President's blog

I guess by now we are all now finding travelling to work a little more difficult since the schools have gone back. I had hoped to obtain some early respite from this by booking a four day break to Majorca only to have the outbound flight delayed by six and a half hours! I already know what some of you will be saying about my departure at a busy time like this.

Flooding seems to be back on the news agenda again and although I have had no calls for TV appearances, Sky News did send me a CD of three of my interviews. This is now available from my Agent and is being widely circulated in Hollywood! Regrettably, no calls thus far. On a serious note, we are approaching a time when media interest is likely to heighten. It will be 100 days from the Yorkshire floods in early October.

Also on the publicity front, many of you will have seen the smiling face of John Bell in the last two editions of the Post Magazine. Well done to him and the AON marketing team!

Yesterday I had lunch with Stephen Thorpe, the President of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters. He is a qualified member of CILA and, as if to prove what a true gentlemen he is, he never mentioned the Rugby once – come to think of it neither did I! We wish him a safe trip back to his family and friends in Adelaide.