Nursery World - Morton Michel celebrates Golden anniversary

The childcare insurance provider is 50-years-old in 2014 and is celebrating with a year of competitions and events.

Founded by David and Kathy Beere in Croydon in 1964, the company is now run by their three children, Jerry, Samantha and Nick.

Morton Michel was the first company in the UK to offer insurance for registered childminders and nannies.

It now provides insurance to more than 40,000 childcare providers across the country, including 23,000 childminders and nannies, 9,000 nurseries and playgroups and 5,000 out- of-school clubs and holiday playschemes, as well as other social and voluntary groups connected to childcare.

Company director Jerry Beere suggested that the secret to the company’s success was twofold. ‘We focus on one area, and we can be responsive to the needs of the industry. Our main focus is always childcare, so we can be very specialised. Over 50 years we’ve gained an incredible amount of expertise and understanding of the childcare industry and we pick up very quickly on changes to laws and guidance.

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