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List of forthcoming events

Tue 17 Mar, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jeff Heasman, Founder, Insurance Upskill
CPD
Wed 3 Jun, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jay Unwin, Mental Health in Business
CPD
Wed 2 Sep, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jay Unwin, Mental Health in Business
CPD

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2 October 2025
Did you know that your team of local institute volunteers also volunteer on PFS commitee locally? Check out this good news story here: https://www.thepfs.org/membership/pfs-local-committees/plymouth-and-cornwall/bringing-members-together-across-plymouth-cornwall/
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31 January 2025
On the 14th August 2024, members from the Plymouth and Cornwall Institute attended The British Firework Championships. The British Firework Championships were launched in 1997 by the Event Services Association (TESA) to bring the professional pyrotechnics industry together. Over 100,000 spectators now attend the event and attracts global media coverage. We watched the spectacular displays on the Plymouth Venturer, where we also announced the winners for the Institute’s Annual Awards. It was a great evening, the weather was on our side and it was a great chance to build connections with other CII and PFS members.

President's Message

Venetia Hallam

Welcome to The Insurance Institute of Plymouth and Cornwall, we are here for both our CII and our PFS members, about 950 of us split almost equally between the two.

Last year, in the absence of a PFS Regional Committee, we stepped forward to make sure our local PFS membership (including me) didn’t miss out on Regional Funding from the PFS. Good to know that we are now fully utilising it to fund CPD, Social and Revision Sessions. We already do this successfully for both CII and PFS members as an Institute, so even better use of our resources.

Being on the Council (which is a volunteer role) can be fun and a good learning experience for all of us. It can be hard work at times but the effort is rewarded in seeing the benefit of what we achieve for our members.  Please talk to me or anyone else on Council if you would like to come along and experience a meeting.

Our Summer Firework event (this year 13th August), where we hire the biggest boat on the Sound and then watch the National Fireworks Competition, is a sellout event, so keep a look out for when tickets are available. You have to be a member, but you can bring friends and family with you. Neema, my youngest daughter aged 7 has been coming since before she was born!

Steven Clemence