Establishing Insurable Gross Profit

Overview 

The case of Infinity Alliance v Heath Crawford [decided in 2023] highlighted a gap in understanding, which was not exclusive to the defendant firm, that of establishing a firm’s insurable gross profit.
An increasing reliance upon standardised cover has probably reduced those skills necessary to correctly establish an applicant firm’s gross profit and to overcome some of the issues that this process can highlight

Learning Objectives

• Understand the nature of insurable gross profit is and how it differs from the accountant’s definition
• Appreciate the nature of fixed costs and why insurance for these is required
• Be able to explain the application of the economic limit to claims settled on the basis of increased costs of working

Speaker Bio

David is an experienced insurance professional with a career spanning 39 years; he has enjoyed wide exposure in the London Insurance Market and elsewhere resulting from his industry-specific training activity.

David is a part-time complaint manager for a Lloyd’s coverholder, as well as a subject matter expert for the Chartered Insurance Institute, authoring and updating modules for the CII computer-based training programme, Broker Assess. His experience includes Head of Claims at Plum Underwriting Ltd, where he was responsible for managing the relationship between insurers and claims third party administrators, handling larger claims received via technical referral processes.

David has been delivering technical insurance training for over 20 years, to a variety of different industry customers in the UK and abroad and provides examination support for clients undertaking CII studies to achieve industry recognised designations. He provides training on many general insurance classes up to at least intermediate level to include motor trade insurance, cyber, marine cargo, commercial property, business interruption, liabilities, construction, engineering, and trade credit. He also delivers more generic underwriting and claims training.