[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Insurance - check yours

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Again, please forgive my cross posting. I have received the following  
mail from Peter Kirby, General Manager of the RSGB, correcting my  
misunderstanding of the situation with Catlins/Orion.
Although Orion did cease trading 6 months ago, this WAS apparently  
announced in RadCom and other media.
I was not aware of the announcement and so apologise to the RSGB and  
RadCom for my complaint that we had not been notified.
-- 
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be
reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

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Dear Mr Ferrington,

I have recently sighted an Email you placed on various reflectors  
warning/announcing that the RSGB Insurance scheme through the Lloyds  
syndicate Catlins had gone out of business.

This I am afraid that not only is the information you put out  
incorrect but this is very old news.  The insurance brokers Orion who  
were handling this business ceased trading some 6 months ago this was  
widely reported by the RSGB at the time in RadCom on GB2RS and on the  
RSGB website.  At the same time we reassured those members/Radio  
Amateurs that Catlins the underwriters providing the insurance cover  
would honour all policies until the time for policy renewal.  The RSGB  
could not write to each individual policy holder because we do not  
know who has joined the scheme this is between the broker and the  
individual amateur so the only method of announcing the news was via  
the mediums listed above.

The Society has worked with Catlins since the announcement to try to  
identify another broker to take on the business, to date we have been  
unsuccessful.  The RSGB’s role is to put its name to the scheme only.   
We do not recommend or have any other involvement.

I am more than happy for you to place this Email on the reflectors you  
posted your Email on to correct the mis-information you put out in  
your original Email.

Yours sincerely

Peter Kirby, G0TWW

Peter Kirby.
General Manager.

Registered office:
Radio Society of Great Britain
3 Abbey Court
Fraser Road
Priory Business Park
Bedford
MK44 3WH
Tel +44 (0) 1234 832700
Fax +44 (0) 1234 831496
Registered Number: 216431


On 18 Sep 2008, at 12:43, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:

> Please forgive the cross posting, especially if you aren’t a G or an  
> M.
> I have just found out that the company that provided the RSGB Radio  
> Insurance Plan
> Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.
> (as advertised in RadCom last year I believe) went out of business  
> sometime ago - I don't know when.
>
> I discovered this by chance and have seen no notification of this in  
> RadCom - something I would have expected since it was RadCom that  
> recommend it.
>
> My policy is due soon and since I've increased my kit (added a K3 to  
> start with :-), I'm going to go back to the previous provider -  
> "Amateur Radio Insurance services" supplied by Stuart Alexander Ltd.  
> (0207 3351647).
> I have no association with them other than being a previously happy  
> customer.
>
> I only went to the RSGB plan because it was recommended by the RSGB  
> and was slightly cheaper (very slightly), lesson learnt!
>
> Again, apologies for the bandwidth.
> -- 
> If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of  
> the
> game, the stakes, and the quitting time. -Chinese Proverb
>