Nationally-operating chartered insurance broker and specialist business continuity planner Cowens Survival Capability has secured re-accreditation from Investors in People (IIP).

After completing over 39 evidence requirements as set out by IIP, East Midlands-based Cowens SC has achieved recertification of The Standard, which provides organisations with a framework to help improve performance and realise objectives through the effective management and development of people.

Stuart Williams, a director at Cowens Survival Capability, said: "It is a great honour to have achieved reaccreditation with IIP. We realise that to succeed as a business we rely on those we employ and know that our people are our greatest asset.

"We work hard to give our employees the right knowledge, skills and motivation to work both effectively and efficiently."

An established firm of business solutions providers and being one of only 59 firms with Chartered Insurance Broker status, Cowens SC specialises in advising clients across the UK on how to ensure they have the right insurance cover and the correct procedures in place should crises happen.