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John Whippy Insurance Brokers Celebrates 55 Years!

John Whippy Insurance Brokers are proud to celebrate their 55th anniversary of trading in January 2025, making them Eastbourne’s longest standing independent insurance broker.

The business was founded by John Whippy in 1970 and has helped and advised generations of clients with all their insurance requirements. It seems most Eastbournians have at some point been insured, or know someone who has been insured, by the brokerage over the years – be it their first car insurance or life assurance policy. Nowadays our client base is spread far and wide as a result of client referrals and recommendations.

In 1988 John Whippy Insurance Brokers led the way with new technology becoming the first insurance broker in the Eastbourne area to be fully computerised. Moving forward 37 years, the business now trades with access to modern technologies to provide their clients with a seamless customer service and also assisting clients with rapid claims response.

John Whippy Insurance Brokers is now one of the few remaining truly independent insurance brokers not owned, appointed or managed by a larger organisation. Whilst specialising in property and business insurance, the brokerage also arranges and advises on all types of general insurance from home and life assurance to large commercial and contracting risks.

Five years ago, the John Whippy Foundation was set up and registered as a charity to help support sick, disabled and disadvantaged children living in East Sussex by way of fundraising events from quiz nights and charity walks to race nights and garden fetes. To date, over £12,000 has been raised helping support the activities of the Children’s Respite Trust and also Children with Cancer. A big thank you to everyone who has helped donate, take part and organised events that has then helped so many children in need of support.

Thank you also to all our clients who have helped us reach this 55th anniversary milestone. We are immensely proud of our legacy and look forward to achieving new milestones in the future.

John Whippy Insurance Brokers, providing a reassuringly consistent personal service.