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Examination Techniques Workshop Feb 2021
LIMITED SPACES! This 3 hour workshop will aid all those who are taking CII or PFS examinations. This interactive course will deal with how to impress the examiner, looking at the different examination terminology and what the examiner expects when they use key phrases. The workshop will explore a range of study techniques to see which ones are most appropriate for you, as well as looking at how to time manage both in respect of revision and the actual exam. Alan Chandler, one of the most popular insurance presenters in the UK, has been both tutor and examiner for many different CII subjects and is perfectly placed to provide us with a useful and generic overview of exam techniques.
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FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case – Supreme Court Appeal
Gain insights into: - The Supreme Court judgment - Disease and Prevention of access clauses, Causation, Trends clauses, Pre-trigger losses and the Orient Express case; - What insurers now have to do; - Is there a threat to brokers? It is relevant to general insurance brokers/intermediaries, their insurers, and any other market participants Branko Bjelobaba FCII has worked for 33 years across the sector and latterly at PwC and GISC and has led his own consultancy practice for 17 years. He works closely with BIBA (and has published its compliance manual since 2004) and the CII and has provided many well-received (even entertaining…) training events throughout the UK. He is a recipient of the Thomson Reuters Compliance Personality of the Year Award and the London Market People Award for Legal and Compliance.
View event detailsResilience and looking after yourself in challenging times
Many of us were used to working with others in an office, visiting clients face to face, having a daily routine and being able to live fulfilling lives meeting others and participating in hobbies. As our working and home lives are now changed drastically, we need to look after our physical wellbeing even more – and that of our families. This session is focused on your physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Susan Heaton-Wright returns to our local institute with an interactive webinar and a chance to ask questions and share good practice. The aim of this course is for attendees to go away with the knowledge and practical ways to improve their resilience in these challenging times.
View event detailsR02 Full Day Exam Revision Workshop
This one day session aims to bring together all your learning from R02 into a live event focussing on key areas and where maximum marks can be gained in the exam. The session assumes the learner has studied R02 and is not new to these units and the aim is for the delegate to have increased confidence when taking the exam and a vastly increased chance of passing the exam.
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Working Well: An Introduction to Mental Health Awareness (3 hours) Jan 2021
Join this short course taught by national expert Amber Cowburn, to give you a thorough introduction to mental health awareness. You will learn about current mental health statistics, why mental health is of core importance to business, the continuum of mental health, how to proactively look after employee wellbeing, and how to support and signpost. Working Well provide sector leading mental health training that empowers participants, using expertise and enthusiasm. Their courses are packed with current research, to ensure comprehensive understanding and confidence to focus on employee wellbeing.
View event detailsR01 Full Day Exam Revision Workshop
This one day session aims to bring together all your learning from R01 into a live event focussing on key areas and where maximum marks can be gained in the exam. The session assumes the learner has studied R01 and is not new to these units and the aim is for the delegate to have increased confidence when taking the exam and a vastly increased chance of passing the exam.
View event detailsBusiness Interruption Insurance - all you need to know, explained in plain English. Three hours with a break.
Given all the challenges that occurred with BI cover in 2020 this is a most timely webinar, to aid members to ensure they set up correct coverage for policyholders in 2021. Applicable for brokers, underwriters, claims staff and loss adjusters and presented by Alan Chandler, one of the UK's most popular insurance presenters. Alan will take this opportunity to run through how business interruption insurance should be correctly set up. Alan will lift the myths away from BI and show how, in his easy to understand style, you can get this cover on a correct footing going forward. The presentation will include looking at how insurance gross profit differs from accounting gross profit, how sums insured should be correctly set, how to advise around indemnity periods, the difference between ICW and AICW as well as taking a journey through all the relevant BI extensions including a look at advanced loss of profits. The webinar will last three hours and will be split into two to allow for a break. The first half of the presentation will look at setting correct BI sums insured and the second half of the presentation will look at advising correctly on BI extensions.
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Understanding the implications of policy exclusions following Covid-19
This highly topical and timely webinar is being delivered by Alan Chandler one of the most popular presenters in the UK. We know pretty much the whole market will apply some sort of pandemic exclusion for pandemics/covid-19, or more worryingly the words communicable diseases will be used; this starts bringing all sorts of extra scenarios that will be excluded for clients. How exclusions are worded will be incredibly significant, with some proposed wordings being very scary indeed. All insurance staff need to understand the law relating to exclusions. This webinar will take delegates on a plain English walk on how the law applies to policy exclusions and proximate cause, so that they can explain to clients clearly and confidently the implications of the differing communicable disease exclusions that will be applied to your policyholders' wordings.
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An overview of Motor Trade insurance
This webinar will be delivered by one of the UK's leading insurance presenters, Alan Chandler. The presentation will provide an overview of the main covers for a Motor Trader and where brokers make mistakes when setting up covers. Alan will explore the background as to why the motor trade market is hardening so badly and why rates will continue to rise. The presentation will also look into how a broker can help clients by getting motor traders to focus more on risk management.
View event detailsAn overview of Motor Fleet insurance - all you need to know in a nutshell
Motor Fleet Insurance – All you need to know in a nutshell. Alan Chandler, widely regarded as one of the leading trainers and presenters within the UK, in his usual engaging style will go through what fleet policies cover, how they are rated including what is meant by a vehicle year and explore important extras like occasional business use cover and how this differs from contingent liability. Alan will also explore why spotting claims trends and implementing risk management is so vital in the world of motor fleet coverage.
