Bissell & Partners is a specialist, senior team. We are deliberately boutique — built so that every broker who works with us deals directly with experienced, decision-making practitioners rather than being passed down a chain. Behind the firm sits decades of combined Lloyd’s and London Market experience across broking, underwriting and claims, and a board-level perspective on the wider insurance industry.
That depth is the point. Our clients get the responsiveness of a small, focused firm with the technical authority and market relationships you would expect from a much larger one.
Leadership
Chris Bissell
Founder & Managing Director
Chris founded Bissell & Partners after nearly twenty years in the London Market, with hands-on experience on both sides of the placement — as a broker and as an underwriter. That dual perspective shapes how the firm works: submissions are built the way underwriters want to receive them, and risks are presented to the markets most likely to back them.
He specialises in liability and marine classes and leads the firm’s in-house facilities. Chris holds qualifications from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
John Bissell
Non-Executive Director
John brings extensive, board-level insurance experience to Bissell & Partners as Non-Executive Director. He is Executive Director of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA), having previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), and has held senior leadership roles across the international insurance industry, including experience spanning EMEA, Asia Pacific and the United States.
His perspective on governance, claims and the wider market gives the firm a level of strategic oversight well beyond its size.
Why a boutique team works in your favour
When you place a risk with us, you speak to the people who actually negotiate it. There are no handoffs, no junior intermediaries learning on your business, and no waiting in a queue. You get senior attention, fast answers, and a genuine partnership — backed by Lloyd’s and London Market relationships and our own in-house facilities.