Friday at Five with Warwick Remington

August 21, 2015

This fortnight we’re talking to Warwick Remington. The man behind the Remingtons Insurance Brokers name – having built the business over thirty odd years – Warwick has been an inexorable industry figure for many years. Warwick was instrumental in the creation of the Western District Broker Group, which over the years has become the Insight Australia Insurance Group, and has remained an incredibly valued member of the Remingtons team since selling the business in 2012 to current Managing Director Sam Godfrey-Roberts.

Known to the Remingtons crew as the Wizard, he keeps everyone on their toes and never misses an opportunity to test staff on their general knowledge – welcome Warwick!

Warwick Remington

What is your role at Remingtons Insurance Brokers?

Administration Manager (and unofficial, Quiz Master)

Tell us how you got into the industry.

I followed my father Jack into the industry back in 1969 and eventually started Remingtons Insurance Brokers in 1982. My father and I worked together for a few years until Phil Crebbin came on board in 1985.

What do you like the most about working at Remingtons Insurance Brokers?

I enjoy both the client and fellow staff contact. We’ve still got some clients we’ve had from the early days of the business and I enjoy keeping up the relationships we’ve had for a long time.

Tell us three things most people don’t know about you.

  • I enjoy rock music
  • I look too young to have two grandsons
  • I have seen the rare Black Grasswren in the Kimberleys
Partridge Pigeon - photographed in the Kimberleys.

Partridge Pigeon – photographed in the Kimberleys.

What kind of hobbies and interests do you have outside of work?

Most people that know me, know I’m a keen bird watcher and I also keep birds. I try to get out as frequently as I can, and recently went to Western Australia and the Northern Territory on a bird watching trip and saw some beautiful sights.

Favourite travel spot?

Tenerife

What is the first concert you attended?

The Rolling Stones – I’m a big fan.

And last, but certainly not in the least, your footy team?

Essendon. My money’s on a Hirdy comeback.

Thanks for your time Warwick, and FYI for readers if Warwick ever asks you where the West Indies are, tell him “in the Caribbean, mon”.

Next fortnight we meet our tenacious Sales and Marketing Manager Lisa Clark.