Patricks host broker seminar - (18 May
2010)
On Tuesday 18th May, Towergate
Patrick hosted their first care themed seminar in the Towergate
offices in Leadenhall Street. Our supporting brokers gathered to
network, enjoy lunch, and hear talks from Sue Lee MD of Patricks,
Steve Coates Head of Property & Casualty for Allianz UK, Mark
Waters, Senior Underwriter at Abbey Legal Protection and Peter
Stanniland, Independent risk management and registration
consultant.
We wanted to provide informative sessions that
would enable our brokers to understand our passion for what we do
and, ultimately, find out more about our offering and how we can
help them and their clients.
Steve Coates gave an overview of Allianz, the
type of sectors and risks they write business for and, importantly,
why they work with Towergate Patrick and what they can offer the
care sector over and above competitors in the market.
After a brief break and the opportunity to
raise some money for our chosen charity, Cancer Research, Peter
Stanniland spoke candidly about his first hand experience in the
sector and what should be done to safeguard the interests of
registered providers in the UK care sector. Peter spoke about
some truly shocking cases whereby committed care providers had been
let down by a system designed only to protect the service users
and, as a result, have lost their business, and in some cases their
liberty, because regulators do not understand the ever-changing
legislation.
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Sue Lee, Managing Director
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Expanding on the theme of employment law, Mark
Waters spoke of how Abbey Legal, along with Allianz, provide the
insurance to back-up the advisory service provided by Peter.
He ran through the legal expenses offering and went on to
discuss why care-providers need legal expenses insurance, what the
LEI does, and how we do it differently.
To round up the morning our speakers and key
members of the team, including our in-house underwriters, were
on-hand to answer questions.
An informal lunch followed at a local watering
hole and, in the spirit of Towergate, we raised £260 to go towards
our sponsorship of the Patricks’ team running in the Royal Parks
half marathon in October, all in aid of Cancer Research.