Birmingham 2016 Insurance and Financial Services Conference

Dr Philip McRae - Managing Director of BHSF Occupational Health will talk about mental health issues in the workplace

Caroline Coates, Partner and Head of Automotive at DWF Law will talk about driverless cars, the technology, the legal and insurance issues of them.

Break with Tea, coffee and muffins.

Break with Tea, coffee and muffins.

Gary McInally, Chief Actuary of Flood Re will talk about getting the value out of Flood Re. This will cover the intention of Flood Re.; how it was launched; how it adds value as well as lessons learned.

Simon Littlejohns, Tax Partner at Friend Partnership Limited will talk about how tax doesn't have to be taxing. This will focus on tax planning for high net worth individuals. It will look at recent tax changes, this year's budget changes as well as subsequent announced changes.

11.30am to 12.10pm

Alistair Kinley of BLM Law will look at recent legislation and its impact on insurance policy liability. Alistair will also cover the Insurance Fraud Taskforce and whiplash fraud

Chris Green of Chris Green Media will give a talk on Crisis, What Crisis? How to avoid making a drama out of a crisis. This will look at how with careful planning and with a media crisis plan you can help your business survive a reputational or financial crisis. It will also cover why "no comment" is never the right thing to say.

12.15 to 1.00pm

James Dalton, Director of General Insurance Policy at the ABI will talk about building the reputation of the general insurance sector. His talk will cover key policy challenges in the general insurance market and increasing consumer trust in general insurance and the reputation of the sector.

Jonathan Newbold a Partner at Browne Jacobson LLP will talk about When things go wrong: how to reduce the risk of FCA Enforcement Action. This will focus on what happens If appropriate systems and controls are not implemented to reduce the risk of data loss and fraud. How FCA regulated firms could be subject to FCA Enforcement Action, so knowing what the FCA expects and how to deal with the regulator when such an event arises is essential.

1.00 to 1.40pm

Lunch. A finger buffet with orange juice and water

Lunch. A finger buffet with orange juice and water

1.40 to 2.25pm

Tim Jones – UK/I PI and Cyber manager of Chubb Insurance & Paul Handy the Head of Global Technical Services - Continental Europe, Middle East & Africa - Crawford & Company Adjusters (UK) Limited will talk about cyber insurance –why you need it; how the policy works and the importance of incident response management.

2.30 to 3.10pm

A joint session with Sian Fisher the Chief Executive of the Chartered Insurance Institute and Keith Richards the Chief Executive of the Personal Finance Society

3.10 to 3.30pm

Tea, coffee and cakes

3.30 to 5.00pm

A debate “This house believes that it is in the best interest of the Midlands insurance and investment sector that Great Britain leaves the European Union”

Speakers from both Stronger In and Vote Leave will put forward their case and answer questions raised from the audience.