Events

The annual North East Institutes conference is back, with another topical scenario-based session: A staff member working from home due to Covid lockdown restrictions breaches employer's instructions resulting in malware infecting the company system. What are the many implications...?

The Insurance Institute of Middlesbrough invites you (and guests) to play in our annual golf day - tee times are available from 10:50 - 12:20 and we will be happy to accommodate everything from individual to block bookings. The cost is £30 per person and includes the following: 18 holes of golf on a beautiful course Bacon Roll and tea/coffee on arrival - One course meal afterwards Prize table - Optional 'Two's Sweep' on the day Please contact Ben McBean for further information, or to reserve your places: ben.mcbean@uk.qbe.com

The AGM panel will include the CII’s Independent Chair, Dr Helen Phillips, who will be joined by our CEO, Sian Fisher, and CII President to December 2021, Julie Page. The meeting will include an update on the CII’s delivery of relevant learning, engaged membership and insightful leadership. What the CII has learned from the pandemic and how it will accelerate the pace of operational change to best serve members, students and corporate customers in the years ahead will also be discussed at the meeting.

The FCA have found following a thematic review that vulnerable customers are often not treated fairly. In fact many Insurers pricing models have taken significant advantage of these customers, often the more vulnerable the customer the more the insurer has loaded rates at renewal. Some of the UK's largest institutions have been guilty of proactively targeting these individuals and the regulator has had enough of Insurers and brokers balancing their books on the most vulnerable in our society. The FCA have announced they will be investigating dual pricing, a lot of this will because the advantage taken of the vulnerable - expect some serious action by the FCA.

The Insurance Institute of York, in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Insurers, is delighted to offer a fast track initiative to help members gain their Certificate in Insurance. This programme offers members the opportunity to benefit from a FREE study course specifically designed to help students attain their Cert CII in 11 weeks through structured learning. If you would like to advance your CII qualifications, now is the time to do so.

Whiplash reform was first proposed more than five years ago. The Civil Liability Act 2018 provided the necessary legal framework but developing the fine detail inevitably slipped because of the Covid crisis. The reforms are now on track and take effect from 31 May 2021. Damages awards are being reduced, the small claims limit is increasing and a new platform / portal for dealing with claims - www.officialinjuryclaim.org.uk - has been established