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New Year Virtual Essex Way Challenge
Virtual Essex Way Fundraising Walk in aid of Little Havens Date: 1st January to 29th February Location: Virtual Walk Get active for the new year and join us for a virtual walk along the Essex Way. The Essex Way starts at Epping Tube station and continues for 81.4 miles to the High Lighthouse in Harwich. Walk, run or cycle at your own pace to cover the distance between 1st January and 29th February. Completing the Virtual Route Once you have signed up we will send you an email with a tracker to help you log your distances and instructions on how to keep us updated on your progress. Once you have completed the distance let us know and we will send you a completion certificate. Kieran Mote, published author and director of the Sports Rehab Lab (SRL) based in Southend, will be sending out periodic blogs and hints and how to get and stay active in the new year as part of this event to those who register. Our President, Caroline Martin, has chosen Little Havens Hospice as our charity of the year. Little Havens have provided support for Caroline's sister and nephew Axel who has a rare genetic condition. We would appreciate any donations to this wonderful cause: IICSE is fundraising for Little Havens Children's Hospice (justgiving.com) Little Havens Hospice When a child has been diagnosed with a complex or incurable condition, Little Havens can provide the care they need. Their specialist Care Team can support them and their family throughout illness, death and bereavement, in the comfort of their own home or at their hospice. They focus on their quality of life, caring for individual physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs, "making every day count". Little Havens must raise over £52,000 each week to be there for every baby, child and teenager who needs them which is why every donation matters. Many thanks, Lorraine
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Enabling Womens Careers - 10th Jan 2024 - Cycle your way to success
Join us for the January Women's Forum session. In this session we will be exploring how we can Cycle our way to Success! This session will be live online on Zoom. It will not be recorded as we aim to create a safe space for members to express themselves, network and grow. These sessions are for all levels of PFS and CII and future topics will be established from member feedback within the group. The sessions are facilitated by Caroline who is a Certified Coach and NLP Trainer, however, these sessions are an exploration for all and so please bring your top tips to share with other members of the group and be open to explore and encourage eachother. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this session.
View event detailsForecasting & Pipeline Management
The ‘typical’ sales person in popular culture is often seen as someone who just wants to ‘get out there’ and ‘sell’, or to look after their clients/prospects. They object to the tedium of inputting data, or following what they see as strict bureaucratic guidelines on exactly how to do this. The sales/team leader has the unenviable task of trying to entice or enforce his maverick team members to toe the line. When sales people do complete their pipeline there are multiple reasons why it may be unreliable and inaccurate. This session will demonstrate to sales/team leaders and individual sales people [whether they are pure sellers, BDMs or Account Executives] the vital importance of effective pipeline management in ALL of their roles, and some effective strategies and tips for achieving it.
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Young Professionals Group: Networking Event (Jan 2024)
The Insurance Institute of Chelmsford and South Essex January Networking Event is open to members and non members of the Insurance and Financial Services profession and will be hosted by our Young Professionals Group.
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How to be positively disruptive
Having the ability to challenge existing norms; to identify opportunities and bring these to the workplace are invaluable for companies, but it's a fine line between being Disruptive and a positive disruptor. In this topic we will discover how to avoid being mediocre: but a positively disruptive, invaluable member of your team.
View event detailsEnabling Womens Careers - 13th December 2023 - Managing the Merriness without Meltdown
Join us for the December Women's Forum - Managing the Merriness without Meltdown This session will be Live-Online on Zoom. It will not be recorded as we aim to create a safe space for members to express themselves, network and grow. These sessions are for all levels of PFS and CII and future topics will be established from member feedback within the group. The sessions are facilitated by Caroline who is a Certified Coach and NLP Trainer, however, these sessions are an exploration for all and so please bring your top tips to share with other members of the group and be open to explore and encourage eachother. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this session.
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How to design your vision and align your life
Caroline is a huge believer in exploring possibilities and dreaming big! She is not only an International Bestselling Co-Author but has also recently featured on the front page of the latest Rapport Magazine, the industry magazine for the Association for Neuro Linguistic Programming for sharing her magical methedolgy on 'How to design your vision and align your life' Gift yourself 90 minutes dedicated to your own development to ignite your reticular activator into setting yourself up for success in 2024. This session is suitable for all levels of development. Please have your camera on and be open to working with others.
View event detailsYoung Professionals Group: Networking Event
The Insurance Institute of Chelmsford and South Essex December Networking Event is open to members and non members of the Insurance and Financial Services profession and will be hosted by our Young Professionals Group.
