The Future of Insurance Report

The UK insurance market has spoken: it is confident and well-placed to thrive amid the global tide of technological and economic disruption. But another UK insurance market has also spoken: this one has severe doubts about its efficiency, its diversity, and its cultural and technological fitness to face the future.

The Insurance Institute of Bristol is delighted to invite DWF to speak to our members about their latest report on the future of insurance, which brings together the results of their survey of insurance executives. Join us as we look into what the market is focusing on right now and scan the horizon to see what the market expects to be its focus in 5 years' time.

Their survey allows insight into how insurance market participants envisage the evolution of their marketplace, revealing strongly held and clearly articulated views, but also apparently irreconcilable differences and surprising inconsistencies with widely reported trends.

Learning objectives:

• Introduce the intention of the report.
• Detail the result of the report.
• Detail what the insurance market it focusing on right now.
• Confirm what the market expects its focus to be in five years time.

There will be an opportunity to enjoy a selection of canapes and drinks at the conclusion of the seminar to network with your peers.

Speaker biography:

Simon Mason is Executive Partner for the Bristol office and leads the Bristol Professional Negligence team. Handling professional negligence claims against many professionals, including accountants, IFAs, solicitors, surveyors, insurance brokers, actuaries, insolvency practitioners, mortgage brokers, estate agents, property managers and auctioneers. Simon regularly advises insurers on policy coverage issues and disputes, has wide ranging experience of methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution and acts for professionals facing disciplinary complaints.

Derek is a partner and the Head of Occupational Health and Casualty. He is a leading insurance lawyer involved in cutting edge litigation. His expertise is in policy interpretation arising from mesothelioma claims, environmental litigation, product liability and construction cases, including a wide experience of group litigation cases.