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Webinar: An overview of commercial package insurance

  • Wed 17 Feb 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

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.

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Webinar: Broker Trading Strategies and Skills in a Hard Market

  • Thu 11 Feb 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

We are experiencing the first hard market for many years; a generation of Brokers, Insurers and Clients have never worked in a hard market.

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Webinar: How To Prevent Burnout & Promote Thriving

  • Wed 10 Feb 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Andy Currie, Think Distinct

Burnout and overload an extreme but understandable response to our radically changing workplace. It can include mental, emotional and physical elements.

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Webinar: FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case – Supreme Court Appeal - ADDITIONAL SESSION

  • Mon 08 Feb 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgment of the Supreme Court following the appeal of the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. The appeal concluded on 19 November and the judgment was handed down on 15 January 2021. Four days were spent setting out starkly differing views between the FCA and insurers.

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Webinar: Telephone Sales and Communication Skills

  • Thu 04 Feb 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

In the remote working and remote trading world we now live in, telephone skills have become even more important both in sales and account management.

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Webinar: Water damage - the basics

  • Wed 03 Feb 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Andrew Vincent, Polygon

The webinar will cover the basics of the survey process; How to mitigate the damage; how to measure moisture and various drying techniques.

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Webinar: Delegating For Virtual Leaders

  • Tue 02 Feb 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Andy Currie, Think Distinct

How you allocate and follow up work as a leader has always been important, but for leaders that work remotely, effective delegation is even more important.

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Webinar: Professional Indemnity insurance - an overview

  • Fri 29 Jan 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

This presentation provides an overview of Professional Indemnity (PI) 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.

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Webinar: FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case – Supreme Court Appeal

  • Wed 27 Jan 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgment of the Supreme Court following the appeal of the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. It is relevant to general insurance brokers/intermediaries, their insurers, and any other market participants

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Webinar: The Fundamentals of Fire Investigation

  • Tue 19 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Daniel Brown, Rimkus Consulting Ltd

Establishing the cause of a fire and particularly if it was suspected to be a criminal act such as arson has always been a key part of property and business interruption claims.

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Webinar: The importance of setting correct BI sums insured in a post-Covid world

  • Thu 07 Jan 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Alan Chandler

Two lockdowns and massive drops in customer numbers will mean the 2020 book of accounts for most businesses will have absolutely no reflection of the true earning capacity of that enterprise. So how do clients go about setting a correct Business interruption sums insured for the forthcoming period of insurance?

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Webinar: The insurance implications of Brexit

  • Tue 15 Dec 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

Despite dominating much of press coverage for many years, due to the occurrence of Covid-19 around the globe Brexit is now getting far less press coverage, and there is a danger the insurance industry could slip into 2021 without fully considering the impact of Brexit.

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Festive Speed Networking - Online!

  • Fri 11 Dec 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm

It's time to find your best Christmas Jumper (some people have more than one), put it on and come along for some Festive Speed Networking! Organised by the BII Young Professionals' team.

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WEBINAR: The negative Ogden rate - Why existing limits of indemnity on EL/PL and Products can no longer remain the same - EXTRA SESSION

  • Thu 10 Dec 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

Brokers/Insurance company staff if you do not understand the long-term implications of a negative Ogden in the market place then you will be failing your clients – this presentation will help you understand why Parliament’s decision to create and stick with a negative Ogden rate has an impact on ALL major liability injury claims. Even the traditional EL limit of £10m is now looking too small let alone PL limits of £2m.

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Webinar: Parametric Insurance - is it the answer?

  • Wed 09 Dec 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Damian Glynn, Sedgwick International UK

This session provides an overview of parametric insurance and the existing insurance context within which that should be understood.

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WEBINAR: MO5 Insurance Law - Introduction

  • Tue 08 Dec 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Rod Smith

This one-day online workshop for up to 20 delegates is ideal for anyone taking this compulsory CII Diploma subject by mixed assessment and multiple-choice exam, or for anyone who just wants to refresh their knowledge of insurance law generally. The course is open to both starters and more advanced students.

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WEBINAR: The negative Ogden rate - Why existing limits of indemnity on EL/PL and Products can no longer remain the same

  • Wed 25 Nov 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

Brokers/Insurance company staff if you do not understand the long-term implications of a negative Ogden in the market place then you will be failing your clients – this presentation will help you understand why Parliament’s decision to create and stick with a negative Ogden rate has an impact on ALL major liability injury claims. Even the traditional EL limit of £10m is now looking too small let alone PL limits of £2m.

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WEBINAR: Exam Technique Workshop (EXTRA DATE)

  • Thu 19 Nov 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

This 3 hour workshop will aid all those who are taking CII or PFS examinations. It is a generic overview delivered by Alan Chandler, who has been both tutor and examiner for many different CII subjects.

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Webinar: Bank of England presentation on the Monetary Policy Report

  • Wed 18 Nov 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    • Glynn Jones, Bank of England, Agency for the West Midlands & Oxfordshire

This session covers the Bank’s central scenario for the economy in light of the impact of covid-19 and the implications for growth, inflation and unemployment. The discussion will touch on some of the key drivers affecting the outlook – both UK and global.

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WEBINAR: Exam Technique Workshop

  • Thu 29 Oct 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Alan Chandler

This 3 hour workshop will aid all those who are taking CII or PFS examinations. It is a generic overview delivered by Alan Chandler, who has been both tutor and examiner for many different CII subjects.

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