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Ogden Rate Update

  • Wed 09 Jun 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Online
    • Alan Chandler, Alan Chandler Training

This presentation will explain in plain English what Ogden is, and by way of examples, demonstrate why brokers need to be advising their clients on taking out larger limits of indemnity going forward.

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Ecopsychology: The Impact of your Surroundings on Well-Being and Productivity

  • Thu 27 May 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Online
    • Jeff Heasman

Ecopsychology is the growing science of the impact our immediate surroundings have on our mental well-being and in turn our productivity.

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Customer Decisions: what psychology and behavioural economics can teach us

  • Wed 26 May 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Online
    • Jeff Heasman, Insurance Upskill

This webinar focuses on behavioural economics, which gives us invaluable insights into how we can adapt the way we provide information, understand customer decision-making processes, shape the sales process (including the concept of nudging) and engage more effectively with potential or existing clients.

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How to Set the Correct Commercial Property Sums Insured

  • Mon 24 May 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Alan Chandler, Alan Chandler Training

This presentation looks at the major issue of under insurance in the UK property market and how to help your clients avoiding the under-insurance trap.

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Professional Indemnity Insurance - an overview

  • Wed 19 May 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Alan Chandler, Alan Chandler Training

This presentation provides an overview of professional indemnity insurance. It looks at the main case law underpinning the PI market, why the PI market is expanding in terms of number of policyholders needing the cover yet at the same time the capacity is decreasing.

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NxtGen Webinar: Critical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills

  • Thu 15 Apr 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Online
    • Jeff Heasman, Upskill Insurance

This webinar is arranged and hosted by NxtGen Bristol and the Bournemouth Young Professionals groups, working together to bring members relevant and engaging learning and support.

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Annual General Meeting 2021

  • Wed 14 Apr 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Online

We need you! (To get down to our AGM, that is...)

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Webinar: An Introduction to the Insurance industry - Part 2

  • Thu 01 Apr 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Online
    • Alan Chandler

This is Part 2 of a two-part presentation, ideal for staff who are new or fairly new to the insurance industry, for those studying IF1 or for those who just want to get a better understanding of the main principles that underpin our industry.

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Webinar: An Introduction to the Insurance industry - Part 1

  • Wed 31 Mar 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Online
    • Alan Chandler

This presentation, which has been split into two, will be ideal for staff who are new or fairly new to the insurance industry, for those studying IF1 or for those who just want to get a better understanding of the main principles that underpin our industry.

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Webinar: Renewable Energy

  • Wed 17 Mar 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Paul McGonagle, Rimkus

The growth of renewables and the challenges for industry are an increasing demand on the expertise of the Insurance Market and its service providers, especially in respect to claims management and the preventative measures.

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Webinar: ‘Live life without limits' - with Richard Whitehead, Paralympic Champion.

  • Thu 11 Mar 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
    • Richard Whitehead

We're delighted to welcome this unique motivational talk from a true hero. Richard will use his experiences to help delegates enhance their ability to be more effective at home working and understanding their responsibility to others.

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Webinar: Maintaining Motivation through the pandemic

  • Thu 25 Feb 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Samantha Ridgewell, Empower Development

The work environment we are comfortable with has been temporarily been replaced by our homes, the place we relax. On top of this there is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding us so managing our motivation can be a challenge.

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Webinar: An overview of commercial package insurance

  • Thu 04 Feb 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Alan Chandler

This webinar will provide a practical look into the various sections of a typical commercial package insurance policy, what is covered and what protection a commercial customer actually obtains, so that brokers, underwriters and claims staff alike can be confident when explaining the different sections of cover.

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Webinar: FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case – Supreme Court Appeal

  • Wed 03 Feb 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgment of the Supreme Court following the appeal of the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. The appeal concluded on 19 November and the judgment was handed down on 15 January 2021. Four days were spent setting out starkly differing views between the FCA and insurers.

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Webinar: The importance of setting correct BI sums insured in a post-Covid world

  • Thu 28 Jan 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

Two lockdowns and massive drops in customer numbers will mean the 2020 book of accounts for most businesses will have absolutely no reflection of the true earning capacity of that enterprise. So how do clients go about setting a correct Business interruption sums insured for the forthcoming period of insurance?

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Webinar: The Fundamentals of Fire Investigation

  • Thu 21 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Daniel Brown, Rimkus Consulting Ltd

Establishing the cause of a fire and particularly if it was suspected to be a criminal act such as arson has always been a key part of property and business interruption claims.

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Webinar: The insurance implications of Brexit

  • Thu 07 Jan 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

Despite dominating much of press coverage for many years, due to the occurrence of Covid-19 around the globe Brexit is now getting far less press coverage, and there is a danger the insurance industry could slip into 2021 without fully considering the impact of Brexit.

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WEBINAR: Client Retention and New Business in the ‘New Normal’

  • Tue 03 Nov 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • Online
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

This interactive webinar will assist delegates in understanding the importance of close client relationships and trusted adviser status particularly in a hard market and how this may be compromised by more remote working

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WEBINAR: Personal Effectiveness for a Hard Market - business & soft skills

  • Tue 13 Oct 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Online
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

This webinar will help the delegate to develop a range of soft & business skills to enable brokers to maximise their delivery of the trading strategies

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