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Someone's not a fan of Nationwide Insurance
- Thread starter Bozza
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scoobiewhite
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Unfortunately its insurance in general. My Old Man's been a broker for fifty odd years (Used to work with Sir Des in the early days). Interestingly he buys very little insurance for himself as a result of understanding the industry.
He did have the best client ever though....a man who's genuine name was......Hamilton Reckless. Damn I wanted to be called that!
Puppet Master
non sequitur
- Aug 14, 2012
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ahaha!
blueandwhitestripes
Active member
Reminds me of a company I used to work for that had a customer called Norman Conquest
scoobiewhite
Well-known member
Reminds me of a company I used to work for that had a customer called Norman Conquest
Hamilton Reckless was just the pick of the bunch, another one I remember was a Chinese customer called Ivan Ho. I promise I'm not making it up.
There's a Successful Business owner around the Southeast called Mike Hunt as well come to think of it. The Family own car dealerships, Singing Hills and East Sussex National Golf Clubs and loads of other stuff.
If, heaven forbid, we lost TB as chairman, I would have my fingers crossed for him to come on board!
Superphil
Dismember
[edit] in my business experience. You would not want him at the Albion, I promise you.
So what you're saying is it's not worth sniffing around Mike Hunt?
scoobiewhite
Well-known member
scoobiewhite
Well-known member
Actually had heard as much. We nearly did some work with hippo golf clubs, a brand the family owned. There were some warning signs but it never happened so can't judge on personal experience.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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What a cracking domain name
drew
Drew
I worked for a Uk Broker in Haywards Heath back in the 80s and one of our clients was Wayne Kerr Ltd. Company is still trading!
brakespear
Doctor Worm
Yeah, used to do work for them when I worked in Portslade. They put out some guff about it being a celebration of Anglo-American relations, choosing an actor from each country (John Wayne and Deborah Kerr) to symbolise this
Publius Ovidius
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I worked with a bloke called Alan Keys and one of our sales people is called James Bond.
- Aug 7, 2003
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QS's have great names, these days. I currently deal with William Shakespeare, Richard Burton and Thing Swee Chew.
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
Quick, someone tell me the email address for the Daily Mail's news desk!
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Called insurance broker today for advice about a possible leaky roof and claiming it on insurance - he told me not to bother, and just pay the contractor unless it was really expensive. So Nationwide are probably not alone in their service standards. Other companies doing their best to wriggle out of paying what their policies pretend they are liable for.
Similar experieince with Ansvar Insurance following the recent storms.
These kind folks told me that they would not cover the damage to our roof because it had not been windy enough!
Certainly won't be taking out another policy with them at renewal!