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A Day in the life of a Loss Adjuster
This session will be undertaken by Mike Farrer, who is a long serving member of the Insurance Institute of Ipswich, Suffolk and North Essex. Mike began his insurance career in 1968 as a motor underwriter for the Orion in Folkestone. After a spell with Cornhill as a claims clerk he joined Pycraft & Arnold, Loss Adjusters in January 1976. After 6 years he moved to Cunningham Hart where he opened successful offices in Cambridge and Ipswich. He gained the ACII in 1974, ACILA in 1985 and became a Chartered CII member in 2000. He mainly dealt with domestic claims fire water and theft perils, but was also involved in liability, Goods in Transit, commercial and industrial losses, livestock, equine, marine and aviation claims, amongst others. He is now retired but retains an active membership of the local institute, as well as flying his own aeroplane, and is a STEMnet ambassador inspiring school students to get involved with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, and is involved with the National Citizens Service scheme to encourage personal development in young people.
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Practical Strategies for Handling Personal Injury Claims
Alan Jacobs will deliver a seminar-style presentation using a case study of a tower crane collapse in a built-up UK urban environment. In this topical scenario we will look at the incident from the perspective of the main contractor on site and will highlight strategically important claims issues and their management.
View event detailsInsurance Act - A Paler Shade of Grey? (Colchester)
This interactive and thought-provoking seminar traces the historical development of the fraudulent claims rule and then focuses in particular on the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015, as well as the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Versloot Dredging BV v HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG (The DC Merwestone) relating to fraudulent devices. There is an analysis of how an insurer’s remedies will be impacted by the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015, when they come into force. The key question to be addressed is, have the courts and the legislature now appropriately addressed the grey areas that have existed in this aspect of insurance law?
View event detailsEVENT POSTPONED - Identifying and Managing Fraudulent Claims
Please note this event is reluctantly postponed
View event detailsInsurance Act - A Paler Shade of Grey? (Ipswich)
This interactive and thought-provoking seminar traces the historical development of the fraudulent claims rule and then focuses in particular on the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015, as well as the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Versloot Dredging BV v HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG (The DC Merwestone) relating to fraudulent devices. There is an analysis of how an insurer’s remedies will be impacted by the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015, when they come into force. The key question to be addressed is, have the courts and the legislature now appropriately addressed the grey areas that have existed in this aspect of insurance law?
View event detailsYPG Jump Street Social Event
Your local Institute’s Young Professional Group would like to invite you to join us in a spectacular jumping adventure at Jump Street in Colchester on June 10th for those of you who would like to release their inner child! Please register your interest on or prior to 31st May 2016. If you have any queries, please contact Sarah Deacon, sarah.deacon@willistowerswatson.com or Jess Addison, jess.addison@willistowerswatson.com
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Overcoming the 5 Dysfunctions of Teams
By removing the behaviours that impede teamwork we can create high performance teams The aim of this session is to have an alternative strategy for improving teamwork.
View event detailsRisk Frameworks Masterclass
Risk Frameworks Masterclass, by Philip Goss, Risk & Compliance Director AXA Insurance By attending this event, delegates will be able to understand: • Why organisations develop formal risk management frameworks, and • One approach to gaining the most value from a framework
View event detailsGiving Practical Feedback, from Adrian Nash, Radius 360
We are delighted to present the next in our lunchtime lecture series at St Nicholas Centre, Ipswich The giving and receiving of feedback is something we all need but are not necessarily comfortable with. The aim of this session is to become competent feedback practitioners • lessons from tree people – understanding and assessing our appetite to give and receive feedback • the Johari window – an insight into personal growth through disclosure and feedback • the SES model – a coaching and non-judgemental method that encourages recipients of feedback to tell themselves how to improve • the D4 model – an assertive and psychological method which is easy to remember and quick to deploy • skills practice – working in pairs to become familiar with giving feedback • preparing your own feedback – something to take away
View event detailsAnnual Dinner
Our President looks forward to welcoming you and your guests on the night for a pleasurable evening of good food, live music and great company! We will be celebrating a successful year with our current President, welcoming in our new President for the coming year and showing our appreciation to those who have had outstanding exam successes this year. We were really pleased with the feedback from the last dinner and plan to keep a similar format for the evening making it entertaining with plenty of opportunity to relax and network.
View event detailsGolf Tournament
Can you hear the two championship golf courses calling? Picture those over-water shots, smell the freshly trimmed greens, and taste the mouth-watering, hot bacon rolls! How would you like to tee off where golfing legends from the PGA Seniors Championship and Ladies European Tour Access Series have tested their mettle? Well then, what are you waiting for?
View event detailsYoung Professionals Group: Legal Expenses by James Waddy - Commercial Development Manager of Arc Legal Assistance Ltd
Open to all, but run by the Ipswich Young Professional Group, this event discusses the changes in the Legal Expenses Insurance Market.
View event detailsPresident's Charity Fun Run 2016
Join your president for a charity fun run to raise money for 2 charities - Cardiac Risk in the Young (www.c-r-y.org.uk) and the Thames Sailing Barge Trust (www.bargetrust.org).
View event detailsCyber Security Standards - not just for big companies anymore by Paul Rolison, Cyber Strategies Ltd SORRY SOLD OUT
The talk will explain the latest standards introduced for all businesses and the existing Information security standards. HM Government has launched standards that are, at present, voluntary but for some businesses they became mandatory on 01 October 2015 where some Government contracts are involved.
View event detailsDonoghue v Stevenson - what the law textbooks didn't tell you by Jeff Heasman, The Pyramid Group
Speaker slides now available to download.
View event detailsPFS Workshop - Being Paid What You're Worth by David Scarlett, Soul Millionnaire
This event will help Senior Decision Makers create a business which naturally attracts higher client fees and healthier profits.
View event detailsCommunicating to Connect by Adrian Nash, Radius 360
Communication is one of those things that organisations most often get wrong.
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