PRESS RELEASE - 28th July 2014
Premex Insight and AGS Risk
Solutions have announced a significant investment in training
and compliance in advance of new rules governing private
investigators this autumn.
The companies are committed to new regulations laid out by the
Private Security Industry Act, which sees the Home Office
introducing a licensing regime from October 2014 and the
undertaking of licensable activity by an unlicensed person set to
become an offence from 6th April 2015.
Now, all AGS and Premex Insight staff, plus agents who are
undertaking licensable activities will undergo a training and
formal examinations process over the coming months.
Using an E based training package designed specifically by Bisio Training Ltd to
provide the optimum support to students, our staff and agents will
undertake 39 hours of guided learning before sitting a formal
examination to achieve a Level 3 Award for Professional
investigators.
AGS and Insight have begun a new partnership with Bisio, after
conducting a thorough review. Gordon Healiss, managing director of
Insight, says: "As many people will know, our acquisition of AGS
Risk Solutions considerably expanded our network of staff and
agents and as such it was right to spend some time getting the
right provider in place. Having reviewed our business needs, we are
delighted to have this investment in training and competence in
place within the timescales laid out by the Home Office to
introduce investigator licensing. Bisio's e-learning platform is
tailored both to our own and most importantly to Security Industry
Authority requirements and will help us demonstrate that our agents
and operational processes have met a rigorous set of standards that
we can demonstrate within any due diligence framework."
Andy Tish, Managing Director at Bisio, adds: "We are delighted to
have partnered with AGS and Insight. They are recognised for their
commitment to quality and we hope that with the addition of the
Bisio-designed e-learning solution we have put in place that their
reputations will be suitably confirmed."
Editors' notes
Premex Insight is a leading claims investigation company,
offering a suite of services to the insurance industry and the
legal sector. Insight is supported by a team of over 100
employees and operates from offices in Bolton. Established in
2006, Insight provides customers with swift cost saving solutions
through innovative technology and a nationwide panel of experienced
inspectors.
AGS Risk Solutions is a leading provider of intelligence, forensic,
surveillance and compliance solutions. The company was acquired by
the Premex Group/Examworks family in December 2013.
Bisio Training Ltd is a long established training company that
provides online and classroom based investigative training to the
Public and Private sector.
Please
click here for more information on licensed investigators (pdf
document).