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Hawkins Webinar - Finding Evidence of Fraud & Deliberate Fire Setting
Russ will cover the identification of physical evidence that identifies fires as being started deliberately, alongside evidence that identifies where fires and other peril claims are potentially fraudulent.
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Talking Anxiety with Nick Elston
Based on his own experiences of Mental Illness, Mental Health & Adversity - Nick will deliver a powerful, impactful, inspiring & insightful session sharing his journey from breakdown to professional speaker. Not only this, but Nick will also share his ‘lived experience guide’ giving you tools, tips & hacks to implement immediately in life & in business.
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Webinar: Global Threats Facing the Insurance Industry
What are the global threats facing the insurance industry right now and how are these impacting UK insurers and brokers? This will be an interactive and wide-ranging talk and those attending will be actively encouraged to contribute with their own experiences. We will look at the differences in responses between insurers and brokers with brokers considering business conduct more of a concern than insurers.
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Hawkins - Corrosion in the Power Industry
Giuseppe will focus on two widespread corrosion mechanisms that routinely lead to large business interruption claims in the power industry: Corrosion Under Insulation, and Microbiologically Induced Corrosion. He will discuss causes of these degradation mechanisms, as well as how to recognise and prevent them.
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Enabling Women's Careers face to face in Chelmsford - 29th November 2023 4pm
Can you believe it has been a year since we relaunched the Womens forum in Chelmsford? After several months building connections live online let's take the opportunity to recap on our year, look at what we can focus on in 2024 and actually meet in the flesh! We will meet in the bar at the County Hotel Chelmsford at 4pm. Please book to save your place and so that we have contact details to update you. We are looking forward to seeing you in person! Lorraine and Caroline
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Understanding Your Personal Brand
We may have typical titles in the world of financial services and our many roles behind the scenes but that does not define us. Each one of us are beautifully unique! Join us for this fun exploratory session live on Zoom where we will delve into understanding our personal brand.
View event detailsAnnual Dinner 2023
The President of the Insurance Institute of Chelmsford and South Essex is excited to announce our annual dinner at the beautiful Stock Brook Manor on Friday 24th November 2023. As a PFS or CII member you can come on your own or with a colleague or guest or two and you can be assured that you will be seated with other like-minded professionals letting their hair down for the evening. The price includes a drink on arrival, three-course meal, entertainment and dancing until midnight-ish! And there will be some amazing raffle prizes, as you might expect. We have an early bird discount available until 13th August 2023 for £700 a table (£70 per individual ticket). Thereafter, tickets are £80 each or £800 for a table of 10. We can guarantee that if you attend on your own you will be welcomed by our Council and sat with like minded professionals. You can book directly through the website or if you’re interested in tickets or would like more information please contact one of our Dinner Secretaries:- Brett Wexler Email: Brett.Wexler@pib-insurance.com Tel:- 07904809237 Matthew Waters Email: mwaters@harrisonholgate.com We look forward to seeing you there!
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Intl Men's Day - Session 4 - Men's Mental Health in 2023 (Panel Discussion)
In our final lunchtime virtual session for International Men's Day, delegates can listen to a panel discussion with industry professionals from across the local financial services industry, where we will delve into the world of men’s mental health, how our speakers have recognised the signs of poor mental health and what they do to protect their mental health. Please note that to aid the flow of discussion, this session will not be recorded.
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Intl Men's Day - Session 3 - Stress Readiness (George Zielinski)
In the third and penultimate of our lunchtime virtual sessions for International Men's Day, please join George Zielinski of GROW Yourself where delegates can leverage insights from behavioural science to help better manage and renew physical, mental and emotional energy.
View event detailsHawkins Webinar - Investigating Fires Involving Biomass Boilers
Hawkins has investigated many fires associated with biomass boilers, but over the past few years there has been a noticeable increase in instructions of fires relating to their use. In this webinar, Camilla discusses what biomass boilers are, how they work, and how they can cause fires.
View event detailsIntl Men's Day - Session 2 Men's Total Mind & Health (Ollie Martin)
In the second of our lunchtime virtual sessions for International Men's Day, please join Ollie Martin of Nick Thomas Associates where delegates will learn to understand what works and what does not and what they can do about their health and performance in the here and now. This interactive workshop will be interspersed with short practices and tests to support engagement and illustrate and support learning.
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Intl Men's Day - Session 1 - From Pain to Performance - (Kieran Mote)
In the first of our lunchtime virtual sessions for International Men's Day, please join Kieran Mote of Sports Rehab Lab (based in Southend-on-Sea) where delegates will learn about how to improve their physical health by developing a consistent approach to exercise, how to overcome injury and pain management, why physical activity is essential to a healthy lifestyle and how exercising regularly improves your physical health as we age.
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