insurance broker father had taught her the principles of insurance in place of nursery rhymes she showed no interest in joining the family business. He sold up when she was 15, so imagine his dismay when she then fell into insurance at the age of 21!
Jess and Gary met at work, fell in love and got married. Gary went from a background in sales and marketing to become a self-confessed insurance geek and has now worked in the industry for 9 years.
The birth of Risk Kitchen
In 2015, we suffered two tragic events within a period of six months. Our daughter was born sleeping and then we lost Jessica’s Dad just a few months later. In 2016, we were very lucky to be blessed with a healthy daughter. Becoming parents changed our lives for the better and we wanted to make plenty of time for family fun.
We were both working long hours and knew that something needed to change. So, we decided to create a business that allowed us to work flexibly. As the parents of two children our kitchen is at the heart of our family life. We had been inspired to create a business that worked for our family and wanted the name to reflect the birth of the idea. So, Risk Kitchen was born.
How we work
We know that it can be frustrating dealing with an insurance company or broker. You ring them up, only to find yourself waiting in a queue. Then your call is put through to a call centre so you never speak to the same person twice. Often the advice you’re given varies depending upon the experience or knowledge of the call handler. It’s enough to make you lose the will to live!
We do things differently. For one thing, there’s no call centre. We want to make sure that you get to speak to someone who will offer you the best advice and make your life easy. Let’s face it, you don’t want to spend your life sorting out insurance so we aim to make the process as much fun as possible.
Ultimately, you need insurance because you love your business and want to protect it, so we take the time to listen to you and make sure you get what you need. That way, you’ll also understand what each type of cover is for. We don’t believe in blinding our customers with science to sell them something they’re never going to use. We are directly authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which means that we can advise you on the products that are right for you, whoever the insurer is.
All of our advisors have a minimum level of qualifications which means that you’ll get good advice whoever you speak to. Most importantly (to us) they’ll treat you as a human being, whether you’re a multi-millionaire or Mum working out of her kitchen.
We’re rewriting the recipe to insurance broking – let us help you to make insurance simple.
