Advanced Construction Risks

>> Event Overview

This session examines how the standard Joint Contracts Tribunal contract has influenced the Contractors' insurance product, where and to whom the building contract imposes responsibility for insurance and the main classes affected.

>> Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

Understand the JCT Design and Build 2016 Contract.

• Terminology and Meanings

• The sections where insurance responsibilities lie

• Impact on the policy wording

>> Speaker Biographys

Alan Tickner

Alan has a wealth of experience and expertise garnered from over 40 years working in the Insurance industry, primarily with insurance brokers, latterly as a Director of Marsh Commercial [Jelf]. He has looked after clients in a wide range of industries with particular specialisms in the Construction and Property sectors, and to include offshore decommissioning, process control, transportation, storage, and food manufacturing. He has specific knowledge working with Captive (Protected Cell) Insurance companies. Alan is both a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute [FCII], and Fellow of Risk Management in Insurance [FIRM]. He was honoured with a ‘Special Services to Insurance Award’, Belfast 2017. Alan now works as a self-employed consultant to a major construction firm, and as a technical insurance trainer for Nick Thomas & Associates. Whilst his training capabilities are wide-ranging, he has particular expertise in: Design and Build, Plant Hire, Business Interruption, and Alternative Risk Transfer.

Supported by Nick Thomas

Nick offers a unique combination of skills in the UK insurance training sector – an industry sales specialist and a widely qualified professional coach and trainer. Nick is an Economics graduate with over 25 years corporate insurance broking experience. He was a highly successful sales producer in the UK broking market before progressing into regional and then national sales leadership roles. As National Development Director at HSBC, Nick was one of only 40 people from a global workforce of 265,000 selected as part of the STARS programme to recognise exceptional performance. He is a highly trained consultative sales specialist, and his experience includes a secondment with a major management consultant to design a best practice sales process.

In the mid-2000s, Nick developed a chronic health condition; his journey to recovery fostered a new range of interests, and a passion for health, and performance. He studied widely, qualifying as a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), obtaining a Diploma in Life Coaching, before going on to study Corporate/Business Coaching with The Coaching Academy. He is also a qualified Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Advanced Exercise Coach. Nick has worked in a self-employed capacity in training, coaching, and consulting since 2017, including as a specialist adviser in Insurance sector M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) sector. He set up Nick Thomas & Associates in 2020 in response to demand from his industry network for training solutions designed and delivered by people with a background of working in the industry.

Nick Thomas & Associates

Nick Thomas & Associates provides up to the minute training and coaching solutions with a particular focus on the challenges of the modern insurance professional, across sales, communication, and soft skills; technical insurance; customer service; management and leadership; performance, resilience, and health.

Nick Thomas partners with handpicked Associates, selected for their subject matter expertise, allied to first class training skills.

All training programmes are designed specifically to align to client needs and delivery overseen by Nick Thomas.

Clients include major insurers and brokers, a major global Insurer ‘broker proposition’, broker network groups, insurance recruitment consultants, MGAs, Mutuals and local insurance institutes across the country.