It has been uncertain times since returning after the new year break as managers attempt to work out how bad 2009 is going to be, writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor, Professional Broking.
To misquote Charles Dickens, these have been the worst of times and, if we believe everything we read and hear via the global media circus, the best of times are a long way off, writes Adrian Colosso, chief executive of Heath Lambert.
Today Aon was fined 5.25m pounds by the Financial Services Authority after the regulator gave the broker its largest financial crime related fine writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of Professional Broking, the management magazine for insurance brokers.
