The Gauntlet 30th Anniversary Event All Went Swimmingly

Some feedback from the Gauntlet 30th anniversary event in Leeds, which celebrated success and looked to the future;

Gauntlet Group has combined the celebration of its 30^th anniversary as a risk manager and commercial and personal lines insurance broker and its 15^th anniversary as an appointed representative network principal, at a ‘pearl of an event’ in Leeds. Over 60 attendees, both appointed representatives and Gauntlet employees, came together with leading insurers, to mark a significant achievement in the turbulent world of insurance broking.

Held at The Village Hotel, Headingley, it received fantastic backing from insurers, who recognise the huge value of transacting business with the network.  Event sponsors Allianz, NBS Underwriting, LeakSafe and Brokerbility, all gave presentations to both the ARs and the Gauntlet  in-house broking and direct sales teams, which fuels the Group’s buying power.

A ‘marketplace’ also featured other exhibitor event partners, showcasing their products and services, with Iprism, Qlaims, RSA, Aqueous Underwriting, Eaton Gate and Rebuild Cost Assessment all taking a market stall.

RAPID GROWTH

Gauntlet Group’s managing director, Roger Gaunt, outlined a tremendous past 12 months for the company.

All attendees participated in a Big Gauntlet Group Quiz, in which questions were based around either the numbers 15 or 30, or the years 1994 and 2009.  With four teams heading home with a prize per member, there were plenty of winners.  Appointed representative, Rob Evans, of Gauntlet South East, also scooped a prize of a weekend for two in Europe in a free draw.

It was certainly his night, also finding himself in the overall winning quiz team and heading home with the Client Champion award in the Gauntlet AR Network Awards 2024.  He had been adjudged winner, even before recording a video from the Indian desert, amidst scorpions and snakes, to prove Gauntlet’s Acturis system allowed him to handle client needs from anywhere in the world!  Going above and beyond was something the judges had remarked upon!

For the first time, the awards included a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Mark Spearpoint of Millennium Quay Brokers.  Kent-based Mark joined the Gauntlet AR network in September 2012 and is its longest-serving appointed representative.

Roger Gaunt says, “Things have changed considerably since I founded Gauntlet, in my back bedroom, in October 1994.  However, the fundamental principle, of always striving for quality in all that we do, has never gone away.  That is both the DNA of Gauntlet Group and the Gauntlet AR Network, which sets the bar high but always works with top-quality brokers who truly care about client care and service levels. “

All information about Gauntlet Group and the Gauntlet AR Network can be found at www.gauntletgroup.com and www.appointedrepresentatives.com respectively.