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Enabling Womens Careers - October - Courage
Join us for this months Enabling Women's Careers Session. This session will be live online on Zoom. It will not be recorded as we aim to create an environment as close to an in person session as possible which is safe space for members to express themselves, network and grow. These sessions are for all levels of PFS and CII and future topics will be established from member feedback within the group. The sessions are facilitated by Caroline who is a Certified Coach and NLP Trainer, however, these sessions are an exploration for all and so please bring your top tips to share with other members of the group and be open to explore and encourage each other. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this session and have your camera on to be able to interact with the group.
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Membership Benefits & Drag Bingo in Partnership with AON Pride Alliance
In partnership with AON Pride Alliance, we invite you to join us for a short talk about CII Membership benefits before handing over to Sirena Hart, our wonderful Drag Host & Entertainer for an evening of bingo, music and fun! Click on the event for more details and to register!
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Certificate in Effective Communication with NLP
Back by popular demand! The Chelmsford and South Essex CII are delighted to be able to offer a small number of people a full day introducing you to the core Neuro Linguistic Programming Communication Skills with a one day face to face course in Effective Communication with Neuro Linguistic Programming This fully packed day offers 8 hours of training in effective communication skills. When you complete the reflective coursework you will also receive a certification from Enabling Wings for 25 hours total qualification time. This is the first step in adding NLP as a professional skill to your toolkit. This session is suitable for all levels of development and for both PFS and Insurance CII Members. Whatever your role, learning NLP is said to act as a human software upgrade enhancing the way that you understand others and yourself to emprove outcomes.
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Golf Day at Braintree Golf Club, Stisted
Our Golf Secretary David Smith is hosting our next Golf day on Wednesday 18th September 2024 at Braintree Golf Club, Stisted. The day will commence with tea/coffee and bacon rolls at 11am followed by the first tee off will be at 12noon. After the golf there will be a 2 course meal and prize giving at around 5:30pm The subsidised price for this event is £49.50 per person. The dress code is casual for dinner. Please contact David Smith on 07885 879559 to book your place
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Insurance Museum Collections & How They Tell The Story of Insurance
The Insurance Museum has a modest collection of items that stretch back to the 1650s. Join Howard Benge, Director of the Insurance Museum, to investigate these items in detail, how they help to tell the story of insurance and what other items the Insurance Museum will be using when it establishes a physical museum.
View event detailsEnabling Womens Careers - September - The return to routine
Join us for this months Enabling Women's Careers Session. This month we will be exploring the return to routine. Now that the summer is over, what do you want the rest of the year to be like. Are there patterns you want to keep or new ones you want to adopt to set you up for a successful final quarter. This session will be live online on Zoom. It will not be recorded as we aim to create an environment as close to an in person session as possible which is safe space for members to express themselves, network and grow. These sessions are for all levels of PFS and CII and future topics will be established from member feedback within the group. The sessions are facilitated by Caroline who is a Certified Coach and NLP Trainer, however, these sessions are an exploration for all and so please bring your top tips to share with other members of the group and be open to explore and encourage each other. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this session and have your camera on to be able to interact with the group.
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An Introduction and Overview of Marine Cargo Lunch and Learn - Gavin Hasnip - Lonhams
When: 21st August at 12.30pm to 1.30pm Where: Online via Microsoft Teams Join us for an introduction and overview of Marine Cargo insurance from Gavin Hasnip, Underwriting Manager at Lonhams. Marine is perhaps the oldest form of insurance and over the centuries it has developed its own vocabulary. To the uninitiated, understanding terms like average, General Average, Demurrage, Incoterms, Institute Cargo Clauses, Ordinary Course of Transit etc., sound quite daunting! This presentation will guide you through the basics and give you the necessary information and tools to better understand the world of Marine Cargo insurance. Gavin has worked in Marine insurance for over 16 years, now serving as Underwriting Manager at Lonham. As with most Insurance wasn’t his chosen career path, but I wouldn’t want to be in any other industry now!
View event detailsEmotional Intelligence (EI) What is it? How can improving it improve my performance?
Emotional Intelligence is a bit of a buzz word these days. 'They have great EI' What does that mean? This session is live online and will involve group exploration. Please have your camera's on and interract where possible for the benefit of the group.
