Hill Dickinson is in advanced talks with Keogh's to transfer its entire insurance business, with the exception of Marine and Healthcare.
Peter Jackson, Hill Dick's Chief Exec, told me this morning that general insurance had become so commoditised that it was now out of kilter with the firm's more specialist Marine and Healthcare practices. It made sense for the firm's lawyers to go somewhere which was committed exclusively to insurance and could provide greater investment and career progression. The aim is for everyone to move by the end of 2017.
Jackson said "I believe that our partners and staff involved in any transition would benefit from moving to a firm whose sole focus is insurance and has invested heavily in IT to service clients efficiently. Furthermore, it would allow us to focus our resource and efforts on areas of future strategic growth, including marine, commercial and health work, while maintaining close relationships with Keoghs to provide an enhanced offering to our retained clients who require insurance related advice.”
Peter Jackson, Hill Dick's Chief Exec, told me this morning that general insurance had become so commoditised that it was now out of kilter with the firm's more specialist Marine and Healthcare practices. It made sense for the firm's lawyers to go somewhere which was committed exclusively to insurance and could provide greater investment and career progression. The aim is for everyone to move by the end of 2017.
Jackson said "I believe that our partners and staff involved in any transition would benefit from moving to a firm whose sole focus is insurance and has invested heavily in IT to service clients efficiently. Furthermore, it would allow us to focus our resource and efforts on areas of future strategic growth, including marine, commercial and health work, while maintaining close relationships with Keoghs to provide an enhanced offering to our retained clients who require insurance related advice.”
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Just to test my hypothesis, one of the proudest moments of my career was to coin the phrase (subsequently heard on the lips of many a barrister, including a number instructed by the firm in question) 'Keoghsian bumslurry'.
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Keoghs...
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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rugby league?
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