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1. Which former prime minister used to work for an insurance broker called Price Forbes?

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2. What is the annual salary of the Insurance Ombudsman?

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3. Who was appointed head of the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau in November?

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4. Who is Angela Darling?

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5. Which major city do seismologists predict will be destroyed in an earthquake in the future?

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6. The GISC has suggested a minimum number of hours for insurance staff to spend on training each year. How many?

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7. Who is chairman of the British Damage Management Association, which launched in December?

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8. Former Axa strategy director Wai Au left her post and resurfaced in another insurance job – doing what?

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9. The chief executive of PPP Healthcare resigned in November. Who was he?

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10. Name the managing director of Groupama, who resigned in November.

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11. Name the four industry figures pictured left.

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12. Which insurer had to defend itself on Radio 4 over allegations that one of its policies could potentially entice NHS staff into accepting bribes?

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13. Which well-known sporting event did Hill House Hammond sign up to use its brand name to sell motor insurance?

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14. Which building society did CGU clinch an exclusive deal with to underwrite its mortgage and personal loan payment protection insurance?

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15. Which broker was the first to implement AIRMIC's call for brokers to reveal their dealings with insurers to clients?

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16. Torch was bought in November. Who by?

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17. When Axa took over Guardian, who quipped that the ABI would soon stand for the Association of Both Insurers?

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18. What Lloyd's broker was put into voluntary liquidation in September after its board discovered deficiencies with the insurance brokers account?

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19. The latest CGU television advertisements feature a song by one of Britain's best known pop stars. Name the artist and name that tune.

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20. What made Biba roar with pride during the summer?

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21. What did the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine appoint civil servant Brian Blackwell to do in July?

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22. Who featured in the ABI's advertising posters for its anti-fraud campaign?

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23. The retail network Opus was originally part of which broking group?

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24. Who is chairman of Aon UK Holdings?

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25. Who described himself as a "living example of the dangers of smoking" and is suing the tobacco industry for £200,000?

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26. What event in 1990 meant that Lloyd's and London market insurers had to pay additional losses up to $150m this year?

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27. What is the name of the fantasy insurance game launched by Syndicate 55, Lloyd-Roberts, in April?

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