President's blog

Firstly, a warm welcome back to my Deputy, Angus Tucker, who missed the AGM due to long arranged holiday plans. Angus has served the Institute extremely well over many years and I am delighted to have his support.

I am continuing my regular Tuesday visits to Peninsular House and I have not found myself being idle. Take it from me, there is always a great deal to do, despite all the hard work of the Secretariat. Members of our various Committees have been selected and there are some new faces, all of whom are most welcome. Meetings are now being scheduled and the results will be published to all members.

The floods continue to dominate UK adjusting and wherever I have the opportunity, I am saying how well the profession has responded and just how valuable we are to the insurance industry. But we all know there will be a great deal of hard work to do over the next 6-12 months. I suspect we may all become rather more stretched as Hurricane Dean threatens Mexico. Many of our international colleagues will be booking their flights and packing their bags.

I am always happy to hear from members on any subject particularly if you can predict what will happen next! My crystal ball is rather cloudy.