18.09.06 Free insurance for MCE's longest serving customer
Specialist personal lines insurance broker MCE were delighted to give free insurance to Mr Richard Gibbs who took out his first car insurance policy in 1975, MCE’s first trading year.
16.09.06 Stephanie Brown heads top sales team MCE
Specialist personal lines insurance provider MCE has appointed Stephanie Brown as sales Team Leader. Brown has been with the company for over four years and previously spent two years in MCE’s Broking Team. She will now be responsible at MCE for a team of 10 sales advisors with annual Gross Written Premiums of £4.8m.
25.08.06 MCE Increases Premium Finance Income Via Open G I and Finsure
Leading broker, MCE, has reported an increase in revenue earned through premium finance since implementing software developed by Open G I and Finsure.
12.06.06 MCE Insurance extend opening hours for the summer
Northamptonshire based MCE Insurance, specialists in niche personal lines insurance have extended opening hours to keep up with demand for motorcycle and specialist car insurance over the summer season.
10.06.06 MCE roar with the Lions
The team from MCE Insurance are getting behind England for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
18.05.06 Top 25 Next Generation Brokers.
The Insurance Industry is changing and today’s most prominent influencers will eventually move on or retire. So who will be responsible for the future development of this market?
01.05.06 Steve Elliott heads up e-trading at MCE
Specialist personal lines insurance provider MCE has appointed Steven Elliot as e-trading Team Leader. Elliot has been with the company for over six years and previously spent three years as Bike Insurance Team Leader.
01.04.2006 American Auto Club UK celebrate 25 years
MCE as the main sponsor of the American Auto Club UK was delighted to wish the club and its members a very happy 25 years.
11.03.06 MCE Motorcycle Show Season
MCE Insurance, the leading provider of bike and scooter insurance were delighted to kick off their show season at the Scottish Motorcycle Show over the weekend of the 11th & 12th March.
18.01.06 MCE Insurance banned from the Northern Ireland Motorcycle Festival
Northamptonshire based MCE Insurance, the leading bike and scooter insurer has been banned from the 2006 Northern Ireland Motorcycle Festival at the Odyssey, Belfast in February.
18.09.06
Free insurance for MCE’s longest serving customer
Specialist personal lines insurance broker MCE were delighted to give free insurance to Mr Richard Gibbs who took out his first car insurance policy in 1975, MCE’s first trading year.
Richard Gibbs who has been insured through MCE continually for 30 years explained why he originally purchased insurance directly with MCE founder Michael Edwards, ‘Mr. Edwards was the only person working in his office and I was waiting in reception for quote, the phone rang and Mr. Edwards asked if I would come back tomorrow as his wife was having a baby. I came back the next day as Mr. Edwards was honest and easy to deal with.’
Michael Edwards, Director of MCE commented ‘It’s our company’s 30th year, we’ve grown from one man (me) in an office with no clients to a team of 110 with over 95,000 clients. Our continued progression would not have been possible without clients like Mr. Gibbs and we wanted to thank him for his support.’
MCE specialises in providing motorcycle and specialist car insurance, as well as niche household and travel insurance policies.
MCE combines state of the art technology with a highly trained and motivated workforce to deliver first-class service and ‘insurance made easy.’
Over the last two years the company has won a clutch of industry awards including ‘Fastest Growing Broking Firm’.
16.09.06
Stephanie Brown heads top sales team MCE
Specialist personal lines insurance provider MCE has appointed Stephanie Brown as sales Team Leader. Brown has been with the company for over four years and previously spent two years in MCE’s Broking Team. She will now be responsible at MCE for a team of 10 sales advisors with annual Gross Written Premiums of £4.8m.
MCE Managing Director Michael Edwards comments ‘Stephanie’s appointment is a clear indicator of her commitment and drive, the promotion also demonstrates MCE ‘home grown talent’ strategy. I have every confidence Stephanie will play a key role in our growth.’
Established over 30 years ago, MCE specialises in providing motorcycle and specialist car insurance, as well as niche household and travel insurance policies.
MCE combines state of the art technology with a highly trained and motivated workforce to deliver first-class service and ‘insurance made easy.’
Over the last two years the company has won a clutch of industry awards including ‘Fastest Growing Broking Firm’.
25.08.06
MCE Increases Premium Finance Income Via Open G I and Finsure
Leading broker, MCE, has reported an increase in revenue earned through premium finance since implementing software developed by Open G I and Finsure.
In the first 12 months of using the electronic premium finance software, which integrates the Open G I system and the finance provider’s system to deliver an efficient service at point of sale, MCE has increased its income by 37.97% and reduced costly administration.
Customer transaction and bank details are sent electronically to the finance house and payments are returned via an EDI message, which automatically updates the Open G I system. MCE was the first broker to go live with the solution.
As a result of improved efficiency, MCE has chosen to transfer all of its monthly instalments to electronic premium finance.
Claire Webb MAAT, FCCA, MCE Financial Controller, said: “Since installing the software 12 months ago, the number of premiums financed through the system has increased substantially. This has allowed us to earn additional income and to focus our efforts on our core business. Staff no longer have to manually process initial documentation or reconcile each transaction payment once financed.”
