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It's the end of an era. A new watchdog is about to clean up the excesses of the hitherto unregulated claims farming industry. Mark Boleat, formerly director general of the Association of British Insurers, is now head of claims management regulation at the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Boleat began authorising companies last month under the new compensation act and, from April, it will be an offence to provide claims management services without authorisation. The trading standards department of Staffordshire County Council will police the notoriously unruly sector. ....