• In 2011, Leader Team Broker brought from London an insurance product that did not exist on the Romanian market – event insurance.
• The brokerage company pioneered the Romanian marketin 2019when it launched IT professional liability policies and Cyber ​​Risk insurance, products that are currently among the most sought-after in the portfolio and that it sells in over 20 European countries.
• Currently, Leader Team creates niche solutions for complex risks, working with companies in strategic industries, such as energy, transport, renewables or IT.

Bucharest, January 23, 2026. Leader Team Insurance Broker, key player on niche insurance market in Romania and Europe and one of the most innovative independent brokers on the local market, celebrates 20 years of activity in the field of insurance and risk management consultancy. Founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Razvan Rusu, the company has consolidated its reputation in two decades as a provider of complex insurance solutions, adapted to the needs of companies active in critical sectors such as information technology, energy, renewables, logistics and heavy industries.

Since its establishment, Leader Team Broker has aimed to enter previously unexplored segments on the local insurance market and to become a strategic partner for companies that needed not only insurance, but integrated packages of protection solutions against the increasingly complex risks of the modern world. Thus, over the past 20 years, the company has become a strategic partner for companies with niche insurance needs, developing specialized products tailored to the compliance and risk requirements of its clients, from Cyber ​​and IT professional liability insurance to international health packages, contractual insurance for sellers on global e-commerce platforms, as well as complex insurance packages for companies in the traditional energy industry, renewable energy, aviation, cargo or other heavy industries.

“At the beginning of the 2000s, the brokerage market in Rome was focused on standard products, and the broker’s role was only to distribute insurance policies. We wanted to do something different and that’s why, at first, the road was difficult. Because we had to create a market and change mentalities for what we wanted to do. We didn’t start in a garage, like the great billionaires of America. We started in the basement of a building, in a 20 square meter office without windows, where I worked with a single colleague, who had previously been a bartender. After the first half of the year, I had only signed two policies and those for some friends. In the first years, I was close to bankruptcy, I brought money from home so we could continue, I also had another job in parallel, to earn the money necessary for daily living. Why didn’t I quit? Because I really wanted to do brokerage, I thought it suited me. And because I wanted to prove to myself, and to those around me, who advised me to quit, that I would succeed. That’s when I learned the most important lesson in entrepreneurship: don’t quiteven when those around you tell you to! I entered the market with the conviction that we could build solutions that would help companies manage their risks in a real way, and innovation was the most powerful weapon I had. The recipe for success? When very few “People understand what you do and you make money from it, that’s an opportunity you have to seize. After we understood that, our ship took off,” Razvan Rusu, founder of Leader Team Broker, recalls about the beginnings.

And innovative products were not slow to appear. In 2011, Leader Team Broker brought from London an insurance product that did not exist on the Romanian market – event insurance. Besides concerts, the largest insured event was the 2012 Europa League final, the largest event ever organized in Romania, with an extremely complex set-up and extraordinary rigors imposed by UEFA. Four years followed in which Leader Team Broker insured almost all major events in Romania, from Cirque du Soleil performances to the controversial “The Human Body” exhibition at the Antipa Museum, one of the most complicated insurances in the brokerage company’s portfolio.

From event insurance,to niche solutions for complex risks in strategic industries

As the insurance market evolved, the company entered into partnerships with some of the largest insurers in the world, from the London LLOYD’S market, with which it designed complex products, adapted to the increasingly complex risks faced by companies in different areas of the economy. Thus, Leader Team Broker was the first company in Romania to introduce IT professional liability policiesand Cyber ​​Risk insurance to the market, when demand was modest, but which would become the company’s best-selling insurance packages, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and the migration of all businesses online. Another innovative product was the contractual insurance for Amazon sellers, with which, in 2024, Leader Team consolidated its position as the main distributor at European level, doubling the share of this product in the total business and meeting the growing demand from over 20 European countries.

In the health segment, the company built dedicated policies together with international partners, and in the professional liability and Cyber ​​segment, Leader Team recorded significant increases in brokered volumes, due to the increased awareness of cyber risks and the compliance requirements imposed by European regulations. Also, with the entry into force of the new European cyber protection regulations NIS2 and DORA, Leader Team broker once again came to the aid of companies obliged to comply with the new standards with niche products, specially dedicated to companies in the financial industry and other strategic industries, such as energy, IT, telecom, transport, renewables, etc.

“This year, we mark more than just the 20th anniversary of our founding. We mark the maturation of Leader Team Broker and our transformation into a strategic partner for companies operating in sensitive, complex and highly regulated fields. This evolution confirms that a consultative approach, built on a deep understanding of risks and the development of personalized solutions, brings real and sustainable value to our clients. Over the years, we have gone beyond traditional brokerage and built a model based on analysis, anticipation and integrated risk management, adapted to current economic realities. As the economy has diversified and risks have become more numerous and more sophisticated, we have constantly innovated and expanded our portfolio with Cyber, health and solutions dedicated to heavy industries, the energy sector and renewable investments. In Romania, we observe a clear maturation of The market is increasingly aware of risks, and the interest in niche insurance has grown rapidly in recent years. Our policies are supported by LLOYD’s insurance syndicates, globally recognized for their financial stability and reinsurance capacity, and this allows us to manage complex projects not only in Romania, but also in other European Union countries, offering solutions compliant with local legislation, adapted to “We thank our clients and partners for their trust, and now, on this anniversary, we assure them once again of our dedication, professionalism and involvement to offer them the best insurance solutions in the face of the increasingly complex dangers of the world we live in,” said Alexandra Elena Durbaca, CEO Leader Team Broker and international specialist in cyber risk insurance.

Leader in the niche insurance market: innovationand international presence

After two decades, Leader Team Broker is recognized locally and internationally for its innovation in niche products and for its ability to deliver solutions adapted to increasingly complex regulations. The company is present on the European market and offers brokerage and consulting services to clients in over 20 EU countries, covering various needs, from professional liability and Cyber ​​insurance, to property, health or renewable energy insurance.

The company is recognized as one of the most innovative insurance brokerage players with unique products for the IT industry, the naval industry, aviation, energy, marketing and HR. For three consecutive years – 2021, 2022 and 2023 -, Leader Team Broker received the distinction of “Insurance Broker of the Year”, at the Corporate LiveWire UK Awards, for the degree of creativity and innovation of insurance products, designed for new developing industries and covering the new challenges of the business environment.

In 2020, the company’s performance was rewarded by the publication Piata Financiara with the title of “Insurance Broker of the Year” and by Financial Intelligence with the distinction of “Cybersecurity Insurance of the Year 2020”. Last year, Leader Team Broker was designated “Broker of the Year in Romania – 2025” at the Piata Financiara Awards Gala. The distinction received once again validates the company’s position as a reference player in the niche insurance area and represents a new confirmation of the continuous effort of the Leader Team to anticipate risks and create insurance programs adapted to a rapidly changing world.

In 2017, the company received the “Most Creative Insurance Broker in Romania” award, offered by Media Xprimm, and in 2019 it received the award for “Innovation and Digitalization”, being the only brokerage company to use RPA technology for repetitive financial operations. The company was awarded in 2020 by the Piata Financiara publication, at the e-finance Gala, with the “e-Risk” award for the best product designed to prevent and cover the risk of cyber attacks.

Leader Team is the only insurance brokerage company that has developed the iDoctor concept, an integrated program of national and international medical services, based on a personalized insurance program.