Foster Leighton has extended its service to the small and start up Charity, Voluntary, & Not-for-profit Sector, with a new on line quotation facility.
You are now able to obtain quotations, and go on cover at a time to suit you.
For more information on this service please click here.
Foster Leighton were proud to be asked to be Principal Sponsors of the 2009 CHICKS Golf day. Nearly 20 teams from local organisations competed for the trophy at the Elfordleigh Golf & Country Club near
The event raised over £4,750 for the charity. Country Holidays for Inner City Kids (CHICKS) is a registered children's charity, founded in 1992, which offers free, 6-day residential respite breaks for disadvantaged children from across the
The Motor Insurer's Bureau (MIB) has just launched its new Stay Insured campaign. According to the MIB there are a staggering 1.7M motorists who take to the roads daily without proper insurance. Last year the number of drivers caught without insurance would have filled Wembley Stadium twice over. You may have already heard about the increasing numbers of uninsured vehicles being seized by the police. Vehicles seized and crushed would have filled the Channel Tunnel nose to tail in both directions. This is great news for the honest motorists who are subsidising these cheats.
However, you may not know that the accuracy and currency of the Motor Insurance Database (MID) has a direct impact on the success of this campaign to take uni...
As you may already know, an ISA (Individual Savings Account) is a useful way to protect your cash savings from tax on the interest, or your Stocks & Shares investments from income and capital gains tax.
In the last budget, the Chancellor announced significant changes to the ISA tax rules and these are listed below. The new limits come into effect from 6th October 2009 for those aged 50 and over; and from 6th April 2010 for everybody else.
If you have purchased a diamond ring or anything else made from precious metals in the last few years and insured it for the purchase price, you may now find it difficult to replace for the original cost.
With the strength of the Euro and the Dollar against Sterling this is having an effect on the replacement values for all luxury brand goods.
We feel so strongly that Health and Safety in the workplace is of the highest priority that we have set up this additional service to help you realise this fact and to assist you through the legal and practical issues. Our aim is to provide you and your staff with a safe and healthy workplace.
In addition to the latest news, membership of our service brings access to a wide range of facilities, designed to help you stay compliant with current legislation and with legislation changes as they occur, including:
Free 24/7 access to your personal Health & Safety Expert
Updates of current and future legislation
Opportunities to reduce Risk, Maintain Staff Welfare and Stay Profitable
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Two members of Foster Leighton's staff have helped a local charity CHICKS to raise over £3,000 by abseiling down the side of the National Marine Aquarium in
Foster Leighton are saddened to announce the death of their Consultant, Andrew Wilson after a short illness.
Andrew joined Foster Leighton in 2006 after their acquisition of Wilson & Co Insurance Brokers of Ottery St Mary, which he ran for over 20 years. Andrew was a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, and will be missed by many friends and colleagues in the Insurance Industry as well as his former clients. He leaves a widow Helen and two children, Michael and Gwen, and we extend our deepest sympathy to them for their loss.
John Foster, Chairman of Foster Leighton said "Andrew was an old fashioned insurance man in the best sense of the word. Always putting his client's interests ahead of his ow...
"We are delighted to announce that we have been able to strengthen our commercial team with the addition of
As well as underwriting Jeremy has a wealth of knowledge in dealing with commercial claims an...
A Foster Leighton polo shirt of the type usually only sported at Golf Days and other corporate events was recently seen on the so-called “Roof of the World”,
Foster Leighton was delighted to be able to become one of the many sponsors of her trip, and being seen in high places wearing our shirt was her way of saying “Thank you”
Holly has sent us a write up of her Visit to Nepal, and this can be downloaded here.
In 2006, Foster Leighton took over the business of Wilson & Co of Ottery St Mary.
In addition, in a busy year for acquisitions, we t...
Foster Leighton has sponsored a donkey for Chad Rowland of Norwich Union called ‘Oscar’, who lives at the Donkey Sanctuary in
The donkey sanctuary is located in Sutton Coldfield in the heart of
The Board of Foster Leighton has asked Simon Palmer BSc, MAAT to assume the role of Group Company Secretary with effect from 1st January 2007.
Margaret Reid has carried out these duties to good effect for many years, but with the ever increasing complexity of company law, it was felt that this job was now one that required close and full time attention.
Margaret will remain on the staff and continue to assist Simon on Credit Control matters on a part time basis. John Foster and the other Directors thank Margaret for her excellent work and the loyalty to the Company she has shown over the years.
Foster Leighton has always been a technology led Company, and this has been an increasing trend over the past few years with the introduction of on-line services and in particular, the migration of our main policy record and accounting system to the Insight Application Service Provider environment.
Information systems will continue to play a vital role in our business and the Board of Directors realise the importance of having someone with expertise in this area among their number. Accordingly, they have invited David Liggins, our current Information Systems Manager to join the Board. David will also bring his Financial Services knowledge to further strengthen our position in that field. FSA approval for the appointment has been sought...
The Foster Leighton board decided recently that everyone in Foster Leighton (IFA’s, accounts and support staff, etc, in fact everyone except the cleaners), should have as a minimum standard of insurance knowledge passed the CII Foundation Insurance Test. No-one was exempted, not even the Chairman who passed his ACII exam more years ago than he cares to remember. This resulted in much swotting not least by John Foster who was concerned about how much ribbing he might come in for in the unlikely event of his failure. Finally, the day came for the mass sitting of the FIT exam, followed by deep joy all round – a 100% success rate. Rod Fry our T&C Officer is plotting ways of moving the bar still higher…………
Foster Leighton & Co Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority our registration number is 126095. The Financial Services Authority website, which includes a register of all regulated firms, can be visited at www.fsa.gov.uk/register or by calling the FSA on 0845 606 1234.
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