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About Cupican
Cupican Insurance Brokers was founded by Richard Cupit to do commercial broking the way he thinks it should be done. Properly understood, properly placed and properly supported afterwards.
Richard Cupit
An unusual route into insurance, and a useful one.
Richard came to the industry at 26, after a working life that had already taken in head chef, surveyor, probation officer and data coder. It is not the standard path, and it turns out to matter. He has sat on the other side of enough desks to know that most people do not want a lecture about policy wordings. They want to know whether they are covered, and what happens if something goes wrong.
Since then he has worked across a range of broking roles and built a substantial medical malpractice portfolio. That work led him into the medical cannabis sector, where he became one of a small number of UK brokers genuinely willing and able to place the risk, and he has been recognised as a specialist in the field ever since.
The age Richard joined the insurance industry
Working with medical cannabis prescribers since
Careers before insurance, from head chef to probation officer
Clients supported across the country
The wider picture
A specialist broker, not a single-sector one.
Medical cannabis is the specialism Richard is best known for, and it is a genuine differentiator in a market where very few brokers will engage with the sector at all. It is not, however, the whole business.
Cupican is a commercial insurance broker. We arrange cover for businesses across a wide range of trades, from professional services and manufacturing through to property owners and contractors. The specialism tells you something about how we work: if we are prepared to do the homework on one of the hardest risks in the market, we will do it on yours.
See the cover we arrangeWorking with us
What you can expect.
- A named person who knows your business, not a queue
- Plain explanations of what is covered and what is not
- Honest advice, including when your current cover is already right
- Support through a claim, not just a renewal invitation
- Extra care where a client is vulnerable or under pressure
Richard was a Mental Health Ambassador in a previous role. That is not a line on a CV here, it shapes how the business is run.
Read what we stand forHave a proper conversation about your cover.
No pressure and no obligation. Tell us about the business and we will tell you what we think.