founded 2005 headquarters london united kingdom key people phil zeidler chairman of the board jason stockwood ceo products business insurance shop insurance and landlord insurance revenue 40 million 2015 number of employees 300 website www.simplybusiness.co.uk simply business is the trading name of xbridge ltd. it is the uk s largest online business insurance broker with 300 000 customers . the company has been featured in the sunday times tech track 100 four times and in 2015 and 2016 won the sunday times 100 best companies to work for . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit xbridge was founded in 2000 by brad liebmann ralph arnold deno fischer and jim nelson who provided 1 million in seed capital . the company experimented with a variety of ventures including building an online marketplace for lending to small businesses . in 2005 the company chose to specialise in small business insurance under the brand simply business and launched an online quote comparison service . in the same year the company opened its customer care centre in northampton . 3 jason stockwood formerly uk and international managing director of match.com joined the company as ceo in may 2010 . 4 in 2011 simply business signed a white label deal with moneysupermarket.com and became their exclusive provider for business insurance . 5 in the same year the company adopted the agile software development methodology . 6 in august 2012 the company celebrated its 200 000th customer . 7 in july 2013 it was announced that the company had completed a management buy out backed by the private equity firm anacap financial partners llp . 8 in february 2015 and 2016 simply business was voted first in the sunday times 100 best companies to work for . 2 products edit the company sells insurance online to small businesses landlords and shops within the united kingdom . the insurers on the panel include aviva axa qbe hiscox ageas rsa and zurich . simply business also has its own brands finsbury and maltings which are underwritten by qbe . key covers are public liability insurance professional indemnity insurance and employers liability insurance . awards edit winner of the sunday times best companies to work for 2015 . 2 the company has been featured in the sunday times tech track 100 in 2008 2009 2010 and 2011 . 1 winner of best use of mobile technology at the technology in insurance awards 2012 . 9 commended for best use of social media at the technology in insurance awards 2012 . 9 commended for outstanding broker claims team of the year at the insurance times uk claims excellence awards 2012 . 10 winner of marketing campaign of the year at the uk broker awards 2012 . 11 winner of most agile aware organisation at the uk agile awards 2011 . 12 winner of young broker of the year at the uk broker awards 2011 . 13 references edit a b sunday times tech track . fast track . retrieved 2012 09 17 . a b c sunday times best companies to work for 2015 . sunday times . retrieved 2015 02 27 . company history . xbridge . retrieved 2012 09 17 . dunkley daniel 8 march 2011 . interview jason stockwood a match made in heaven . post magazine . london . retrieved 2012 09 17 . wheal chris 22 august 2011 . simply business gives moneysupermarket sme cover . post magazine . london . retrieved 2012 09 17 . saran cliff 29 may 2012 . cio interview lukas oberhuber cto simply business . computer weekly . london . retrieved 2012 09 17 . 200 000 customers . simply business . retrieved 2012 09 17 . quinn james 17 july 2013 . simply business management buy out . the daily telegraph . london . retrieved 2013 07 30 . a b technology in insurance awards 2012 . insurance times . retrieved 2013 03 23 . uk claims excellence awards . insurance times . retrieved 2013 03 23 . winners of the uk broker awards 2012 . uk broker awards . retrieved 2012 09 17 . this year s winners . uk agile awards . retrieved 2012 09 17 . 2011 winners . uk broker awards . retrieved 2013 03 23 . external links edit simply business website simply business is trading as xbridge limited http intercreditreport.com company xbridge limited 03967717 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simply business & oldid 709991509 categories online insurance companiesinsurance companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 2000 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 march 2016 at 09 09 . text is available under the creative commons 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