View event detailsWorkshop - A Day of Motor Insurance: All you need to know in a nutshell
Full Day Workshop on Motor Insurance This full day training course, being run for members of Plymouth & Cornwall Insurance Institute, is scheduled as follows. You can choose to sign up for the whole day by booking onto this event, or you can choose individual sessions to attend by clicking on the relevant links and booking on the respective event pages. 9 - 11am An overview of Motor insurance explaining the fundamentals of the different covers and the rating factors 11-11.30am Break 11.30 - 1pm An overview of Motor Fleet insurance 1-1.30pm Break 1.30 - 3pm An overview of Motor Trade insurance. Alan Chandler, widely regarded as one of the leading trainers and presenters within the UK, in his usual engaging style will discuss the learning objectives described under each session covering Motor insurance basics, Motor Fleet, Motor Trade.
View event detailsAn overview of Motor insurance
An overview of Motor insurance - explaining the fundamentals of the different covers and the rating factors. Alan Chandler, widely regarded as one of the leading trainers and presenters within the UK, in his usual engaging style will go through the key component parts of a motor policy and it will include looking at what is actually covered under the main cover options. He will also explore how rating is evolving with big data which will transform the way motor insurance is rated.
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Later Life Lending Webinar: Equity Release in Focus
The use of equity release as a financial tool has gained significant momentum of the last 5 years and is showing no sign of slowing. Jane and Daniel from Pure Retirement Ltd will present a general introduction to the industry, providing the knowledge, contact and support to allow people to venture further into this space. This session will help alleviate some common misconceptions with equity release and showcase how viable it is as a financial consideration for you and your clients.
View event detailsHow to maximise opportunities in a Hard market
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, then yours is the hard insurance market and all the distressed clients within in it" (an insurance version of Rudyard Kipling) There have been hard markets before, there have been recessions before, but never have the two emerged with such force at the same time. Policyholders desperate for savings will be receiving the unwelcome news of significant premium increases. The door of client inertia will be swung wide open, presenting fantastic new business opportunities, as well as offering serious threats to renewal books. This webinar is delivered by Alan Chandler and is a great follow on from his incredibly well-received presentation "The Perfect Storm" on why there will be a hard market.
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Pandemic Stress and the Importance of Workplace Wellness
Free taster session provided by Madeline Blackburn from Soul Spa Meditation. This will involve dealing with stress in the workplace. Optional donation to MIND charity (link to follow)
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Joint Professions’ Networking Group - Virtual Networking Event - Booking details below
The Joint Professions’ Networking Group (JPNG) is a group of professional organisations, drawn from around the region, offering an opportunity to meet and forge genuine connections with fellow professionals in a social environment. The group was formed in 2009, with 14 professional member organisations, with a mix of lawyers, accountants, surveyors, directors and property professionals, as well as members of the banking, insurance and investment sectors. This is a networking and CPD event arranged by JPNG and suitable for all PFS and CII professionals to attend.
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Cancelled - Annual Black Tie Dinner
Cancelled - BUT see our virtual event December 4th and make your nominations now!
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Directors' & Officers' Insurance and Employment Practices Liability in a plain English nutshell
This session will briefly explain the history and how the D&O market place is changing, including the fact that many more directors are being sued individually and also the fact that the amount of HSE prosecutions have trebled against individual directors since 2015. This is no longer a cover that ANY director can ignore, and ironically if a director refuses D&O without consulting their fellow directors they have massively increased their own personal D&O exposure. Too many brokers are saying to their clients that the maximum limit a company should set for D&O is the sum total of all the directors personal assets - this is wrong and will lead to a PI claim against that broker! The trainer for this session, Alan Chandler, runs his own training and consultancy business, so does not come with any agenda for promoting a specific insurer's wording. This presentation will be focusing on how to make it easy to understand the main purpose of this valuable cover. Alan Chandler, widely regarded as one of the leading trainers and presenters within the UK, in his usual engaging style will help provide a plain English overview on D & O and EPL insurance suitable for all those in the insurance industry.
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Financial awareness: a plain English overview for all insurance staff
Covid-19 has forced the UK into a recession and understanding clients accounts has never been more important for brokers and underwriters alike, with tremendous scrutiny now being put on clients' accounts, so account executives, account handlers and underwriters will need to understand the main terminology. This presentation looks to provide a plain English understanding of what is in a balance sheet, Profit and Loss account, a cash flow statement and how these can be read easily by non accountants. The webinar will also include an overview of the main financial ratios again explained in a plain English way aimed at non accountants. Alan Chandler, widely regarded as one of the leading trainers and presenters within the UK, in his usual engaging style will help provide a plain English overview for financial awareness suitable for all those in the insurance industry.
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Professional Indemnity insurance - an overview
This presentation provides an overview of professional indemnity insurance. It looks at the main case law underpinning the PI market, why the PI market is expanding in terms of number of policyholders needing the cover yet at the same time the capacity is decreasing. It explores the problems posed by a claims made wording and the difficulty clients have going into retirement without adequate run off cover. The presentation also looks at ensuring the correct limits of indemnity are set. Alan Chandler, widely regarded as one of the leading trainers and presenters within the UK, in his usual engaging style will help provide an overview of Professional Indemnity suitable for all those in the insurance industry.
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