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CPD WEBINAR : Understanding key issues facing specific sectors- Part 2 Manufacturing
This session on manufacturing is the second of a series of sessions looking at sector specific contemporary insurance related issues, and offering practical guidance for dealing with them.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR - Aviation Insurance
The aviation industry has unique and specialised requirements when it comes to insurance placements. The purpose of this course is to get an understanding of the risks associated with this industry, and how insurance policies provide the cover. The session will look at the covers available within the insurance market, underwriting questions and typical terms and conditions that can be expected to be found, before looking at emerging risks that the industry faces.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR - Understanding key issues facing specific sectors- Part 1 Hospitality
Differing sectors have specific issues. This session looks at the contemporary insurance related sector issues and offers some practical guidance for dealing with these.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR - Environmental Risk Management
This live-online webinar aims to Introduce the delegate to environmental liability insurance. Supported by case studies, we will look at the type of business that could benefit from this cover together with the extent of cover available, conditions and exclusions that an underwriter may apply. We will also take a quick look at the legislation relating to environmental risks together with some tips on disaster recovery planning
View event detailsCPD Webinar: Laughing yourself to wellness-the science of laughter in the workplace and an introduction to laughter yoga.
People very rarely succeed in something unless they are having fun doing it. This may explain why laughter clubs are popping up in companies, large and small, across the world and why it has been receiving so much coverage in the press in recent years! The session will be led by Jeff Heasman who is a certified laughter yoga leader. Jeff has been mentored by the person who first started laughter yoga in India back in 1995, Dr Madan Kataria. Laughter yoga is a combination of laughter and yogic breathing exercises. Join us for an hour of fun and laughter and learn how you can practise laughter exercises to boost physical and mental wellbeing as well as your immune system!
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR- Creating an effective coaching & mentoring environment
This live-online webinar aims to explain what coaching is all about. We will go through the process of how to prepare and deliver effective coaching together with a look at ways one can be supportive as a mentor. There will be hints and tips on maintaining a positive environment to allow coaching and mentoring to be well received and effective. This course is best suited to anyone in a team leader or managerial role who wants to inspire their staff.
View event detailsIIC&G ANNUAL DINNER 2023
The highlight of the IIC&G social calendar is here! On behalf of the President of the Insurance Institute of Cheltenham and Gloucester, Tim Chandler Dip CII, we are delighted to announce that our 2023 dinner will take place on Friday 28th April 2023. We have a stunning new venue, an exciting line-up of entertainment and delicious menu planned, so please contact our Deputy President, Zoe Davis Dip CII on zoe.davis@ecclesiastical.com to secure your ticket/table.
View event detailsIIC&G ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 **HYBRID LOCATION**
We need you! To get down to our AGM... Your local institute council invites you to attend their 2023 Annual General Meeting in order to hear first-hand reports from council members on previous and future activities and vote on the appointment of new council members for the forthcoming year. If you feel you could make a positive contribution to your institute, it is an ideal first step to becoming involved. Book your place today.
View event detailsTHREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL (GLOUCESTER ) QUIZ NIGHT SUPPORTED BY IIC&G
IIC&G is supporting a local cultural charity (TCF) as they raise funds towards the festival in July 2023. We are putting together a team for a fundraising event on Friday 21 April in Gloucester and wonder if any of our members would also like to put a team together? Details of the link are below and by going to the link this will take you to all the event details. You cannot book via the IIC&G website for this one. It is being hosted by our ex President and ex President of the Insurance Charities, Allen Prior. The event is being held at The Club at Tuffley Park CiC, Gloucester. If you book as a team then you only have one booking fee to pay. Hope to see you there!
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR: Building confidence and shifting your emotional state
Many people believe that their emotional state is entirely dictated by external factors over which they have no control. For example, how often do we hear people say, ‘You make me angry/happy/sad’? In the workplace many develop and unconscious strategies that affect their emotional state and significantly affect their performance; typical examples include making telephone calls – particularly cold calls – and presenting or speaking in public. This empowering session shows delegates how to take control of their emotional state, shifting to the best possible state to achieve highly successful outcomes at work and at home.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR - The cost-of-living crisis & insurance
The cost of living has affected us all in one way or another, whether that is the price of food or the price of energy. But what’s the cause? And most importantly, how are businesses affected? This course will explore the key areas that brokers and insurers need to take into account when understanding the insured’s needs. It will also explore the importance of ensuring that the right levels of cover are in place, along with forecasted market trends to consider.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR: Managing Conflict- How to Thrive with Difficult Conversations
Conflict is not pleasant for all concerned, and yet our daily lives will consistently present us with conflict situations and behaviours: in our teams, at work, in our families and interacting with strangers. Being able to manage and negotiate this conflict will help you to feel calm, confident and able to effectively handle these challenging situations.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR: Overcoming client objections to buying non-core policies
In difficult economic environment clients often buy less insurance – this session looks at various non-core policies (outside main property and liability classes) and identifies the benefits these policies provide for clients
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR:- Exceptional Communication - Become a vital communicator
One of the most impactful professional skills is the ability to speak well, to convey a message, to tell a story- to move someone with your words. Being a public speaker, and crafting your speaking skills, will put you into a small group of individuals who can communicate at the highest level; it is both highly beneficial for your career and for your professional development.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR: Meta Learning -Improve your ability to learn
In today’s world, our ability to learn new information, understand how we learn and be able to apply our learning successfully in our lives, is an absolutely essential skillset. Too many of us do not understand well enough, the processes involved with learning.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR: The New Consumer Duty: are you ready for a "paradigm shift?"
The FCA has referred to the new consumer duty as a paradigm shift in their expectations. As we move ever closer to outcomes-based regulation, the FCA is increasingly focusing on the need for firms to embed conduct and cultural changes throughout the customer journey. This session will help you to understand the FCA´s expectations and the practical steps you can take now to ensure that you and your firm are prepared for this paradigm shift in the way we work. In particular this webinar will focus on the pillars of consumer understanding and consumer support.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR- Holding dynamic virtual meetings
This live-online webinar aims to help those who host virtual meetings. It could be an informal team meeting, one to one, a client meeting or a major presentation to a large group of people. Whilst it is fair to say we are now used to the virtual world of remote connections, making our interactions positive and engaging can prove a bit of a challenge. This hour course takes you through some of the available platforms, with hopefully some hints and tips on how to keep your audience engaged. Suitable for anyone who hosts remote meetings.
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR- Property Insurance in a post Brexit world
We’ve all listened to Brexit over the past few years and may or may not experienced the full effects of it as they wouldn’t necessary interrupt our lives too much on a daily basis. But what about experiences that we wouldn’t come across daily? What was to happen if your house was to burn down? Or a client whose business you’re placing the insuring has a catastrophic fire, damaging the one piece of machinery that keeps their business operating? This course will look at the impact that Brexit has on insuring property, and the impactions that may come with it.
View event detailsM05/M92 ONLINE REVISION WORKSHOP
We have an opportunity to present a Diploma Workshop for IIC&G members with one of the UK's finest insurance and exam trainers, Alan Chandler. This would be 2 separate sessions on the same day reviewing the M05 and M92 diploma subjects. This is an online workshop. Numbers are limited and restricted solely for IIC&G members
View event detailsCPD WEBINAR: EMERGING RISKS - Development of parametric BI solutions – dealing with coverage gaps
This is the final of our Emerging Risks sessions and looks at some of the new BI solutions being developed by parametric insurers
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