Incident / Fraud & Claims Investigation
Welcome to Amalgam Training Ltd a Nationally & Internationally renowned provider of Incident/Fraud/Claims Investigation techniques and procedures.
The roots of Amalgam Training can be firmly established as far back as 1998 when Dean Hyde founder of the training company were developing Civil Incident Investigation techniques as a work provider.
Our promise:
Course price transparency with no hidden fees
First class training facilities
National Qualifications recognised within the industry. Who do you choose? AVA, City & Guilds, NOCN, OCR all credible awarding bodies regulated and accredited by OFQAL. DnA Awards were the first awarding organisation in the UK to develop a National Qualification dedicated to this profession, the qualification was backed by Major Insurers, Solicitors and Claims Management Companies, don't be fooled by accredited qualifications as opposed to National Qualifications, there is only one Certificate in Incident, Fraud & Claims Investigation and it is currently only delivered by Amalgam Training. Take just a few minutes of your time (Download time 4 or 5 mins) to listen to a keynote speech about qualifications in this industry by clicking here
Genuine introduction to work providers on graduation
Amalgam Training actively seeks to incorporate new technologies, advances and legislation changes within the current curriculum. The techniques learned at Amalgam Training through several bespoke courses can be applied to both Insurance & Personal Injury claims/Incident investigation.
Mission Statement
To develop courses which are relevant to both Insurance & Personal Injury claims/incident investigation and processes?
To deliver the most comprehensive Insurance & Personal Injury Claims/incident investigation training in the UK and to be at the forefront of developing and standardising industry best practice.
To provide continuing support industries updates and facilitate further development of students throughout their career.
Amalgam Training adhere to the professional Codes of Conduct of the Trading Standards Institute as a benchmark for consumer practice.
Introduction
Amalgam Training was established as a training company in 2010 borne out of Accident Liability management - an accident investigation company, which was founded in 1998 from Hyaccin and limited in 2001 by Dean Hyde who now heads up Amalgam Training.
The dynamic management team at Accident Liability Management envisaged a time when the Personal Injury sector would be regulated much the same as the financial services, Insurance & Legal industries.
Recognising a need for quality training within this industry, the team set about developing a course which would be the students passport to success. The course was a culmination of many facets, which meant taking every single course available within this type of industry, and learning from those training providers and making Amalgam's training course the best possible available in the UK today.
Amalgam's hunger for success has led to many agreements with recognised awarding bodies, work providers and government bodies, so that today any student of Amalgam can be assured that our training is unsurpassed.
Our commitment to our students ensures that their training will remain the best in the UK today and will continue to be our students passport to success. Amalgam has developed further into the field of Insurance Claims investigation as well as Personal Injury claims investigation & procedures.
Amalgam Training History
Dean Hyde"s career began in the London Fire Brigade in 1982 and included many facets and training including (RTC) Road Traffic Collision extraction techniques, Civil Aircraft Collision and evacuation training with CAA firefighters at both Heathrow and Gatwick. Military Aircraft Collision and evacuation training with the RAF at Manston. Underground Railway Collision and passenger evacuation with London Underground.
Whilst serving in the Fire Service Dean and Lin Hyde used an opportunity to invest funds by purchasing and managing licensed premises. The origins of Amalgam started in 1994 when both Lin Hyde (DnA Group Qualifications & Accreditation Director) and Dean Hyde (DnA Group Uk Ltd Managing Director) were involved in the licensed industry employing 47 people. Health & Safety was a big issue and such a large workforce and customers mixed provided a hot bed for personal injury claims.
Lin Hyde became heavily involved in the training of individual employees in NVQ"s and eventually left the licensed trade to become an Internal Verifier at Stafford College directly involved with the delivery of NVQ training with City & Guilds as the awarding body.
Dean Hyde was involved in Health & Safety and the investigation of Public Liability and accident in the workplace claims within the licensed trade and started his own business Hyaccin (Hyde Accident Investigation) in 1998, investigating personal injury claims.
Having a need to employ investigators Dean Hyde set about developing a training course for his own employees. Knowing that the industry would one day be regulated both Dean Hyde and Lin Hyde set about developing a course which would benefit persons entering the industry.
In 2000 the company changed it"s name to Accident Liability Management and became a limited company in August 2001. In carrying out research in to other training providers Dean Hyde attended as many courses as possible and still attends courses today to further his knowledge. Dean Hyde is an Expert Witness and on occasion has attended court in relation to Road Traffic Collisions.
Lin Hyde enjoys many adult education qualifications and both Dean and Lin Hyde are qualified NVQ assessors. In 2002 Accident Liability Management split into two companies Accident Liability Management Ltd which would concentrate on investigation and ALM Training Ltd which would concentrate on training.
