Penny Black's Insurance Week - 31 October 2013

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Law Society chairman Des Hudson shared a joke with his audience during his speech at the annual Motor Accident Solicitors Society conference this week.

He told the crowd he was looking edgy as he had been due to speak to the Metropolitan Police Downing Street Protection Squad, but quipped: “It is all ok because I spoke to the guys at the Met and they’ve agreed to amend the notes of the meeting to say I was there.” After the raucous laughter subsided, he added: “Hopefully that’s not been recorded otherwise I might be sued by the Metropolitan Police.” Not recorded in the strictest sense, Des, but Penny notes everything.

And now for something completely different – or so former Lorica chief operating officer Stephen Godbold probably said following his departure from the broker in June this year. Penny is thrilled to report that Godbold is beavering away on a new project as a theatre impresario before returning to insurance next year. He is currently acting as a devoted executive producer for a production of A Christmas Carol, set to play 14 theatres up and down the country in the run-up to Christmas this year. The show is set to finish with three weeks in London’s West End. Bravo, Stephen! Encore!                    

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