With some new providers, as far flung as Iceland, entering the mix Solicitors spent a whopping £255.7 million on Professional Indemnity Insurance this year. This compares with a spend of £213.5 last year - an increase of £42.2 million, lots of cash in anyones book. XL Insurance seem to be sitting pretty with over 18%
One of the things that keeps a job in insurance interesting is the introduction of new products. We are constantly looking at ways of assisting you (our clients) in as many ways as possible. I am therefore pleased to confirm we will be looking to deal with some new and exciting products in terms of
According to a recent survey 20% of holidaymakers travelling abroad don’t take out travel insurance. Currently there are somewhere between 13,500,000 and 15,000,000 trips abroad by UKresidents. Whilst this number is some two or three million less than in 2008 it does mean that up to 3,000,000 uninsured trips being made each year. To me
A whopping fine totalling £1.15 million has been demanded from high street giants Marks & Spencer and three of its contractors for unsafe work. A Bournemouth court found M&S et al guilty of placing customers and construction workers at risk of exposure to harmful asbestos during recent refurbishment works to their Bournemouth and Reading stores.
Comedy legend Eddie Izzard talked about a shop that used to be open for business in Tooting that sold musical instruments and firearms 'get your guns and banjos here'. Harry Hill commented on the combination of key cutting and shoe repairs 'what would they do if I went in wearing a massive pair of keys
Well its now September and most of the staff here have returned from various summer vacations and it appears here at Fairweather we are the exception that proves the rule. According to Virgin Atlantic, who obviously have too much time on their hands, insurance professionals are most likely to suffer from extreme sunburn. Clearly we
It seems I can't go half way round the world without ending up in a conversation about insurance. I was in Canada recently, Ontario specifically, visiting some friends who as it happens, had an accident. There are some crazy motoring laws in Canada such as being able to turn right at a red light. That is
I have heard of people paying thousands at Charity auctions to dine with their favourite actors, pop stars or sports personalities. I myself have parted with the odd nifty fifty or cool £100 to hear a haggard rugby legend spin a yarn or two. How much would you be willing to part with to have
As the tin of Baxters - other manufacturers are available - Carrot and Coriander soup careered towards the laptop no amount of leaping across the kitchen was going to stop the inevitable. Whilst time seemed to stand still, the weighty tin smashed into the keyboard dispersing letters left right and centre. The dog got to the H, J
It might interest you to know that a study has revealed that plot lines in soaps over the last three years have resulted in a fictional insurance bill of at least £1,000,000! The single most costly incident being the siege, fire and explosion at Weatherfield's knicker factory which would have given rise to an insurance claim costing in the region of £150,000.