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Improve your Presentation Skills

  • Thu 16 Jan 9:15 am – 1:00 pm
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • Richard Smith, Richard Smith Consultancy

Delivering professional and memorable presentations is a vital skill in the Insurance Industry and profession. Whether to a large audience, a team meeting or a small group of people, being able to present with confidence and authority makes a huge difference to successfully getting the message across.

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Forensic Flooding Investigations

  • Wed 04 Dec 8:30 am – 9:45 am
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • Richard Keightley, Hawkins

In this lecture, Richard will outline the common considerations in forensic flooding investigations. He will cover flooding from a range of sources including sewers, surface water, groundwater and rivers.

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Christmas Networking Drinks

  • Thu 28 Nov 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • The Cosy Club

It's that time of year again! The Insurance Institute of Bristol invites you to a pre-Christmas drinks and networking event.

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Directors & Officers Insurance in a plain English nutshell

  • Thu 28 Nov 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Novotel Bristol City Centre
    • Alan Chandler

This session will briefly explain the history and how the D&O market place is changing, including the fact that many more directors are being sued individually and also the fact that the amount of HSE prosecutions have trebled against individual directors since 2015

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GDPR - 18 months on

  • Fri 01 Nov 9:00 am – 10:00 am
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is now part of the new Data Protection Act 2018 is having wide ramifications for all firms within the insurance sector and society as a whole. This presentation is a plain English look at how to be GDPR compliant. It is delivered very much from an insurance sector perspective, with appropriate relevant insurance examples being provided.

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Networking Evening - Bath

  • Thu 24 Oct 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Abbey Hotel

You are invited to an evening of networking at The Abbey Hotel, North Parade, Bath BA1 1LF on Thursday 24th October from 6:00pm.

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Commercial Insurance Negotiation

  • Thu 17 Oct 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre

The Insurance Profession is a ‘people’ business and professional negotiation is a key competence and skill that can help insurers and brokers provide great service and outcomes for customers.

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Commercial Contract Mock Mediation & Trial

  • Wed 09 Oct 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
  • Bristol Old Vic

You are invited to join us for a commercial contract mock mediation and trial run in association wtih ARAG and 3PB Barristers.

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AF5 Revision Day

  • Thu 26 Sep 9:15 am – 4:30 pm

This one day intensive revision course is designed to help you develop your exam technique and knowledge within key areas of AF5

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5-a-side Football Tournament

  • Wed 25 Sep 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Goals Football

Fancy yourself as a Premier League star in the making? Now is your chance to prove it as the Insurance Institute of Bristol invites all of its members to enter your teamfor a chance to battle it out for the IIB Cup!

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Extending the Senior Managers & Certification Regime to all FCA firms

  • Wed 25 Sep 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • Branko Bjelobaba

This event is of relevance to all intermediaries - general insurance, IFAs and mortgage.

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Driverless Cars - The Future of Road Transport and the implications for insurance

  • Tue 17 Sep 8:30 am – 10:00 am
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • David Williams, AXA Insurance

The session will cover the Government backed consortia, look at the ongoing government consultation and how it may impact the regulatory timetable, and the wider implications of European restrictions / opportunities.

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AF7 Revision Day

  • Fri 13 Sep 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

The aim of this session is to prepare you for four of the key elements attracting marks in the AF7 syllabus.

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CII Examination Techniques (September)

  • Thu 12 Sep 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • Alan Chandler

This 3 hour workshop will aid all those who are taking CII examinations

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AF1 Revision Day

  • Thu 12 Sep 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

This course is designed for members studying for and taking the AF1 examination.

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AF4 Revision Day

  • Wed 11 Sep 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Designed for members studying and taking the AF4 examination

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Office, Telephone & Meeting Etiquette

  • Thu 18 Jul 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • Karen Brown, Mediation-Commercial devisions by agreement

Aimed at people who may be new to the industry or taking additional responsibility for the first time, this session is designed to show the importance of building skills and share the tips and hints on how to conduct oneself in a business environment.

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Mediation; An introduction - it can be good to talk

  • Tue 02 Jul 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre
    • Karen Brown, Mediation-Commercial designs by agreement

Is “the day in court” an inevitable conclusion to a dispute where both parties have paid for legal advice which tells them separately, they each have a good case? They can’t both be right!

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Summer Networking Event (1)

  • Thu 20 Jun 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin

The Insurance Institute of Bristol invites you to a Summer Networking event at the newly renovated Avon Gorge Hotel.

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The Salisbury Novichok Poisoning

  • Thu 13 Jun 8:30 am – 10:00 am
  • Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre

This session will consider the various ways in which Business Interruption policies may (or may not) have been able to respond to the challenges faced by businesses in Salisbury following the Novichok contamination in March 2018. Further traces of Novichok were identified in Salisbury and elsewhere. This seminar will consider the various ways that the incident has affected the city, and the scope of insurance policy response to those.

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