Nick Elliman, Head of Business Development, Finsure, said: “In a soft and highly competitive market, solutions that drive down costs, generate income and deliver competitive advantage for brokers are vital. The software we’ve developed with Open G I ticks all of these boxes and can be tailored to suit individual business needs. In the case of MCE, we have worked closely together to introduce bespoke changes to further improve workflow / streamline processes.
“The Open G I solution is tried and tested and has played a major part in encouraging brokers to switch from other providers to Finsure.”
12.06.06
MCE Insurance extend opening hours for the summer
Northamptonshire based MCE Insurance, specialists in niche personal lines insurance have extended opening hours to keep up with demand for motorcycle and specialist car insurance over the summer season.
MCE will now be open 9 am – 8 pm Monday to Friday, 9 am – 5 pm Saturday and 10 am – 4 pm on Sunday.
Michael Edwards, Managing Director of MCE Insurance commented ‘In the current market it is difficult to develop your book without acquisition, but you can achieve growth if your team has got the hunger and skills to deliver. Even though we offer new business and renewals online clients still want the service backed up with a UK based centre.’
10.06.06
MCE roar with the Lions
The team from MCE Insurance are getting behind England for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The office is flying the St. Georges flag and for England match days MCE will be dressed in England shirts.
18.05.06
Top 25 Next Generation Brokers.
The Insurance Industry is changing and today’s most prominent influencers will eventually move on or retire. So who will be responsible for the future development of this market? Insurance Times presents some of those tipped for success:
Julian Edwards, Director
Julian Edwards has been with MCE Insurance since 1996, when he started as an insurance advisor with responsibility for specialist cars.
He is a founding member of Insurance Times Professional Advisory Board. The 30-year-old director now manages 78 staff, including an IT development team, product manager and insurance sales advisors.
Among Edwards’ most innovative achievements are steering MCE to win Insurance Times’ Marketing Campaign of the Year for a new initiative with motorcycle dealers.
He also spearheaded MCE’s online launch the following year, producing a full service e-commerce solution.
Importantly Edwards was also at the forefront of the transition to the new FSA regulatory regime, and he was among the first companies to receive ‘minded to authorise’ letters in 2004.
Edwards is a keen skier and, not surprisingly, driver, which certainly helps him retain the enthusiasm that has aided his rise to the top of his profession in such a short space of time.
As reported by Insurance Times 18.05.06.
01.05.06
Steve Elliott heads up e-trading at MCE
Specialist personal lines insurance provider MCE has appointed Steven Elliot as e-trading Team Leader. Elliot has been with the company for over six years and previously spent three years as Bike Insurance Team Leader. He will now be responsible at MCE for e-trading new business and renewals.
MCE Managing Director Michael Edwards comments ‘Steven’s appointment builds on the achievements of a busy and profitable Q1 2006, during which we increased staff numbers to 125, and increased our policy count by 26%. I have every confidence that Steven will play a key role in developing our latest distribution channel.'
01.04.2006
American Auto Club UK celebrate 25 years
MCE as the main sponsor of the American Auto Club UK was delighted to wish the club and its members a very happy 25 years.
The club kicks off its 25th season at Heritage Motor Centre for their Spring Nationals show. Julian Edwards, Director MCE was at the show to cut the birthday cake.
The club then looks forward to the Summer Nationals at Stratford Racecourse. For more details please visit www.americanautoclub.com.
11.03.06
MCE Motorcycle Show Season
MCE Insurance, the leading provider of bike and scooter insurance were delighted to kick off their show season at the Scottish Motorcycle Show over the weekend of the 11th & 12th March.
The MCE show team are very excited about the season where they will be able to provide quotes and policies to new clients. For existing customers they will be able to accept renewals and make changes to policies, as well as listening and reacting to feedback.
18.01.06
MCE Insurance banned from the Northern Ireland Motorcycle Festival
Northamptonshire based MCE Insurance, the leading bike and scooter insurer has been banned from the 2006 Northern Ireland Motorcycle Festival at the Odyssey, Belfast in February.
Show organiser Louise from Nutt Promotions today confirmed the sponsor Adelaide Insurance had banned ALL other insurers from exhibiting at the show.
As thousands of bikers in Northern Ireland already know MCE arranges the very best insurance deals from scooters to superbikes, often providing deals that Adelaide Insurance have declined to quote.
Julian Edwards, responsible for Business Development at MCE commented ‘We have negotiated excellent deals for riders in Northern Ireland with the UK’s leading insurers. After a decade of overpriced bike insurance all we wanted to do was bring these deals to Northern Ireland. Unfortunately it seems the organisers and sponsor of the Northern Ireland Motorcycle Festival do not want the public to save money. I thought the whole point of a show was to do a deal!’
MCE remain committed to bike insurance in Northern Ireland and are currently looking for other shows to exhibit, in the meantime their expert insurance advisors can be contacted on 0870 90 90 996.