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PFS Central Scotland Summer Conference
Insightful sessions, invaluable networking opportunity and CPD! The PFS have taken member feedback on board and are making some exciting changes to their regional conferences during 2023.
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Developing good professional habits – Risk Management for Young Professionals
The Young Professionals Group are delighted to present this in-person breakfast seminar hosted by Brodies LLP. Join Stephanie Barratt, Rachael Jane Ruth and Jo Kelbrick of Brodies' Insurance & Risk team for a 45 minute session to explore the importance of risk management and developing good professional practice at an early stage in your career. This session will be applicable to all IASG members (and particularly those at an early stage in their career).
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PFS Chartered Breakfast - SIPP and SSAS
This session for PFS Chartered Members with Kerry from @SIPP will take an overview of the SIPP & SSAS market and recent consolidation. It will then provide a closer look at what a bespoke provider will accept with some detail on property assets.
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Adjusting the Big Freeze, a commercial view of coverage issues and challenges
December 2022 saw the most severe weather related surge event since 2010 with the big freeze resulting in unprecedented claim volumes across much of Scotland and the UK, with Insurers predicting indemnity spend from this event to be 200% that of the 2018 “Beast from the East” storm event. These events bring significant challenges at an already challenging time for the insurance sector amidst the cost of living crisis and record inflation.
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Wellbeing Seminar - How to Thrive: Developing a Mindset for Success
The IASGs Professional Development Group is pleased to invite you to our next in person seminar, focussing on mental health and developing a mindset for success. ‘It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters’ –Epictetus. Shifting your mindset can have a huge impact on your mental wellbeing and your resilience in the long term. This session looks at victim mentality, self-empowerment and how to develop a growth mindset. The session will be delivered by PVL Facilitator Sam Kiani. Sam is a warm and engaging facilitator and professionally certified coach, built upon a strong career of more than 25 years within Financial Services Risk & Technology and as an entrepreneur, reaching Director and Senior Leadership Team level. She is passionate about helping transform ‘us’ and ‘them’ into ‘we’, restoring wholeness. Please enter through the North Entrance on Killermont Street, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY. This is an accessible entrance. Please note there will be sandwiches, tea and coffee afterwards with some time for networking.
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Annual General Meeting 2023
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. We will also be awarding a number of qualification prizes to members post AGM at our annual awards ceremony. Book your place today to attend our AGM, celebrate local successes and network with council members over coffee, tea and sandwiches.
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Business Interruption Insurance - all you need to know, explained in plain English
The Young Professionals Group are delighted to be running this online event. Presented by Alan Chandler, this session will run through how business interruption insurance should be correctly set up. Alan will lift the myths away from BI and show how, in his easy to understand style, you can get this cover on a correct footing going forward. This presentation will be applicable for brokers, underwriters, claims staff and loss adjusters.
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The Cost of Living Crisis and its Effects on Insurance
The IASG Professional Development Group are delighted to be offering this webinar. The cost of living has affected us all in one way or another, along with forecasted market trends to consider. 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 session will explore the key areas that brokers and insurers need to take into account when understanding the insured’s needs and the importance of ensuring that the right levels of cover are in place. The session will consider, in particular, the cause of the crisis, material damage insurance considerations as well as business interruption considerations, and will look forward to the rest of 2023 and beyond.
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Changing employment trends and how they are altering insurance demands
The Professional Development Group are delighted to be running an brand new online CPD session. During the last twenty years there has never been more changes in employment trends in the UK - yet in many cases the insurance industry has been slow to change. This presentation will point out the business opportunities that have arisen due to these changing trends and why they have often been missed.
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Legal Update: Where are we now? A look back at the key Personal Injury Cases in 2022
The Professional Development Group are delighted to announce their next in person CPD event. As we approach the end of another busy year, we look back at some of the key decisions issued by the courts and their impact on the legal landscape. We will provide a brief overview of some key cases and provide an analysis of their significance. In our 45 minute talk, we will seek to identify emerging trends including those on duty of care, psychiatric injury and expert evidence in court. Please note there will be an opportunity to network over sandwiches following the seminar.
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Online CPD - Business Interruption Insurance - Setting Correct Sums Assured
Following on from our recent Financial awareness workshop.... Business Interruption insurance is one of the most misunderstood covers in the marketplace and this webinar looks at how these misunderstandings can be overcome. The webinar will deal with how Gross Profit sums insured for policyholders with stock can be correctly calculated, as well as showing how to correctly arrange sums insured for service businesses like IFA's. The course will be delivered by Alan Chandler, Chartered Insurer who is widely regarded as one of the leading presenters in the UK. The training will be very suitable for brokers, underwriters and claims staff working in commercial insurance and anyone studying for the CII diploma subject M93 Commercial property and business interruption.
