IINI Masterclass Series - November 2026

Join us for our second IINI Masterclass of our new 2026-2027 season. We are delighted to have two sessions from industry-leading experts.

Session 1 - "The Impact of Climate Change on Insurance"

Ed Gooda has worked in the insurance industry since 1988 and held senior claims management roles for a number of composite insurers and reinsurers including RSA, AIG, XL Winterthur and Tokio Millennium Re, a Managing General Agent, a Lloyd’s Managing Agent with two Syndicates under management and firms of Loss Adjusters including McLarens and The Quest Partnership. Ed has extensive international underwriting and claims management experience in the Lloyd’s / London market and internationally and is currently a board member of an international reinsurer.

Ed is the CEO of Fenchurch Training, Fenchurch Park, Fenchurch Global and Fenchurch Audit.

Ed is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Technical Specialist of the Institute of Risk Management.

Session 2 - “Being Human Matters Most”

Jason Black is a professional mountaineer, expedition leader and high-altitude specialist whose journey from adversity to the world’s highest mountains is a powerful story of resilience, purpose and human potential.

With Mt Everest | K2 | 8 × 8,000m | 21 × 7,000m | 52 × 6,000m | 2 Mountaineering World Records, Jason has built an extraordinary career operating in some of the most demanding environments on Earth.

Through Black Mountaineering, he leads purpose-driven expeditions around the world, built on a philosophy of purpose before profit and a deep commitment to the people and communities who make these journeys possible.

As a professional motivational and leadership speaker, Jason brings the lessons of extreme altitude into the corporate world, exploring resilience, leadership, teamwork, risk, decision-making under pressure and the power of human potential.

But behind the summits, records and achievements lies a very different story, one that reminds us that sometimes the greatest mountains we face aren’t the ones beneath our feet.

“The hardest mountains we climb are the ones within.”