b"CHAPTER 11STANDING82 BY YOU P aul George occasionally getshis morning coffee from the White Picket Coffee Shop, about a ten-minute walk from the MGA Whittles head office.Its a place that holds fond memories for MGAs current managing director. As a five-year-old, he recalls sitting in the front room with his aunt, the JR George Insurance Services receptionist. I remember she would sit with a book and draw pictures, he recalls. His dad, John, worked in the back room. Paul started in the insurance industry in 1989, working in claims for Allianz. He spent five happy years there, learning the ropes, before a few years at QBE and CGU. He landed at MGA in 1997. He might have joined the family business earlier, but was not greeted with open arms during the AIBA era.I think I had the wrong surname, he jokes. He earned his stripes at MGA as a broker, including time running a Sydney branch. Allan Amber was his Opposite The White Picketboss when he started. Paul soon realised that neither Coffee House, formerly JohnAllan nor his dad would hold his hand. It was unlikeGeorge's first office. the big corporates."