Financial awareness – a plain English overview

>> Event Overview

Covid-19 has forced the UK into a recession and understanding clients’ accounts has never been more important for brokers and underwriters alike, with tremendous scrutiny now being put on clients' accounts, so account executives, account handlers and underwriters will need to understand the main terminology.

This presentation, provided by Alan Chandler, looks to provide a plain English understanding of what is in a balance sheet, Profit and Loss account, a cash flow statement and how these can be read easily by non-accountants.

The webinar will also include an overview of the main financial ratios again explained in a plain English way aimed at non accountants.

>> Learning Objectives

The presentation will enable delegates to understand:

• The different component parts of a Balance sheet and what underwriters should look for.
• The different parts of a profit and loss statement.
• What is a cash flow statement.
• How to do some basic financial ratios to get a better understanding of a policyholder's financial position.

>> Speaker Biography

Alan Chandler is widely regarded as one of the most popular and respected insurance presenters in the world. He has taken thousands of people through to Acii qualification including many national prize winners, as well as delivering a vast array of technical presentations on Commercial and Personal lines insurances. Alan has raised the pass rates in Cii exams where he is involved from under 40% to 99% demonstrating why he is so well regarded.

Alan's webinars have been viewed across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America and South America and his audience numbers last year were well over 100,000. He has devised and delivered training programmes for the Cii as well as most of the major insurers and brokers including Allianz, Zurich, Lloyd's, Hiscox, Aviva, Admiral, Gallagher, Aon, Towergate, GRP, Aston Lark, James Hallam and Marsh, however, Alan is equally happy to be devising and delivering programmes for small independent brokers and MGA's. He has a real passion for equipping staff to pass Acii exams and learn new technical concepts and it is his plain English way of presenting that has made him so popular.