Broker brothers build booming business despite initial market resistance Aidan Barrett Taupo
Broker brothers build booming business despite initial market resistance Their business is thriving after 12 years in operation but these brothers say the challenges to get there were considerable Insurance News By Maryvonne Gray Dec 12, 2016 Share No-one can accuse the Jensen brothers of resting on their laurels. Both Matt and Andy, who are the sibling force behind Taupo’s Matt Jensen Insurance Brokers (MJIB), admit they are driven people whose appetite for building the business perhaps only equals their passion for high-intensity sports. The brokerage has grown to a team of 12 staff, all of whom profess to a love of some kind of outdoor sport, ranging from ironman, to motorsport, to mountain biking, boxing and wakeboarding. Matt told Insurance Business that building the business from scratch was tough in the beginning, despite their considerable passion and drive, but the culture they had created had attracted a group of like-minded people prepared to invest themselv...