BUSINESS
By Kevin Charman and Richard Bevins
BRINGING GLOBAL EXPERTISE TO LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS Hello to our fellow Platinum Business Magazine readers. It’s a great pleasure to be able to introduce ourselves to you and to be sponsoring both the Surrey and Sussex Business Awards in 2021. The judging process has really brought to life the quality of the businesses we have based in our region and we’re really proud to be part of that community and doing what we can to help businesses really succeed. Many of you won’t be familiar with the Verlingue name as it’s fairly new to the UK – most people can’t even pronounce it the first time! To put that little issue to bed early, it’s best to think of Verlingue like meringue!! Grammar lesson over, let’s tell you a little bit about who we, what we stand for and what we do.
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Verlingue is a fourth generation, familyowned business headquartered in Brittany in France. The UK business is founded on two well established, local businesses, Barnett & Barnett and NBJ which came together with a Manchester based business in 2018 and rebranded to Verlingue in January 2020. This independent, family owned culture is the bedrock of everything we’re building in the UK. It guides our ethical, investment and recruitment strategies and drives our commitment to long term relationships with our clients.
That’s why we keep a strong and growing local presence with our offices in Redhill, Egham and London and also why we invest so much in making sure our clients have the best service journey, which is recognised by our Investor in Customers Gold accreditation which we’ve held since 2018. In terms of “what we do”, put simply, we help businesses understand, reduce and transfer risk in their business, everything from staff safety, cyber resilience or bad debts. Some of this
❛❛ Our position as a top 15 insurance broker in
both the UK and Western Europe also means we have a powerful presence in our market meaning our clients can benefit from very competitive premiums and many other services ❜❜
