Insurance designed for you

Fast Growth

Advice from fast-growth specialists

When you are growing you need a broker that can keep pace with you. With a high proportion of fast-growth businesses as clients we are skilled in advising companies and providing insurance that can scale effectively.

Expertise

Get an insurance 'health-check'

As an Alumni Club member you qualify for an insurance health check at zero cost. This will provide you with assurance that you have the right insurance cover in place and we will advise you if it is possible to unlock premium savings.

Choice

Insurance choice drives value

Offering a complete range of professional and general insurances, including employee benefit solutions and pension consulting. As a Lloyd's Broker, we can select from a broad choice of insurance providers to match your requirements.

Individual

Service shaped around you

By remaining true to core values, that include personal service and problem solving, we maintain a high client retention rate. This individual care and attention was a primary reason that in a client survey 98% said they would recommend us.

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Some of the common types of insurance businesses buy

Protean Risk offer a complete range of professional and general insurances, including employee benefit solutions and pension consulting.

Commercial Combined

Typically for manufacturers and wholesalers, this core insurance protection covers your assets, consequential losses and legal liability under one policy.

Office Insurance

An Office Insurance policy provides combined property, business interruption and liability solutions for office-based businesses. 

Public/Products Liability

Covering your legal liability for injury or death to third party persons or damage to third party property.

Employers' Liability

A compulsory insurance covering your liability for employees' injury, illness or death. You must have at least £5 million cover, although most insurers offer £10 million as standard. 

Directors' & Officers' Liability

Protects these individuals against the cost of compensatory damages and/or defence costs arising from actions and decisions they take on behalf of the company.

Employment Practices

This covers your liability for claims made by employees alleging discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment and other employment-related issues.

Cyber Risk

Covers losses arising from damage to, or loss of information from, IT systems and networks. Policies generally include assistance with and management of the incident itself.

Crime 

Crime insurance policies cover some of the most common losses suffered by organisations, such as losses due to employee dishonesty, computer fraud and funds transfer fraud. 

Professional Indemnity

Protection for liabilities incurred as a result of negligent acts, errors, or omissions in the course of a business’ professional service.

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About Protean Risk

The scale and know-how to take care of your business

Protean Risk is part of Aston Lark, one of the top five independent Chartered Insurance Brokers in the country. The group is trusted by over 140,000 clients across the UK and Ireland from start-ups to firms with annual turnover of £100 million and more. 

Being a Lloyd's Broker entitles Protean Risk to directly access the Lloyd’s market and transact business in Lloyd’s. This allows us to select from an even wider choice of insurance providers and ensure that we can match our clients’ requirements with the most appropriate insurance provider.

Our extensive experience in the venture capital environment gives us an in-depth understanding of how the needs of companies develop as they start out on their journeys, through taking on initial and subsequent rounds of funding, and eventually on to a potential of an exit.  

Our exceptional client service and specialist knowledge has helped us secure enviable levels of client loyalty. By focusing on your insurance, you can focus on your business. 

Contact Eloise Morgan (pictured) now to find out more about our service.

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