Smart & Cook is one of the UK’s leading insurance, risk management and financial services groups.

The company offers insurance consultancy services for corporate clients, including insurance due diligence services.

The insurance business accounts for 90% of revenue, with customers coming from all sectors of the small and medium enterprise market.

Smart & Cook clients include professional practices, financial institutions and public limited companies. The company also covers personal lines and credit insurance.

Smart & Cook was founded nearly 40 years ago, and has made more than 45 acquisitions in the last 15 years.

Growth has been through acquisitions, client recommendations and professional introduction, and the company is now one of the fastest growing independent insurance brokers according to The Insurance Times Top 50 Brokers Survey (July 2005).

Smart & Cook has headquarters in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. In addition, there are 18 locally managed regional offices across the UK, where it employs more than 530 people.