Our people

Meet the team

You will deal with the same specialists from quotation through to claim.

Karl Toogood, Founder at Dog Grooming Insurance

Karl Toogood

Founder

Karl founded DogGroomingInsurance.co.uk to give professional groomers a broker that genuinely understands their trade. He works directly with insurers to shape wording around real salon, mobile and home-based risks — treatment risk, care custody and control, equipment on the road — rather than forcing groomers into a generic trade policy. He remains involved in quotations and claims personally.

Simon

Client manager

Simon is the first point of contact for most groomers, handling quotations, renewals, mid-term policy changes and day-to-day queries. Every quotation is discussed rather than generated blindly, so you know what is and is not covered before you buy.

Industry ambassadors

Recommended by groomers at the top of the industry

Colin Taylor, Dog Grooming Insurance ambassador

Ambassador

Colin Taylor

International Groomer of the Year & Pooch Perfect judge

Intergrooms International Groomer of the Year and World Cup Grooming Games winner, founder of the Colin Taylor Academy and Mastergroom UK, and author of “What Would Colin Do?”.

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Abbie Toogood, Dog Grooming Insurance ambassador

Ambassador

Abbie Toogood

Groomer of the Year 2023 & BBC One Pooch Perfect

Qualified through iPET Network in 2017, competes at champion level, founder of grooming brand The Brutal Poodle, and winner of Best All Round Groomer 2025 at the Liz Paul Awards.

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Specialist cover arranged by people who understand grooming.