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Novus Webinar - 7 Top tips on how to be a more effective and more efficient learner when studying for professional qualifications
This practical and interactive webinar is perfect for candidates studying towards professional qualifications with either an exam or coursework element. With often limited, or sometimes no tutor support, it is extremely difficult to balance home, work and study. This webinar will teach you key skills of how to get started with your studies, how to research assignments, read as much as possible in the least amount of time and deal with issues such as procrastination and mental blocks, as well as how to avoid overlearning. We will also look at how to plan your assignment and structure your writing.
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Webinar - An Overview of Commercial Package Insurance
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.
View event detailsWebinar Event - An Introduction to the Insurance Industry
This three hour webinar (with a break in the middle) will be ideal for staff who are new or fairly new to the insurance industry, for those studying IF1 or for those who just want to get a better understanding of the main principles that underpin our industry. The webinar will be presented by Alan Chandler, one of the most popular speakers in the UK. Alan will, in his usual plain English style, go through what risks are covered by insurance and what risks are not. He will then explain the structure of the UK insurance industry including exploring the roles of brokers, underwriters and claims staff. The six main legal principles of insurance will them be covered which are insurable interest, duty not to misrepresent/fair presentation of risk, proximate cause, indemnity, subrogation and contribution. The presentation will end up by covering the role of regulation within insurance.
View event detailsWebinar- Bank of England Update
The event will be presented by Ian Derrick. Ian joined the Bank of England in 2000 as Deputy Agent at the Agency for Wales, and returned to the role from a year's secondment to the economic analysis area of the Office of National Statistics in Newport in June 2015. Born and schooled in Llanelli, Ian graduated from Cardiff University in Economics in 1989, joining The Royal Bank of Scotland, working primarily in corporate banking and project finance roles in the City of London in the 1990s.
View event detailsWebinar - Critical financial rules for GI brokers’ FCA compliance
This comprehensive and interactive webinar will focus on the critical financial aspects of FCA rules - overall business solvency (compliance with adequate resources Threshold Condition 2.4), professional indemnity requirements/limits/issues (incl Covid cover) and the onerous client money handling rules under CASS 5. The FCA has had deep concern with brokers’ financial resilience and has issued several surveys on this plus client money handling arrangements culminating with the Dear CEO letter of 30 September 2020.
View event detailsWebinar - How Liability Can Arise in Tort
We sell many different liability insurance policies to customers every day; Motor, Employers Liability, Public Liability, Products liability, D&O, Professional Indemnity, Cyber Liability and more - what are we protecting the customers against, well it is largely being protected against being sued in the law of tort. Therefore, brokers, underwriters and claims staff alike should understand the law of tort, as failure to understand this means protections may be inadequate and a fair presentation of risk may not occur.
View event detailsWebinar -How to set correct Bi sums insured in a Covid-19 affected economy
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?
View event detailsWebinar Event - FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case – Supreme Court Appeal
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 will be handed down expeditiously. Four days were spent setting out starkly differing views between the FCA and insurers.
View event detailsWebinar Event - Insurance Implications of Brexit
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.
View event detailsWebinar- Financial Services Update (rescheduled from October)
What has been going on in the world of financial services, since the COVID-19 restrictions? This webinar will provide an update and a summary of the recent trends in complaints and case law.
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Novus Webinar - The Three Wise Insurance Execs: an insurance Christmas story
This amusing and fun webinar will look at the magic of the Christmas story through the eyes of The Three Wise Insurance Execs, as they set out on their camels from a small village in Wales to reach The Lloyd´s Building in London, above which a guiding star shines brightly. The story will be narrated by Jeff Heasman, using specially commissioned artwork. 2020 has been challenging but this will be a story with an underlying message of positivity and hope!
View event detailsWebinar Event - The Negative Ogden Rate and its Impact
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 - Why people buy products & services
There is a vital question that is very rarely asked in insurance and financial services. A question that will completely transform the way products and services are designed and sold. By then asking appropriate follow up questions, you will build a deep and meaningful relationship with your customers and ensure loyalty. This webinar focuses on the key question and then how to design a strategy for follow up questions based on the customer´s answers. It will transform the way you work with customers and it will take your business success to the next level.
View event detailsWebinar on – The FCA is coming!
The FCA has significantly increased the number of cases under investigation over the past few years. This webinar will cover, how a claim is transferred into enforcement, what to expect if a matter is transferred into the FCA’s enforcement division, the FCA’s powers and the FCA’s decision process.
View event detailsWebinar- Bank of England Update
The event will be presented by Ian Derrick. Ian joined the Bank of England in 2000 as Deputy Agent at the Agency for Wales, and returned to the role from a year's secondment to the economic analysis area of the Office of National Statistics in Newport in June 2015. Born and schooled in Llanelli, Ian graduated from Cardiff University in Economics in 1989, joining The Royal Bank of Scotland, working primarily in corporate banking and project finance roles in the City of London in the 1990s.
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Webinar Event - Revision Techniques for CII and PFS Examinations and Coursework
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 is one of the most popular insurance presenters in the UK, and who has been both tutor and examiner for many different CII subjects.
View event detailsWebinar - Trust & Loyalty: how to win it and how to keep it
Trust and loyalty are the cornerstones of any successful business relationship, but more especially in insurance and financial services. Trust has been compromised and loyalty challenged by a series of recent events which have been both within and outside our control. This webinar will examine the essential elements of what trust is, how to gain trust and keep it, as well as what to do when trust and loyalty are jeopardised.
View event detailsWebinar Event - How to advise correctly on Business interruption extensions and advanced loss of profit
One of the many things the Covid1-9 pandemic has taught the insurance industry is the importance of going through the various Bi extensions with clients and documenting these discussions. Failure to do this could leave the broker wide open to a pi claim against them.
View event detailsWebinar Event - Financial Services Update - CANCELLED
What has been going on in the world of financial services, since the COVID-19 restrictions? This webinar will provide an update and a summary of the recent trends in complaints and case law.
View event detailsWebinar - Business Interruption Insurance - all you need to know, explained in plain English
The Arbory case has left brokers wide open to be sued if they do not proactively guide their clients through setting correct Gross profit sums insured - this is why this webinar is so essential. Presented by Alan Chandler, one of the UK's most popular insurance presenters, Alan will take this opportunity to run through how business interruption insurance should be correctly set up. Alan will lift the myths away from Bi and show how, in his easy to understand style, you can get this cover on a correct footing going forward. This presentation will be applicable for brokers, underwriters, claims staff and loss adjusters.
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