ALM Training Ltd formed the College of Personal Injury Investigation in 2004 and laid the foundations as far as qualifications and accreditations are concerned which are used by ALM today. The College advanced these qualifications and accreditations to include vocational paralegal training on behalf of the Institute of Legal Executives with City & Guilds Certification at Level 3.
The College was discontinued in 2007 due to ALM being instrumental in the formulation of training in Civil & Criminal Investigation covering all disciplines within Insurance & Personal Injury Investigation. ALM reverted to it's original trading name of ALM Training Ltd and has become the only industry accredited training provider so far, to deliver a qualification at Level 4 Nationally.
Amalgam Training incorporated in 2010 after the demise of ALM Training Ltd and enjoys many accreditations thanks to Dean Hyde and his team which will give the student confidence that their investment is with an organisation which takes itself seriously and is striving to achieve top level training and support within the Insurance & Personal Injury industry.
Why Incident / Fraud & Claims Investigation?
Due to the increase in fraudulent claims, demand for Incident Investigators is growing.
Train & Work around your existing commitments, via our flexible training and work programmes.
Flexible hours, offering you a better work/life balance.
No previous experience required.
No upper age limit, there is no substitute in this industry for experience of life.
Career satisfaction by providing an invaluable service to the Public, Insurance & Legal Services.
Earning potential commensurate with quality, reliability & consistency.
Increase your earning potential even further through referral work and established work providers.
Why Train With Amalgam Training?
We are part of a larger network of organisations – who are Specialist providers of Incident/Accident Investigation & Training to the Insurance & Legal Services Sector.
Incident / Fraud & Claims Investigation training is our specialist field and we are recognised and highly regarded by industry professionals.
We provide the complete package (Training & Work), so that you can enter your new career with total confidence.
Ongoing course and work support.
Guaranteed work or your training fee reimbursed*
Accredited training by the only awarding body developing specific qualifications in Incident / Fraud & Claims Investigation at Level 4 and recognised by leading industry stakeholders
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Further Details
Agents Typically Work for;
Instruction Agencies
On qualification you will be provided with a list of agencies (currently 23) who recruit our qualified students. Fees for any instruction work carried out for agencies are a set fee and are paid a month in arrears. Generally most instruction work can take anywhere from 30mins to 3 hours and fees are in the region of £25 to £110. On average £55 to £100.
Claimant Lawyers
You are not part of an exclusivity deal when it comes to agencies and you can carry out work for solicitors directly who pay a set fee or provide work where you can charge on an hourly basis.
Insurance Companies
Insurance claims investigation is usually paid as a set fee per task and payment is usually a month in arrears. Fees vary wildly dependant on case.
Small to Medium Enterprises (SME’s) carrying out workplace investigation
Carrying out site inspections for businesses who want to audit their own in house health and safety depts, or insurers who want to monitor insured employers compliance can bring fees up to £250 in some instances.
Employers who have work vehicles
Working as a consultant/investigator for Manorr there is an opportunity to earn residual income from customers of Manorr, further you can earn additional sums as a consultant/investigator. Money is paid to you every year that a customer remains in their contract. Typically an average customer can earn you £180 per annum plus £250 per annum consultancy and up to £400 per annum for instruction work. The optimum amount of customers you could be servicing could be as many as 200 per annum. The 2 day course is free of charge to investigators trained by Amalgam Training.
Referral work for personal injury claims
The DnA Group are registered with the Ministry of Justice and are regulated for claims management activities, this means we can pay you referral fees of £200 per qualified referral and an additional £200 for the instruction fee.
All of these tasks and earning opportunities you will learn by attending our training course.
Your earnings potential is directly linked to the quality of your work and the ability to be able to serve your clients well. Most of the investigators work for between 7 & 9 different organisations. On average the earnings are between 35k and 45k if you work for an average working week.
Ultimately, every single day is different, you will be making decisions that will affect peoples lives, some in a positive way, because your investigation has led to them receiving compensation for their injuries, some not so positive because as a result of your investigation a fraudulent claim has not proceeded.
You may be thinking that it’s all too good to be true, in essence the catch is nothing more simple than YOU! If you do not have the following attributes you will not succeed,
If you cannot listen to people or talk to people
If you are not naturally inquisitive
If you cannot motivate yourself to get up and work
If you do not have a basic understanding of computers (IT support can be given remotely for 3 months on your home desktop by our trainers at £150 + VAT)
Listed here are some of the skills that you will need in order to qualify and work within the industry.
Analytical
Communicating (verbal and non-verbal)
Decision making
Document formatting
Interviewing
Negotiating
Numeracy
Organising
Planning
Problem solving
Proof reading (spelling and grammar)
Reading
Report presentation
Researching
Team working
Using own initiative
Using technology
Word processing
Working to specific instruction
Writing
This Training Course is taught in classrooms in the following locations:
Nottingham
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