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FCA GI Consumer Duty and Update
We are on the final countdown to the start of the Consumer Duty the FCA has urged firms to ensure they are ready for the 31 July deadline. The current cost of living squeeze makes it all the more vital consumers get fair value, and this should also benefit the competitiveness of the industry as firms strive to offer the best to compete for customers.
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Webinar: Rest, Recovery, Recharge - Ready for Productivity
The well-known phrase “I`ll sleep when I die” is old school. The number of hours worked DOES NOT correlate with performance. This session addresses the WHY, WHAT and HOW to rest, recover and recharge, so that you are ready to achieve!
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Webinar: Building barriers to burnout and bridges to brilliance
Would you feed your Ferrari frogs? If the answer is a big fat “NO” then this course is for you. If you want to fuel your body for physical health, it is vital that you understand and apply the contents of this course.
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PDG Flagship Event - Various speakers!
The IASG Professional Development Group are delighted to announce that they'll be running their flagship event on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th June 2023.
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Webinar: Working From Home & Hybrid… Without Forgetting Health & Happiness
WFH&H…WFH&H...! Gain a greater awareness of the health habits that hinder and help your productivity when WFH&H. We'll explore nutrition, movement, sleep, positive noise, & productivity winners, whilst linking these to your individual world.
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PFS Central Scotland Summer Conference
Insightful sessions, invaluable networking opportunity and CPD! The PFS have taken member feedback on board and are making some exciting changes to their regional conferences during 2023.
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Developing good professional habits – Risk Management for Young Professionals
The Young Professionals Group are delighted to present this in-person breakfast seminar hosted by Brodies LLP. Join Stephanie Barratt, Rachael Jane Ruth and Jo Kelbrick of Brodies' Insurance & Risk team for a 45 minute session to explore the importance of risk management and developing good professional practice at an early stage in your career. This session will be applicable to all IASG members (and particularly those at an early stage in their career).
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PFS Chartered Breakfast - SIPP and SSAS
This session for PFS Chartered Members with Kerry from @SIPP will take an overview of the SIPP & SSAS market and recent consolidation. It will then provide a closer look at what a bespoke provider will accept with some detail on property assets.
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Adjusting the Big Freeze, a commercial view of coverage issues and challenges
December 2022 saw the most severe weather related surge event since 2010 with the big freeze resulting in unprecedented claim volumes across much of Scotland and the UK, with Insurers predicting indemnity spend from this event to be 200% that of the 2018 “Beast from the East” storm event. These events bring significant challenges at an already challenging time for the insurance sector amidst the cost of living crisis and record inflation.
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Wellbeing Seminar - How to Thrive: Developing a Mindset for Success
The IASGs Professional Development Group is pleased to invite you to our next in person seminar, focussing on mental health and developing a mindset for success. ‘It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters’ –Epictetus. Shifting your mindset can have a huge impact on your mental wellbeing and your resilience in the long term. This session looks at victim mentality, self-empowerment and how to develop a growth mindset. The session will be delivered by PVL Facilitator Sam Kiani. Sam is a warm and engaging facilitator and professionally certified coach, built upon a strong career of more than 25 years within Financial Services Risk & Technology and as an entrepreneur, reaching Director and Senior Leadership Team level. She is passionate about helping transform ‘us’ and ‘them’ into ‘we’, restoring wholeness. Please enter through the North Entrance on Killermont Street, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY. This is an accessible entrance. Please note there will be sandwiches, tea and coffee afterwards with some time for networking.
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Annual General Meeting 2023
We need you! To get down to our AGM... Your local institute council invites you to attend their 2023 Annual General Meeting in order to hear first-hand reports from council members on previous and future activities and vote on the appointment of new council members for the forthcoming year. If you feel you could make a positive contribution to your institute, it is an ideal first step to becoming involved. We will also be awarding a number of qualification prizes to members post AGM at our annual awards ceremony. Book your place today to attend our AGM, celebrate local successes and network with council members over coffee, tea and sandwiches.
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Business Interruption Insurance - all you need to know, explained in plain English
The Young Professionals Group are delighted to be running this online event. Presented by Alan Chandler, this session will 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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The Cost of Living Crisis and its Effects on Insurance
The IASG Professional Development Group are delighted to be offering this webinar. The cost of living has affected us all in one way or another, along with forecasted market trends to consider. Whether that is the price of food or the price of energy. But what’s the cause? And most importantly, how are businesses affected? This session will explore the key areas that brokers and insurers need to take into account when understanding the insured’s needs and the importance of ensuring that the right levels of cover are in place. The session will consider, in particular, the cause of the crisis, material damage insurance considerations as well as business interruption considerations, and will look forward to the rest of 2023 and beyond.
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Changing employment trends and how they are altering insurance demands
The Professional Development Group are delighted to be running an brand new online CPD session. During the last twenty years there has never been more changes in employment trends in the UK - yet in many cases the insurance industry has been slow to change. This presentation will point out the business opportunities that have arisen due to these changing trends and why they have often been missed.
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Legal Update: Where are we now? A look back at the key Personal Injury Cases in 2022
The Professional Development Group are delighted to announce their next in person CPD event. As we approach the end of another busy year, we look back at some of the key decisions issued by the courts and their impact on the legal landscape. We will provide a brief overview of some key cases and provide an analysis of their significance. In our 45 minute talk, we will seek to identify emerging trends including those on duty of care, psychiatric injury and expert evidence in court. Please note there will be an opportunity to network over sandwiches following the seminar.
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Online CPD - Business Interruption Insurance - Setting Correct Sums Assured
Following on from our recent Financial awareness workshop.... Business Interruption insurance is one of the most misunderstood covers in the marketplace and this webinar looks at how these misunderstandings can be overcome. The webinar will deal with how Gross Profit sums insured for policyholders with stock can be correctly calculated, as well as showing how to correctly arrange sums insured for service businesses like IFA's. The course will be delivered by Alan Chandler, Chartered Insurer who is widely regarded as one of the leading presenters in the UK. The training will be very suitable for brokers, underwriters and claims staff working in commercial insurance and anyone studying for the CII diploma subject M93 Commercial property and business interruption.
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YPs Christmas Party
Calling all Young Professionals! It’s that time of year again and we ho-ho-hope you can join us for our Christmas Party on Thursday, 01st December at 5:30pm at the Piper Bar. This will be a fun, festive themed night with drinks, a hot buffet and a Christmas themed music quiz with our very own Jimmy Cheng. The event will begin from 5:30pm at The Piper Whisky Bar, 57 Cochrane Street, Glasgow, G1 1HL, continuing on until late. The night will include: - Complimentary drink tokens for each attendee - Hot Christmas themed Buffet - A Christmas themed music quiz with prizes for winners Hope to see you there!
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Annual Dinner 2022
We are delighted to confirm that we will once again be hosting the annual IASG dinner on Friday 25th November 2022.
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Fireworks - the risks!!!!
The Professional Development Group in partnership with Burgoynes are delighted to be running an in-person CPD seminar. Fireworks excite and enthrall. However, there are real risks of property damage and personal injury if fireworks are not correctly handled or if they are poorly manufactured.
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#BeEXCELlent event - Calling All Young Professionals
Calling all Young Professionals. The Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow’s Young Professional Committee is happy to announce that their next CPD event will focus on the back of basics of excel. This session involves both theory and practical exercises that will help you improve your excel skills. The event will be run by Danielle Langford, Insights Consultant at Zurich Insurance.
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