The Insurance Act by Rod Smith, CII Accredited Trainer

Time: 9.30 – 12.30 OR 13:30 - 16:30

A buffet lunch will be served from 12.30

Each delegate will have a paper copy of the new Act, and Rod will work through its key areas, taking a look at how the new law can be applied in practice to improve sales and claims for clients.

Learning Objectives

By attending this event, delegates will be able to identify:

• the traditional law of disclosing material facts

• reasons for the new Act together with its main provisions

• the continued importance of existing case law

• brokers' "fair presentations" of risks, now & after August 2016

• Insureds' "senior management" & other responsible persons

• Delimiting the persons questioned and listed in a presentation

• the need to search for relevant information, brokers' knowledge

• old & new law of Warranties, Conditions & other Clauses

• why and when Insureds will need their own forensic advice

• Grading and using Insurers’ four remedies for unfair presentations

• Is this the end of “holding covered” and “Average”?

Rod will also touch on the coming major changes that affect us all in the Enterprise Bill 2015, in respect of damages for late payment of claims.