VIZION PRIVATE CLIENTS

“At Braithwait we are always looking for experts in other areas that are complimentary to our services and allow us to widen our offering to clients and add more value. One such area is general insurance, and we caught up with our selected ‘expert’ George Seatter from Vizion Private Clients and asked George for his views on the London property market.”

Q: How does Vizion work?
A: It’s a similar model to a franchise, in that they provide me with the back office support to grow and build my own business in partnership with them. It’s quite tricky starting a new brokerage and Vizion essentially de-risk the process and allow me to focus on doing what I do best, which is providing a first class personal service to clients and managing their insurance needs with the support of an excellent team that Vizion have recruited to help run the back office.

Q: What services do you provide, and why would a client use you rather than organising cover themselves?
A: My business looks after the personal insurance needs, so typically insurance for buildings, contents, fine art, valuables, cars and annual travel for most clients, and yachts and private aviation for a few. The majority of our clients trust us to understand their requirements and then secure the best priced portfolio of insurance for their needs.

They also expect us to be on hand to assist with any claims should the need arise. Insurance is a commodity purchase – but the necessary advice around this is the important part.

Q: How does insurance work around the purchase of a property?
A: Typically there is a need for buildings insurance to be in place from the point of exchange – so we often work with agents and solicitors to ensure that this is handled in plenty of time and not left to the last minute, although I am quite happy to receive a call saying “we are exchanging today and need cover”.

Contents insurance tends to follow from completion of the purchase and we then often organise a home visit once the clients are settled to ensure that the sums insured are correct. We don’t charge for this appraisal process and it’s another reason why clients would choose to work with us than with the majority of other brokers or indeed insurers direct.

If you’re involved in a property transaction with Braithwait then it’s likely we will introduce you to George at some point, but if you’d like to get in touch direct then his email is george@vibl.co.uk. In the meantime, you can find out more about Vizion here.