Forthcoming events
This month

Lithium-Ion Battery Fire - A Forensic Insight - Hawkins Forensic Investigation
Electrical Engineer Richard Heath will explain the science behind these incidents, the techniques used to mitigate the risks, and how modern forensic investigation techniques can shed light on the causes of battery failures. He will also include a review of the problems that everyday consumers face regarding lithium-ion batteries and discuss the challenges an investigator might encounter when conducting such investigations.
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Illicit Cultivation & Processing of Cannabis - Hawkins Forensic Investigation
Ian Tatner will discuss methods used during the illicit cultivation of cannabis plants and subsequent processing of the crop and how such activities can lead to extensive property damage and danger to life.
View event detailsThe Ogden Rate - Highly topical - how liability rates will significantly fall in 2025 due to the recent Ogden rate reduction
The Ogden rate may sound an obscure thing, but it has massive implications both positively and negatively on liability settlements. All brokers, underwriters and claims staff should have a good understanding of the Ogden rate in order to explain rating changes to policyholders and understand why large liability claims will now be reducing.
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CPD Webinar: Farm Essentials
The farming and agriculture industry has quite a unique requirement when it comes to insurance. There is material damage, livestock, farming equipment, various degrees of liability, environmental facts, the list goes on! The purpose of this course is to get an understanding of the risks associated with this industry, and how insurance policies provide the cover.
View event detailsMindset and motivation: fuelling your success
Every individual, team and organisation has the potential to improve. But high performance is dependent on having the right mindset. Drawing on Carol Dweck’s research, this webinar shows how adopting the right mindset can help to increase your intelligence, success and tenacity.
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CPD Webinar: Contractors Insurance Masterclass - Intermediate
This is the second part of 3 in our Masterclass sessions on Contractors Insurance. This session examines how the standard Joint Contracts Tribunal contract has influenced the Contractors' insurance product, where and to whom the building contract imposes responsibility for insurance and the main classes affected
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The Forensic Examination of Photovoltaic Systems - Hawkins Forensic Investigation
Join Forensic Fire Investigator Dr Nick Carey, as he explains the basics of photovoltaic installations, the electrical safety risks of fires scenes involving them, and typical faults/damage which can lead to fires or other failures.
View event detailsWhy underinsurance in home contents is so prevalent and practical tips/tools to address it
Underinsurance is a major issue in the industry – many reports suggest that around 2/3 of homes are underinsured. Unfortunately, the same is often true for the contents in those homes. Why is this, and what can insurers and brokers do about it?
View event detailsProfessional Indemnity insurance – How claims can arise
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.
View event detailsFinancial awareness – a plain English overview for all insurance staff on how to understand clients’ accounts and how an accountants figures differ from what insurers need. (1)
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.
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CPD Webinar: Contractors Insurance Masterclass - Advanced
This is the 3rd and final part of our Masterclass sessions on Contractors Insurance. This session studies claims and cases that have determined the legal interpretation of policy wordings. In doing so, it summarises and builds on the learnings of our two earlier webinars enabling policyholders/clients to operate within a highly contractual environment
View event detailsAn overview of commercial package insurance
This webinar will provide a practical look into the various sections of a typical commercial package insurance policy, what is covered and what protection a commercial customer actually obtains, so that brokers, underwriters and claims staff alike can be confident when explaining the different sections of cover.
View event detailsPart 1 of a three-part series to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better.
Are you coping with the fast-moving pace of insurance? Do you have the skills to innovate to solve the tough challenges you, your team and your organisation are facing? Join this three-part series to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better. Hosted by Harvey Wade, an award-winning innovator and ex-innovation lead at Allianz and Cisco, he works with insurance organisations to make them better at innovating.
View event detailsHow to correctly advise your clients on setting correct indemnity periods under Business Interruption insurance policies.
Brokers increasingly face Pi claims for failing to advise clients correctly on setting appropriate Business Interruption indemnity periods, and with all the unfortunate events occurring in the world at the moment, making rebuild materials very scare, never has there been a better opportunity to engage your policyholders on this subject.
View event detailsPart 2 of a three-part series to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better.
Are you coping with the fast-moving pace of insurance? Do you have the skills to innovate to solve the tough challenges you, your team and your organisation are facing? This is the second of the three-part series to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better. Hosted by Harvey Wade, an award-winning innovator and ex-innovation lead at Allianz and Cisco, he works with insurance organisations to make them better at innovating.
View event detailsThe Rise of Errors and Omission Claims Against Brokers and how these can be mitigated
This presentation will explore why the number of errors and omission claims against brokers are on the increase and how these can potentially be mitigated. Ask a PI solicitor which PI claims are the easiest to deal with, and they nearly always say broker PI claims because you just must settle! Brokers time and again fail to professionally train staff and record key things in a correct manner, meaning that when these claims go to court there is often no defence.
View event detailsPart 3 of a three-part series to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better.
Are you coping with the fast-moving pace of insurance? Do you have the skills to innovate to solve the tough challenges you, your team and your organisation are facing? This is the third part of this three-part series to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better. Hosted by Harvey Wade, an award-winning innovator and ex-innovation lead at Allianz and Cisco, he works with insurance organisations to make them better at innovating.
View event detailsA Plain English Introduction to Engineering insurance and inspection
This is an hour’s presentation looking to provide a plain English overview of the Engineering insurance market, which is often shrouded in mystery and badly understood. We will look at both the inspection and insurance cover elements of Engineering insurance.
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