Places&Faces® | May 2013
Business Profile | NFU Mutual Ipswich
NEW PARTNER PASSIONATE ABOUT SUFFOLK’S FOOD PRODUCERS Farming, rural and high net worth insurance specialists NFU Mutual Ipswich have undergone a bit of a makeover recently following the retirement of the firm’s senior partner, John Whyman. Joining Jill Girling and Jane Hyde in the delightful converted farm buildings at Wherstead is Robert Butcher ACII obert Butcher has 25 years’ insurance experience, a career that began in Norwich but the last six of which have been spent in France. As a self-confessed foodie, Butcher enjoyed the experience of working abroad but is already enjoying his new role for similar reasons. “I’m getting to meet so many of the county’s food producers and finding how passionate they are about their produce is so rewarding. There is a bit of a food and drink renaissance going on in the UK right now, not least because of recent stories in the news and while France is often cited as a gastronomic paradise, there really isn’t anything they can do that we cannot, in fact, thanks to the creativity locally, in most cases it’s actually much better here.” As well as insuring the largest farmers and growers and many nonagricultural business, the firm’s customers include small independent food and drink producers, pubs, restaurants, hotels and guest houses and anyone living and working in the rural community.
“The most exciting part is seeing the role we play in underpinning and protecting the local community, particularly when it comes to claims of course but also as we work hard to understand what they need covering in the first place,” Robert continues. “We have 20 hugely experienced staff, all with local backgrounds and all based at the Wherstead office. It is here that all aspects of our service are carried out and not in some call centre” he says. “Our clients like that. It enables us to provide local people with a truly local service.”
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