Forthcoming events

This month

Oakleaf Charity Quiz Night 2025

  • Fri 28 Mar 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • St Catherine's School

Join on Friday 28th March 2025 for a fun evening of friendly competition, drinks, dinner and a raffle. This year’s theme is: Around the World Where: St Catherine’s School, Station Rd, Bramley, Guildford GU5 0DF Cost: £20 per person, which includes dinner. Purchase your tickets here. https://www.oakleaf-enterprise.org/event/quiz-2025/ How: Enter a team of 8-10, or join individually.

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Kent Annual Conference 2025

  • Tue 01 Apr 8:45 am – 4:00 pm
  • Kent Showground, Events Centre, The Clive Emson Building, Maidstone

We’re delighted to hold our 12th annual conference once again on Tuesday 1st April. The event provides a superb opportunity to enjoy a fantastic day of education, debate and networking. It is always our aim for you to have plenty of take-aways and thought provoking insight from our brilliant speakers. The event is relevant to issues the sector faces and is an enabler to further your knowledge and understanding to assist you within the scope of your role and share within the workplace or even outside! From feedback ‘as the one to attend’ we cover off a wide range of topics from a variety of presenters with lunch and refreshments and certainly recommend you bring along your colleagues or contacts and gain CPD.

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What causes a market cycle and are we heading into a soft market in 2025?

  • Wed 02 Apr 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

Hard markets usually last around a maximum of three years and this latest one started in 2020. This presentation, delivered by Alan Chandler one of the UK’s most popular presenters, looks at what causes market cycles in the insurance industry and what is likely to occur in 2025.

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Time Management Skills

  • Mon 07 Apr 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Webinar
    • Harvey Wade, Innovate21

Using our time effectively is a key skill that we all need. How well do you manage your time? Do you find it hard to prioritise your workload and struggle to meet deadlines? Join this interactive session to put into practice tools and strategies that will enable you to be more effective at managing your time.

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An overview of commercial package insurance

  • Mon 14 Apr 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    • 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. The reality is, that many commercial customers do not always appreciate the breadth of their cover, and as such the discussion tends to too often focus on price rather than cover and quality. This webinar will look to put the onus back on the essentials of cover and quality so that customers can make informed decisions.

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Annual General Meeting 2025

  • Wed 30 Apr 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Worplesdon Place

Your local institute council invites you to attend our 2025 Annual General Meeting to hear first-hand reports from council members on previous and future activities and vote on the appointment of new council members.

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Pairing ESG with Trust: Insights from Wine and Chocolate

  • Thu 08 May 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street READING
    • Jeff Heasman, Insurance Upskill

Wine and chocolate pairings offer powerful metaphors and practical lessons for understanding trust in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and building closer customer relationships. Through tasting 5 wines and pairing them with chocolates, we will examine how trust, authenticity, and shared values are central to building stronger customer relationships through ESG principles in insurance and financial services.

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