Inflation and the insurance considerations

Content and Learning

This session on inflation considers what affect increasing inflation has on business insurance – what clauses and cover issues brokers and insurers need to consider for various classes of cover

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David Hole ACII – technical insurance trainer

David is an experienced insurance professional with a career spanning over 40 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.

Objectives

·         Be aware of the effect that inflation has on insurance

·         Know which covers help provide clients with protection against effects of inflation

·         Be able to identify claims issues caused by inflation