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Tuesday 23rd May saw the biggest and best Purple Conference & Expo to date!  The event was held at the world-class Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, with over 225 people attending.

Purple’s MD, Les Brewin, opened the Conference and introduced sessions on Compliance, giving the members a Regulatory update, and Succession Planning & Equity Release. After lunch it was back into the conference room for a session led by our Group-owned Hamilton Bond focusing on the handling of a major property claim, and then Marsh Networks colleagues explaining the Lloyds & London Market Placement facility available to Purple’s members.

The Expo, with 30 insurer/provider partners supporting, was very lively throughout the afternoon with plenty of networking going on. Many of our insurer friends were commenting that ours is the best Expo they attend and gives them lots of new business opportunities.

Finally, the Conference concluded with the Keynote Address by David Williams, Technical Director at AXA. He gave an insight into a broad range of industry topics such as ‘Ogden’ and a look into the future with the rapid developments in driverless car technology…scary stuff!

The evening dinner was enjoyed by all with caricaturists providing some fun, although the highlight of the show being musical comic Kev Orkian who had everyone in stiches – particularly with his merciless micky-taking out of ‘Mr Les’ and ‘Mr Phil’! There was also a charity raffle which raised an impressive £2,000 for MIND, the mental health charity.

Another hugely successful Purple event!

A selection of images can be seen below:

http://www.richmcd.co.uk/purple-conference-day-images

http://www.richmcd.co.uk/purple-conference-evening-images

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We are pleased to announce the date for next year’s Annual Purple Conference & Expo is…

TUESDAY 23rd MAY 2017 at
THE CELTIC MANOR RESORT

Last year’s event again received fantastic feedback from all attendees, members and exhibitors, so be sure to get the date in your diary NOW and watch out for more news in the coming months.

We are extremely proud to see Purple members doing so well and receiving shortlist nominations for this year’s UK Brokers Awards. Now in their 23rd Year the UK Broker Awards are the leading platform of national recognition with the insurance broker market.

The first one goes to Ladbrook Insurance who are based in Sheffield, they have been shortlisted for Community Broker of the Year.

The second shortlisted broker is Pedalcover Insurance who are based in Bridgend, they have been shortlisted for no less than three awards, The Marketing & Customer Engagement Award, The Customer Service Award and Start-Up Broker of the Year Award.

The awards ceremony is being held in London on the 16th September in London and we would like to wish Ladbrooks and Pedalcover the very best of luck!

http://www.ukbrokerawards.com/static/home