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Festive Speed Networking - Online!

  • Fri 11 Dec 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm

It's time to find your best Christmas Jumper (some people have more than one), put it on and come along for some Festive Speed Networking! Organised by the BII Young Professionals' team.

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WEBINAR: The negative Ogden rate - Why existing limits of indemnity on EL/PL and Products can no longer remain the same - EXTRA SESSION

  • Thu 10 Dec 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

Brokers/Insurance company staff if you do not understand the long-term implications of a negative Ogden in the market place then you will be failing your clients – this presentation will help you understand why Parliament’s decision to create and stick with a negative Ogden rate has an impact on ALL major liability injury claims. Even the traditional EL limit of £10m is now looking too small let alone PL limits of £2m.

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Webinar: Parametric Insurance - is it the answer?

  • Wed 09 Dec 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Damian Glynn, Sedgwick International UK

This session provides an overview of parametric insurance and the existing insurance context within which that should be understood.

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WEBINAR: MO5 Insurance Law - Introduction

  • Tue 08 Dec 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Rod Smith

This one-day online workshop for up to 20 delegates is ideal for anyone taking this compulsory CII Diploma subject by mixed assessment and multiple-choice exam, or for anyone who just wants to refresh their knowledge of insurance law generally. The course is open to both starters and more advanced students.

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WEBINAR: The negative Ogden rate - Why existing limits of indemnity on EL/PL and Products can no longer remain the same

  • Wed 25 Nov 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

Brokers/Insurance company staff if you do not understand the long-term implications of a negative Ogden in the market place then you will be failing your clients – this presentation will help you understand why Parliament’s decision to create and stick with a negative Ogden rate has an impact on ALL major liability injury claims. Even the traditional EL limit of £10m is now looking too small let alone PL limits of £2m.

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WEBINAR: Exam Technique Workshop (EXTRA DATE)

  • Thu 19 Nov 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

This 3 hour workshop will aid all those who are taking CII or PFS examinations. It is a generic overview delivered by Alan Chandler, who has been both tutor and examiner for many different CII subjects.

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Webinar: Bank of England presentation on the Monetary Policy Report

  • Wed 18 Nov 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    • Glynn Jones, Bank of England, Agency for the West Midlands & Oxfordshire

This session covers the Bank’s central scenario for the economy in light of the impact of covid-19 and the implications for growth, inflation and unemployment. The discussion will touch on some of the key drivers affecting the outlook – both UK and global.

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WEBINAR: Exam Technique Workshop

  • Thu 29 Oct 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

This 3 hour workshop will aid all those who are taking CII or PFS examinations. It is a generic overview delivered by Alan Chandler, who has been both tutor and examiner for many different CII subjects.

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Understanding the implications of policy exclusions following Covid-19

  • Thu 22 Oct 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

This highly topical webinar is being delivered by Alan Chandler one of the most popular presenters in the UK. The whole market will apply some sort of pandemic exclusion for pandemics/covid-19 or more worryingly the words communicable diseases will be used, this starts bringing all sorts of extra scenarios that will be excluded for clients. Importantly, this will be for liability as well as property and BI and could leave a policyholder with a lawsuit that is not covered by their insurance policy

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Webinar: FCA Business Interruption Test Case - the judgement - extra session (2)

  • Wed 14 Oct 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgement following the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. The hearing concluded on 30 July and the judges have agreed to hand down their judgement for mid September. Eight days have been spent analysing countless policy wordings and individual words and their everyday meanings

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WEBINAR: How to Maximise Opportunities in a Hard Market

  • Tue 13 Oct 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

‘If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, then yours is the hard insurance market and all the distressed clients within in it.’ (an insurance version of Rudyard Kipling).

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Webinar: FCA Business Interruption Test Case - the judgement - extra session

  • Fri 09 Oct 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgement following the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. The hearing concluded on 30 July and the judges have agreed to hand down their judgement for mid September. Eight days have been spent analysing countless policy wordings and individual words and their everyday meanings

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Webinar: FCA Business Interruption Test Case - the judgement

  • Tue 06 Oct 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgement following the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. The hearing concluded on 30 July and the judges have agreed to hand down their judgement for mid September. Eight days have been spent analysing countless policy wordings and individual words and their everyday meanings

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WEBINAR: How to advise correctly on Business Interruption extensions and advanced loss of profit (1)

  • Fri 02 Oct 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

This presentation looks specifically at BI extensions, the purpose of each one of them and how in each case an incident could give rise to a claim

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Webinar: LinkedIn training - intermediate

  • Mon 28 Sep 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Nigel Cliffe, Value Exchange Ltd

This webinar will follow on from the introductory webinar and is intended for people who have attended that webinar or are already regular users of LinkedIn and wish to get more from it.

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How to advise correctly on Business Interruption extensions and advanced loss of profit

  • Thu 24 Sep 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

This presentation looks specifically at BI extensions, the purpose of each one of them and how in each case an incident could give rise to a claim

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Webinar: ICOBS - are you sure you are doing enough to ward off PI claims?

  • Wed 16 Sep 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Branko Bjelobaba

Costs of PI cover going through the roof? Potential for claims to be made against brokers should the FCA not secure a conclusive win in the test case? This one hour event will highlight the issues for brokers

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Webinar: LinkedIn - An Introduction

  • Mon 14 Sep 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Nigel Cliffe, Value Exchange Ltd

This webinar will lift the lid of what is possible with LinkedIn, and how to improve your profile.

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Webinar: How to avoid and deal with claims - a litigator's perspective for the financial planning world

  • Thu 10 Sep 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Neil Davies and Joe French, Mills & Reeve LLP

Unfortunately – claims happen. Some are well founded, others are plain bad. During these times, it is essential that financial professionals protect themselves with an awareness of how to avoid complaints and - if they happen – how to maximise the prospects of a successful defence

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Webinar: A Plain English Introduction to Engineering insurance and inspection

  • Tue 21 Jul 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

This is an hours presentation looking to provide a plain English overview of the Engineering insurance market which is often shrouded in mystery and badly understood. We will look at both the inspection and insurance cover elements of Engineering insurance.

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