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YPs Christmas Party
Calling all Young Professionals! It’s that time of year again and we ho-ho-hope you can join us for our Christmas Party on Thursday, 01st December at 5:30pm at the Piper Bar. This will be a fun, festive themed night with drinks, a hot buffet and a Christmas themed music quiz with our very own Jimmy Cheng. The event will begin from 5:30pm at The Piper Whisky Bar, 57 Cochrane Street, Glasgow, G1 1HL, continuing on until late. The night will include: - Complimentary drink tokens for each attendee - Hot Christmas themed Buffet - A Christmas themed music quiz with prizes for winners Hope to see you there!
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Annual Dinner 2022
We are delighted to confirm that we will once again be hosting the annual IASG dinner on Friday 25th November 2022.
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Fireworks - the risks!!!!
The Professional Development Group in partnership with Burgoynes are delighted to be running an in-person CPD seminar. Fireworks excite and enthrall. However, there are real risks of property damage and personal injury if fireworks are not correctly handled or if they are poorly manufactured.
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#BeEXCELlent event - Calling All Young Professionals
Calling all Young Professionals. The Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow’s Young Professional Committee is happy to announce that their next CPD event will focus on the back of basics of excel. This session involves both theory and practical exercises that will help you improve your excel skills. The event will be run by Danielle Langford, Insights Consultant at Zurich Insurance.
View event detailsOnline CPD - Financial Awareness
Financial awareness – a plain English overview for all insurance staff on how to understand clients’ accounts Recent global events mean understanding clients’ accounts has never been more important for brokers and underwriters alike, with tremendous scrutiny now being put on clients' accounts, so account executives, account handlers and underwriters will need to understand the main terminology. This presentation, provided by Alan Chandler one of the most popular presenters in the UK, looks to provide a plain English understanding of what is in a balance sheet and Profit and Loss account and how these can be read easily by non-accountants. The webinar will also explore the difference between what an accountant records and what an insurer needs, this information can aid brokers and underwriters in helping policyholders avoid the under insurance trap.
View event detailsIASG Mentoring Event
BACK WITH A BANG The first IASG Mentoring event since Feb 2019 Reconnecting with your marketplace New Venue ….. The Corinthian, Glasgow (5.30pm-8.30pm) Looking to get back out to meet old and new peers from across the industry then please come along. We promise you a fun and inclusive environment along the way. It will be lovely to have you join us for a bite to eat, a drink and just a general catch up to sign up contact carol.mcintosh@marsh.com
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FCA Consumer Duty and Product Governance for General Insurance
The FCA want to see a higher level of consumer protection in retail financial markets, where firms compete vigorously in the interests of consumers and they wish to drive a healthy and successful financial services system in which firms can thrive and consumers can make informed choices about financial products and services. They consider that firms are not consistently and sufficiently prioritising good consumer outcomes and this causes consumer harm and erodes consumer trust. With final rules published on 27 July 2022 this talk will update you as to what now will be needed. This General Insurance focused session will also include an update on Product Value Assessments that have to be completed by 30 September (note the FCA have criticised insurers for their lack of progress with this) and have given brokers an extension of 90 days so as to prevent customer harm. Both brokers and insurers have an important role to play and this session will ensure you understand what it is you have to do. We will also cover the current position on multi-occupancy insurances following intervention by the government (very much part of the product governance and value assessments work).
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Gin Tasting Night
We have missed you and we are delighted to welcome you all back from Summer with a gin tasting hosted by our friends at 56 North after the success of last year's Cocktail Masterclass. We are excited to welcome members of the IASG old and new to our first in-person social event in two years! Come join us at Brodies LLP for a guided distillery tasting and post-tasting bar and samples. Don't worry – pizza will be on hand to line the stomachs (please let us know if you have any dietary requirements)! We can't wait to see you all in person again so please RSVP to stephanie.barratt@brodies.com and rachaeljane.ruth@brodies.com by 16 September 2022.
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Online CPD: Adapting Portfolios for Inflation
Inflation is on the rise, and it's distorting both equity and bond performance. Advisers relying on traditional "long-run" models need to rethink portfolios to ensure inflation resilience. Within equities, value-investing is making a comeback. Traditional bonds are under pressure as they can't keep pace with inflation, so are failing to offer either capital protection or diversification. Alternatives require careful risk budgeting and focus on liquidity. In this workshop, we look at ways advisers can build-in inflation resilience to portfolios, based on lessons from the past.
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