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Schemes

The difference is… it’s built around you

Ecclesiastical has been in the schemes market for more than 30 years, making us one of the pioneering insurers in this area. We have accumulated a huge amount of experience in understanding what makes a scheme successful and that’s why we still have schemes that have been with us since day one. Today, we have over 80 live schemes on our books and are keen to grow that number.

This isn’t your ordinary insurance; we’ve delegated authority to you, because who knows your clients’ needs better than you? By putting the majority of decisions in your hands and complementing that with a broad risk appetite and all the expertise, flexibility, collaboration and proactive management you need, we’ve created the blueprint for your next scheme.

Plan for success

Our flexibility and knowledge allow us to support a huge variety of schemes. We’re well known for our specialist expertise, but you may not have realised that our risk appetite for commercial schemes business goes well beyond our core areas.

We define a scheme as ‘a tailored insurance solution for customer groups with common needs’.

Our experience and ability to underwrite many different types of schemes is down to our collaborative way of working. You’re the expert in understanding your customers’ needs and this enables us to work with you to find the right solution for your clients, capitalising on our joint expertise.

Are you looking for an insurance partner to work with?

Do you want to build customer loyalty and commercial longevity?

Why work with Ecclesiastical?

Discover schemes built around your clients

Learn more about how we support your scheme and what makes us a different kind of business.

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Five things to consider when choosing where to place your schemes business

Partnerships between insurers and brokers built on mutual passion, expertise and the same values remain the key to the successful growth and development of any scheme.

What are the 3 pillars that MGA’s should consider when running a profitable business?

We understand that for MGA’s capacity is the number one key pillar and without it there is no business. However, once that capacity has been secured and peace of mind exists, what else should a MGA be demanding from its capacity provider?

Great schemes need great understanding - work with your target audience

We all know the importance of product relevance and knowing your customer. As with all good products, making sure it’s right for your audience is the single most important thing you can do. Fundamentally this comes down to understanding what it is that a given cohort of schemes customers need.

Know yourself and know your competitors

What makes a given scheme the envy of the market? It’s a big question. But first, some important context.

Complaints and vulnerable customers - making schemes sensitive to member needs

Solving complaints and being responsive to the specific needs of your membership underpin good service. Why? Because the true measure of good service is how you deal with the challenges.

How to pitch a schemes idea

In our recent broker survey, 45% of brokers who are already placing schemes or thinking of doing so consider it to be a growth area*. But how do you pitch a scheme idea to an insurer? What is it that your potential partners need to know? Here are 5 quick considerations for that first meeting with an insurer.