A Cheshire-based insurance company looks to the future after a successful first full year of trading

A Cheshire-based insurance company is celebrating a successful first full year of trading. Highlights since the launch of Vista North West have included building a portfolio of more than 50 clients and placing nearly £2m in insurance premiums, as well as supporting local and national good causes.

Managing director Dan Stockley said: “It’s been a fantastic first year for us. We’ve acquired a number of clients of varying sizes and quickly established a presence in the local insurance market. As the new guys in town the priority for us remains building relationships with our clients and the wider community.

“Claims and risk management support for our clients has been and continues to be a strong aspect of our offering. We have assisted a number of clients with challenging claims matters and developed risk management strategies to help businesses contain cost in what has become a challenging insurance market for some sectors particularly important at the moment with so many other costs going up.

“We believe this is the true test of a broker and the area we add the most value to all of our clients’ businesses.”

Vista North West is a regional subsidiary of Vista Insurance, and its core staff team is able to draw on the resources of its parent company to ensure the best service for its clients.

Dan said: “Our relationship with Vista helps us to give our clients a really flexible, responsive, top-class service without the price tag that would normally come with it. We’re perfect for local SMEs because we can offer them a combination of low cost and quality service that no one else can.”

Vista Insurance Brokers Chief Executive Gavin Ruben said: “Vista North West has got off to a great start, and I look forward to seeing the business continue to flourish. They have a very strong proposition for clients in the North West, delivering a personal service and backing it up with cost effective solutions on every occasion.”

Dan said: “We’re proud to have sponsored Chester Nomads FC, which is one of the longest established clubs in the city. Among Vista North West’s biggest deals in the last year has been working with a Manchester-based vehicle delivery business, and there have been other success stories in sectors as diverse as printing & packaging and furniture manufacture.

Dan said: “Having launched mid-pandemic, it has been really pleasing to see the business world re-open fully over the last year or so. Meeting our clients in a face-to-face environment is something that we thrive on to build long-term relationships. We have ambitious growth plans and look forward to building on the success of this year.”