Driverless Cars Lecture plus AGM

The 141st Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 27th April 2017 at 12:00 noon; we propose a brief AGM which will be held prior to the CPD lecture at 12:30pm.

Programme
• Registration and refreshments from 11.45am
• President’s address, AGM, Presentation of Badges, New President’s address
• CPD lecture from 12.30pm

Charity
CALM is the President's charity choice for 2017-2018.

Driverless Cars Lecture
Matt Paterson will be joining us for a lecture on Driverless cars and the technology relating to this interesting topic.

Learning objectives:
• Introduction to driverless technology and autonomous driving systems
• Current application of driverless technology
• Regulatory/legal issues arising from driverless technology
• Future perspective of driverless technology

Speakers biography:
Matt has been at Admiral since 1996, joining as a graduate straight into the Claims team. Initially dealing with credit hire and then personal injury claims and then moving into operations management in the AD/subrogation area before taking up the Head of Liability role in 2011 which covered injury, hire and subrogation across the Admiral Group. More recently he has taken on two areas in addition to leading the Bodily Injury Department – Telematics and Fraud.
Sitting on the ABI Motor Committee. Matt has been on the Board of Thatcham Research for the last five years.

All Council nominations are listed below and will be approved at the AGM. Please contact the office 14 days prior to the AGM if you would like to make an objection(s) to any of the points or to request a copy of the 2016/2017 Annual Report or 2016 minutes. The existing Council recommends that members vote in favour of all the resolutions being proposed at the AGM, which they consider to be in the best interests of the institute as a whole. NOTICE is hereby given that the AGM of the Insurance Institute of Manchester will be held for the following purposes:

1. The proposed President of the Institute for 2017/2018 is Stephen Bridge of Zurich
2. The proposed Deputy President of the Institute for 2017/2018 is Suchit Desai of Allianz
3. To receive and adopt the Treasurer’s Report and Accounts for 2016
4. To receive and adopt the Annual Report of Council for 2016/2017
5. To elect the following Vice-Presidents for the session 2017/2018
Under rule 11a): Martin Jackson, Fintan Griffin, Katie Jackson
Under rule 11b): Karen Shenton, Simon Hodgin, Norrie Erwin, Mike Cranny
6. To elect the following ex-officio members of the Council for the session 2017/2018
Secretary: Jordan Haskayne, Allianz
Treasurer: Eleanor Moore, C & C Insurance Brokers Ltd
Education Secretary: Victoria Myers, Ecclesiastical Insurance
Committee Chairperson(s) & Representatives:
Events: Natasha Johnstone, AIG and Caroline Griffiths-Davies, DUAL Corporate Risks Limited
CPD: Marc Hargreaves, Ageas Insurance Limited
Dinner Secretary: Stacey Sheridan, Broker Network
CII NW & Council Rep: Stuart Frost, LV=
Education: Victoria Myers, Ecclesiastical Insurance
Governance: Martin Jackson, McParland Finn Ltd
Constitution Officer: Mike Cranny, Create Solutions Ltd
Equality & Diversity Champion: Ruhel Miah, Bridge Insurance
Development: Brad Jackson, Catalyst Claims
Fashion Show: Jessica Heaton, Zurich
Liaison Officer: Fintan Griffin, Compass UK
7. To elect the following Council members for the session 2017/2018: Stephen Lowe, Paul Heathcote, Barry Thompson, Natasha Miotk, Dina Railean
8. To appoint Warburton & Co Accountants for the session 2017/2018
9. Appoint a Charities Representative: Martin Jackson, McParland Finn Ltd