Webinar Event - Cyber Insurance

The Insurance Institute of Cardiff invite you to a webinar on Cyber Insurance

Event Details:

Thursday 2^nd December 2021 10:30 - 11:30

The webinar will be run via Zoom, a global web-conferencing solution. Zoom is easy to use, a link and joining instructions will be sent to you prior to the webinar.

About the session:

Cyber risk is a growing issue for all businesses, so brokers and insurers need to understand the risks and insurance cover available. No two cyber policies are the same so this can be a complex area for insurers, brokers, and their clients to understand the cover offered. This session reviews the cyber risk insurance solutions available in this rapidly changing class.

The webinar will be run by Nick Thomas of Nick Thomas & Associates and Diane Jenkins BA (Hons), ACII, Chartered Insurance Broker

Content and Learning:

• Coverage found in a typical cyber policy – data breach, BI, cyber liability, cyber-crime, issues of retro dates, social engineering limitations, industrial control systems, definition of BI indemnity periods and limit calculation.
• Market developments - hardening of rates, additional security and protection requirement, ransom payment issues., concern about group actions, implications of Lloyd v Google Supreme Court action
• Market innovation - parametric, stand-alone breach support, wrap policies, industry specific policies

About the speaker:

Nick is an Economics graduate with over 25 years corporate insurance broking experience

He was a highly successful sales producer in the UK broking market before progressing into regional and then national sales leadership roles. As National Development Director at HSBC, Nick was one of only 40 people from a global workforce of 265,000 selected as part of the STARS programme to recognise exceptional performance. He is a highly trained consultative sales specialist, and his experience includes a secondment with a major management consultant to design a best practice sales process.

In the mid-2000s, Nick developed a chronic health condition; his journey to recovery fostered a new range of interests, and a passion for health, and performance. He studied widely, qualifying as a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), obtaining a Diploma in Life Coaching, before going on to study Corporate/Business Coaching with The Coaching Academy. Nick is also a qualified Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Advanced Exercise Coach.

In the last two years Nick has worked in a self-employed capacity in training, coaching, and consulting. He works with a specialist adviser in Insurance sector M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions), and through Nick Thomas & Associates.

Diane has huge experience working with major Brokers across a range of roles and disciplines, to include:

• Placement
• Programme design
• Training
• New business
• Client Servicing
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) due diligence

Diane is now a highly respected trainer to the insurance market.

Diane's strength is in practical application of knowledge with specific specialisms including Business Interruption, Cyber and Property Owners.

She is the Education Secretary and former chairperson of the London Business Interruption Association. She was part of the IIL Advance Study Group - Business Interruption Policy Wordings and has collaborated with the authors of several Business Interruption textbooks.

She is a member of the Cyber Insurance Association, and she carries out the insurance cyber policy reviews for Cyber|Decider (https://www.cyberdecider.com/)

Diane's work includes delivery as an Associate for Nick Thomas & Associates.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the cyber risks covered in an SME cyber policy.
• Be aware of key cyber insurance market developments and their practical implications for brokers and insurers.
• Be aware of cyber market innovations and their potential use for clients

Further information.

A link will be sent via your email address supplied at the time of booking. PLEASE DO NOT share this with anyone else.

Please note that this webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform which may be restricted by some employers. Members may need to utilise their own personal devices in these circumstances to access the platform.