It is a firm of travel insurance intermediaries which also trades as Kingfisher Travel Insurance and Kingfisher Insurance Services. The appointment was made in support of a public interest winding-up petition, presented by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The FSA alleges that Whiteley was putting consumers at risk by effecting contracts of insurance as a principal without authorisation prior to 14 January 2005 and in breach of its regulatory permissions from the 14th January by selling insurance policies that were not underwritten by an authorised insurer.
The Provisional Liquidators have set up a helpline for policyholders on 08705 234 803.
