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CUA Managing Director's Update - In this update we focus on how you can maximise the benefits from your CUA agency

Getting the best from CUA
In this update we focus on how you can maximise the benefits from your CUA agency by illustrating how we perform best on your enquiries and where to access improved information on our products.
Quotations
We are able to provide urgent quotes for our supporting brokers, but please help us to give you the best quote we can by sending the appropriate completed COBRA template, which can be downloaded from our website, to enquiries@cobraunderwriting.co.uk . Please do not hesitate to follow up with a phone call to our underwriters so that we can get to the detail of the risk and manage the quotation process to meet your requirements.
COBRA templates have a number of advantages:-
  • Risk information provided often results in our most competitive terms.
  • All the information to speed up the quote is collected.
  • No proposal form is required as the template is sufficient.
  • Templates support your file compliance and future re quotes.
We look forward to saving you time and converting more of your business!
 
Large case underwriting
The following case study illustrates our capabilities:-
  • Risk             Large Cold Store of frozen foods and provisions
  • Insurer       Major Composite Insurer (held many years)
  • Renewal     11th March 2009
  • Problem      Network Member calls CUA 27/2/09 to advise that a new building has been completed except for snagging and the Insured is moving in. Despite receiving all plans in advance and surveying twice (firstly in February 2008) the holding Insurer advise they are now close to their limits and require sprinklers!
  • Result         CUA quote immediately without sprinklers and secure risk at £42k premium on our Commercial Select contract and make client and Network Member happy!
 
To see if we can produce a result for you send us your enquiries as above or for the very large enquiries contact Frank Such on 020 8256 1931 (frank.such@cobraunderwriting.co.uk).
 
COBRA County Schemes
CUA’s specialist club scheme operation provides flexible and competitive underwriting on our Clubguard product targeted at Private Members Clubs including Sports and Social Clubs, Cricket Clubs, Bowls Clubs, Health Clubs and Constitutional Clubs. Dinersguard is targeted at Restaurants, Guest Houses and small Hotels.
 Good reasons why you should direct enquiries to COBRA County Schemes include:-
  • Access to a team with many years experience in this area
  • Clubguard cover recently extended to include an optional upgrade on the standard Executive Liability to wider D & O Liability including Libel, Slander, Defamation & Discrimination with limits of £250,000 any one claim & in the aggregate
  • A Preferential Commission rate of 20% exclusively for Network Members on all new business, until October 2009.
  • Preferential Service for Network Brokers includes quote turnaround within 1 working day (for enquiries submitted online).
New business enquiries should be directed to www.countyschemes.co.uk
Jackie Burns our General Manager is keen to work with you and can be contacted on 01268 511115 extension 256 or by email to jackieb@countyschemes.co.uk.
 
CUA Website
More information can be found on our recently updated website at www.cobraunderwriting.co.uk . If you have forgotten your username/password to access the secure areas then contact Alex Andrews on 0208 256 1933 or at alex.andrews@cobraunderwriting.co.uk.
 
We look forward to helping supporting Network Members get the best from us in 2009 and beyond.
 
Yours sincerely,
Michael Bowler ACII
Managing Director