Today’s guests are the executives behind the fast-growing specialist aviation broker start-up Piiq Risk Partners.
In a very short space of time Philip Smaje CEO [picture left] and Marcel Chad President [picture right] have put Piiq on the front pages of the trade press with some eye-popping household name client wins.
In a time of seemingly permanent consolidation and the homogenisation of so much of the intermediary market, theirs is a story that I think will inspire many brokers.
People, connections specialist knowledge and expertise and an ultra-client focused approach are clearly still incredibly important.
Listen on for the secrets of their early successes and what drives their business, an honest assessment of the impending acquisition of their parent company Corant Global by Ardonagh and a frank analysis of the state of the aviation market.
Philip is the first of the two to speak.
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