IFSDG: How long have you worked at
Towergate Insurance?
Keith Storrie: 2 months
IFSDG: How many people work at Towergate
Insurance?
Keith Storrie: Over 200 in Scotland
IFSDG: What is your vision for Towergate
Insurance in Glasgow?
Keith Storrie: Working the team to make us the
Broker of Choice.
IFSDG: What's a typical day for you?
Keith Storrie: I'm an early riser (4.45am) and
like to be in the office by 7am. Have long drive to office
(over 65 miles) - and want to work in Glasgow. Every day is
different - some client days, some with staff meetings and others
are a mixture of both. No days are ever boring and all seem
to pass too quickly. However, if a day passes without some
creative thinking, I feel I have missed an opportunity.
IFSDG: How many emails do you receive on
an average day?
Keith Storrie: Far too many. Many people
have forgotten the art of talk.
IFSDG: Why did Towergate Insurance choose
to locate in the IFSD in Glasgow?
Keith Storrie: Glasgow is well known as the
insurance "heart" of Scotland therefore it was obvious we would
want our Scottish flagship office in the city.
IFSDG: Three good things about working in
Glasgow?
Keith Storrie: The people, the transport system
(airport, rail, subway, buses) and the buzz of industry.
IFSDG: What is your biggest business
achievement to date?
Keith Storrie: When I had my own company I was
appointed as insurance consultant to part of Aeroflot - when the
Russians were still in control!!!!
IFSDG: What is the best investment you
ever made?
Keith Storrie: My wife - after 42 years
together she still puts up with me. I sold my E-type Jaguar
for £350 to buy the engagement ring - what is the E-type worth
today?
IFSDG: Which business person or company
do you most admire and why?
Keith Storrie: Robert Morris of Morris
Furniture Group - he is always himself and never pretends to be
anything else.
IFSDG: What did you want to be when you
were a child?
Keith Storrie: An adult first and then, second,
a Canadian Mountie. Horses and uniforms have always been my
weakness.
IFSDG: What do you do to relax away from
the office?
Keith Storrie: Away from the office??????? -
hardly a concept I understand! With 16 horses at the back
door, a fencing company, 3 tractors, 5 trailers, two daughters and
partners and my wife to keep happy, I am working my way to
relaxation.
IFSDG: Blackberry or I-Phone?
Keith Storrie: Blackberry
IFSDG: Suit or no suit?
Keith Storrie: Definitely suit - I'm not a
dress down man in the working environment.
IFSDG: Football or rugby?
Keith Storrie: Neither - prefer show
jumping
IFSDG: Wine or beer?
Keith Storrie: Champagne please!
IFSDG: Sunshine or snow?
Keith Storrie: Either - I can play in both.
IFSDG: and finally, what three words
to sum you up
Keith Storrie: No surprises please.