Friday 14 October 2022 marked time-up for one of our longest serving members of Temple Legal Protection. After 22 (twenty-two) years, Paul pulled the plug on his employment with us and made his decision to retire.
With 40 years’ plus experience in the insurance industry, we have certainly lost an extremely experienced colleague.
Paul has seen ATE insurance go from being a ‘nuisance’ to a ‘necessity’. He has been there to help Temple predict and respond effectively to become market leaders.
Speaking of Paul’s retirement, our Senior Underwriting Manager, Matthew Best commented;
“I joined Temple in July 2011 with Paul as my original mentor. Learning the ropes as it were, couldn’t have taken place with anyone better suited. If ever there was a problem to solve (and there were!), Paul would always come up with the answers.
Paul cultivated fantastic relationships with all of the accounts under his management. His ability to build rapport was second to none. He was a very important cog in our team and he will be sorely missed.”
Looking to the future, our underwriting team remain committed to building upon the business relationships and service standards Paul contributed to over the last 20 years; in order to ensure our customers are provided with the very best products for their clients.
We wish Paul all the very best for the future.
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Matthew Best Cert CII
Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
Matthew Best Cert CII
Matt has an insurance background and joined Temple in 2011 having worked for 4 years in a leading insurance company where he was dealing with personal injury work. Matthew was promoted to Underwriting Manager and subsequently Senior Underwriting Manager taking on overall responsibility for Temple’s personal injury and clinical negligence underwriting department.
In 2022 Matt joined the board of directors as Director of ATE Partnerships. Matthew has cultivated fantastic relationships with our business partners for many years. His ability to build a clear understanding of their requirements and more importantly what is required to fulfil such requirements means he is ideally placed to support the strategic direction of the company.
Matt remains the head of the personal injury and clinical negligence department and is committed to all Temple’s business partners in order to deliver the highest level of service they expect. He is also responsible in making sure that Temple’s ATE and disbursement funding products remain competitive, but most importantly that they are fit for purpose for solicitors and their clients.
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