By Andrew Tjaardstra on July 10, 2009 7:31 PM
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It has been a whirlwind tour around the UK this week, with trips to Glasgow, Somerset and Cardiff writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor, PB.
On Thursday (2 July) it was a strange but welcome sight seeing so many PRs outside Incisive's local to bid a hearty goodbye to Insurance Age's editor Michelle Worvell. She will be missed both in the market and at Incisive. Good luck Michelle with your next job, creating a financial consumer website at Defaqto.
On Friday, I rose at the crack of dawn to fly up to Glasgow to host a roundtable with some lively Scottish brokers and LV= as part of our build-up for the PB Management Event.Read all about the impact of the recession, insurers' service and whether the market is hardening in August's edition of the magazine, and also an interview with Hamilton-based broker Moreland's director Alan Johnston in Broking Success.
On Monday, once again rising early I ventured far south to Wells in Somerset to catch up with Higos's managing director Ian Gosden. Again read all about it August, in particular his strong views on insurance marketing and aggregators; let's just say, he is not impressed.
On Wednesday, it was an early start to get the train for Cardiff fo the first day of the Ashes. Great venue; atmosphere; weather - I think it could be a regular fixture in the test calendar. The Barmy Army were on great form, let's hope the England team can raise their game to make it a great series. Sadly, I missed the British Insurance Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, but everybody has said it was a fantastic occassion hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain and insurance editor-in-chief Anthony Gould. Look out for the awards' supplement in next week's Post magazine, congratulations to MCE for winning the Personal Lines Broker of the Year and to Lockton International for winning Commercial Lines Brokers of the Year.
Competition
This week PB has launched a fantastic competition with Allianz, where two 14-16 year olds will win a trip to Munich, including training with Bayern Munich's coaches, a trip to a Bayern Munich game and a chance to meet some of Munich's players. The trip is over the week-end of the 28 August when Bayern Munich is playing last year's German champions Wolfsburg. To enter your children, they need to write why they should be at the Allianz Junior Football Camp and to upload their favourite picture of them playing football.
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