PB Week: From Munich to Hastings

clive-galbraith

Clive Galbraith, chairman of Hastings-based broker Green Campbell Fisk, reviews a week including the Oktoberfest and berating a Conservative MP about the FSCS levy.

Monday


I flew to Munich yesterday as part of an Allianz trip to Oktoberfest and visited the Allianz stadium, home to Bayern Munich, this morning before heading to the 'main event' in the evening. Apparently six million people visit Oktoberfest over 14 days, and whilst I cannot be accurate after eight litres of German beer, I reckon that is about 450,000 per day. And most of them appear to be insurance brokers from the UK.

Why is it that whenever an insurer links an event to booze the attendance

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@insuranceage.co.uk.

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@insuranceage.co.uk to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Insurance Age? View our subscription options

Register

Sign up and gain access to five complimentary news articles every month.

Already have an account? Sign in here

This address will be used to create your account

Applied updates on commercial push

Applied Systems has confirmed Arch Insurance is about to enter the pilot phase of onboarding and will be live on the Applied Epic broker management system in April, with Iprism and Ark to follow and more promised in 2024.

GIC completes Miller deal

Institutional investor GIC has completed the takeover of Miller, buying out previous co-investor private equity house Cinven.

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have an Insurance Age account, please register now.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an indvidual account here: