A Cornish insurance advisory business is celebrating after being presented with accolades on the national stage.  

Partners& in Mount Wise, Newquay, has been named broker of the year at the UK Broker Awards.  

The insurance specialists also won commercial lines broker or the year and best training programme.   

The insurance community gathered at The Vox, NEC in Birmingham to celebrate the best in the industry at their annual awards.  

Earlier in July Partners& was awarded UK Broker of the Year at the British Insurance Awards.  

CEO, Phil Barton: “This unprecedented success is a clear demonstration of the progress we are making and is testament to the skill and commitment of our fabulous team in pursuit of our mission: to be the best advisory business in the UK. We set out to do that by focusing on people – our clients and our team who serves our clients.  

“For our clients, we are setting a new benchmark for seamless advice. We have designed our proposition to respond to the 21st century challenges that clients face around cyber, people risk, commercial litigation, and professional risks alongside traditional risks. 

“We believe that combining great use of technology with a return to the best traditions of broking based on technical expertise and relationships is the right approach. We know that we can only deliver the best advice and client experience through the quality of our people.

"As a response to the war for talent, we established a strategic imperative to “grow our own” through development of an impressive learning proposition. Since launching the Partners& Academy, we have experienced a marked increase in key engagement, quality and service metrics directly aligned with our strategy. 

“We are thrilled that the judges have recognised our achievements. Winning these awards is incredibly exciting and is a launch pad for continuous development, whilst fuelling our ambition to be a catalyst for change within our industry.” 

Partners&, which also has offices in Okehampton and South Molton, has additionally been shortlisted for “Schemes Broker of the Year” at the Insurance Times Awards which will be announced on December 6.