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A Guide To Understanding Policy Wordings
Recent litigation has demonstrated the importance of understanding the policy contract wording. This webinar explains how policy wordings are constructed and may be interpreted.
View event detailsGolf Day at The Warren Golf Club, Danbury
Our Golf Secretary David Smith is hosting our next Golf day on Tuesday 23rd July 2024 at The Warren Golf Club, Danbury. The day will commence with tea/coffee and bacon rolls at 11am followed by the first tee off will be at 12noon. After the golf there will be a 2 course meal and prize giving at around 5:30pm The subsidised price for this event is £49.50 per person. The dress code is casual for dinner. Please contact David Smith on 07885 879559 to book your place
View event detailsHow to make and break relationships
Although AI brings us automation, Financial services has and will always be a relationship business. Summer is a great time but, how will it make or break your relationships and how can you choose what you want it to be for you? This session is live online and will involve group exploration. Please have your camera's on and interract where possible for the benefit of the group.
View event detailsGlobal Threats Facing The Insurance Industry
What are the global threats facing the insurance industry right now and how are these impacting UK insurers and brokers? This will be an interactive and wide-ranging talk and those attending will be actively encouraged to contribute with their own experiences and views. We will look at the differences in responses between insurers and brokers with brokers considering business conduct more of a concern than insurers.
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Summer Barbecue 2024
Yeehaw, save the date, the the Insurance Institute of Chelmsford and South Essex are running their Summer barbecue on the 4th July. This event is open to all in the Insurance and Financial Services profession and will be hosted by our Young Professionals Group. Booking details to follow. Please advise any special dietary requirements upon booking so that we can make sure the venue is well equipped. We look forward to seeing you!
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London Phoenix Orchestra of the Insurance Orchestral Society: Centenary Concert
Join the London Phoenix Orchestra of the Insurance Orchestral Society at Cadogan Hall, London (SW1X 9DQ) for their Centenary Concert. The Programme features works by Austin and Hancock, with tickets available on the door only.
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National Sales Conference - Blackfriars
The National Sales Conference comes to the Hyatt Regency in London Blackfriars to provide business leaders with the knowledge and skills to recruit and retain the best talent to build and grow their business. CII Members have access to a special discounted rate. Click on the event to access.
View event detailsEnabling Womens Careers - 19th June - Managing Stress
This session will be live online on Zoom. It will not be recorded as we aim to create a safe space for members to express themselves, network and grow. These sessions are for all levels of PFS and CII and future topics will be established from member feedback within the group. The sessions are facilitated by Caroline who is a Certified Coach and NLP Trainer, however, these sessions are an exploration for all and so please bring your top tips to share with other members of the group and be open to explore and encourage eachother. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this session.
View event detailsNavigating Various Sustainable Benchmarks, Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR)
Sustainable investment has certainly come under the spotlight over the last five years, and increased involvement from regulators through consumer duty of care and the SDRs has led to a greater need to understand the various benchmarks and styles on offer, and essentially, the role that screens can have on outcomes. Grasping these subtle but important factors should help advisors develop a robust framework and better client outcomes.
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Cert CII Webinar Training with ACT One Training Services Ltd (IF1) (June 2024)
Have you recently embarked on your CII Qualification journey & don’t know where to start with your studies? Then this could be the opportunity for you. The zoom seminars will be delivered by Alison Cooper FCII of ACT One Training Services Ltd. Starting with IF1: Insurance Legal & Regulatory, a compulsory unit, you will have the option to sign up for two 3 hour seminars, in either March, April, May & June. Please see IF1 scheduled dates below for IF1. Note: Please do not book through our website, but instead book through ACT One's website: https://www.act1training.com/events via the booking form.
View event detailsGolf Day at Theydon Bois
Our Golf Secretary David Smith is hosting our next Golf day on Tuesday 4th June 2024 at Theydon Bois Golf Club The day will commence with tea/coffee and bacon rolls at 11am followed by the first tee off will be at 12noon. After the golf there will be a 2 course meal and prize giving at around 5:30pm The subsidised price for this event is £49.50 per person. The dress code is casual for dinner. Please contact David Smith on 07885 879559 to book your place
View event detailsEmerging Risks
This session on Emerging Risks looks at some of the issues that are changing the insurance industry – in terms of ways of working, and new insurance solutions being developed.
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