Kent Conference 2023 - Meeting a changing, challenging world

Kent Showground, Events Centre, The Clive Emson Building, Maidstone
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (UK time)

This conference in its tenth year offers 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 of thought provoking ideas to implement and share and further your career and improve within the scope of your role within the workplace and 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 and gain CPD.

Bookings will close on the Thursday 2 March.

Please view the full programme below:

08.45 – 09.30

Registration

09.30 – 09.40

Welcome

09.40 – 10.40

Bitesize updates on Market Issues and Opportunities
Samantha Thomas, Head of Retail Underwriting, Zurich
Andrew Scott, Founder of Aston Scott
Branko Bjelobaba, Founder of Branko Ltd

10.40 – 11.00

Panel Q&A

11.00 – 11.20

Break

11.20 – 11.55

Resilience: A Call to Arms for the Insurance Industry
Russell Higginbotham, President of the Chartered Insurance Institute, CEO Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions

11.55 – 12.30

Climate Change Risk and Opportunity
Nick Dunlop, Managing Director, Willis Towers Watson

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.15

Overview of HM Treasury’s role in UK Financial Services and the Government’s Priorities for the Insurance Sector
James Pettitt, Head of Insurance market, Strategy & Innovation, HM Treasury

14.15 – 14.50

Worshipful Company of Insurers – London Insures the World
Claire Burrell, Senior Warden & Karl Jarvis, Junior Warden of the Worshipful Company of Insurers

14.50 – 15.10

Break

15.10 – 16.00

Never Give In
Scotty Mills

16.00

Close

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Venue
  • Kent Showground, Events Centre, The Clive Emson Building, Maidstone
  • Detling
  • Maidstone
  • ME14 3JF
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CII Accredited

This demonstrates the quality of an event and that it meets CII member CPD scheme requirements.

6 hours' CPD can be claimed for this event if relevant to your learning and development needs.

It is recommended that you keep any evidence of the CPD activity you have completed and upload copies to the recording tool as the CII may ask to see this if your record is selected for review. Details of the scheme can be viewed online at www.cii.co.uk/cpd.