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Menopause: What All Managers and Colleagues Need to Know!

  • Wed 02 Apr 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • CNA Hardy
    • Kate Muir
    • Rachel Longbottom, Bravo Networks

Breaking the silence on menopause in the workplace! New Speaker Announced! Rachel Longbottom, Head of Service Performance and Innovation at Bravo Networks, will be providing an insight on how an insurance company can provide practical support to their teams. For International Women’s Month, we are collaborating with iCAN Manchester and CNA Hardy to host an essential discussion on menopause in the workplace - what all managers and colleagues need to know. Join us for a Menopause Mythbusting event featuring Kate Muir, a renowned women’s health expert, documentary maker, and author. Katie will break down the myths surrounding menopause, offering valuable insights into how individuals and organisations can foster greater understanding and support.

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Let's Play Darts!

  • Thu 27 Mar 5:15 pm – 8:15 pm
  • Black Cat Club

Returning for its 2nd year, the Insurance Institute of Manchester welcomes you to join us on our first social gathering of the year at Black Cat Club , Manchester.

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Transgender Visibility – What It Means to Be Transgender in the UK in 2025

  • Thu 27 Mar 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Online

Transgender Day of Visibility is a time to celebrate the resilience, achievements, and contributions of transgender people, while also acknowledging the barriers they continue to face. This lunchtime session, hosted by Link Up North, will bring together speakers from the transgender community and allies.

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Webinar: Cert CII IF1 Insurance, legal and regulatory revision – two half day study sessions

  • Fri 14 Mar 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • Online
    • Adrian Toomey, Intuition Training Ltd

Are you currently studying the Cert CII IF1 and need some extra revision help? Look no further as we are providing you with two sessions to help you prepare for your exam. Session 1 - 14th March 2025 Session 2 - 28th March 2025

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Webinar: Business Correspondence Writing Skills

  • Fri 07 Mar 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Sarah Godfrey, London Market Training

Business Correspondence Writing Skills - Want to write concise and precise business communication which is appropriate to your audience? Learn why style and content matter especially when structuring difficult or sensitive communications.

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Fast Track Diploma Application

  • Fri 28 Feb. 5:00 pm

Do you have your Certificate in Insurance and are you looking to progress to the next step? We have teamed up with Insurance Training Partnership (ITP) to offer the chance to join a programme specifically designed to help achieve the Diploma

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Professional Map Workshop with iCAN, Marsh and CII

  • Tue 25 Feb 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Marsh

Join iCAN Manchester, The CII and Marsh for a workshop designed to support individuals in identifying their training needs.

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Webinar: Want the confidence and inspiration to develop your networking skills?

  • Wed 19 Feb 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Katharine Jones, KJ Development

Effective, engaging and enjoyable networking is an important part of your working life, but it’s NOT all about using people for your gain. Rather, it is about a win/win exchange of contacts, information, business referrals, and tips that help the other person as much as yourself.

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In Person Event: Digital Wellbeing and Positive Parenting in a Digital World

  • Wed 05 Feb 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Clyde & Co
    • Sam Flynn, Sam Flynn Social Media

Linking to Children's Mental Health week that runs from 3rd - 9th February 2025, the Insurance Institute of Manchester's Miindful wellbeing committee brings you this talk on Digital Wellbeing and Positive Parenting in a Digital World.

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Webinar: Personal Development Plans are Crucial for Career Progression. Make your PDP work for you!

  • Wed 22 Jan 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Claire Shepherd, Empower Development Ltd

Webinar: Personal Development Plans are Crucial for Career Progression. Make your PDP work for you! Whatever role you do, Personal Development Plans are essential for career progression. Personal development is a continuous journey of self-assessment and enhancement aimed at realising your full potential. They help you reflect on your ultimate goals and identify the steps you need to take along the way to being successful.

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Webinar: Enhancing your personal brand - develop your reputation for success

  • Thu 16 Jan 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas Associates

Everyone has a brand. It affects everything at work – from how receptive people are to your ideas to your chances of promotion. Your brand has two dimensions – your self-definition (your own sense of who you are and what value you bring) and the compilation of the perceptions (based on all kinds of data) held about you by others.

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CANCELLED: Mindfulness Programme 2024: Looking to the Future/ What Next

  • Fri 13 Dec 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Jonathan Bates, Breathworks

BREATHWORKS & JONATHAN BATES are excited to be delivering a Mindfulness for Stress programme running throughout 2024 specifically designed for insurance professionals. Jonathan will provide you with tools and techniques to manage stress more effectively and improve overall emotional health.

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Annual Carol Service with BIBA

  • Tue 10 Dec 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • St Ann's Church

Let the festivities begin and join us for our annual Christmas carol service with BIBA. There will be joyful music, carols and seasonal greetings to really get you in the Christmas spirit. After the service, step out onto the square to continue the evening at one of Europe's best Christmas markets.

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CANCELLED: Mindfulness Program 2024: The Pleasure of Small Things

  • Fri 22 Nov 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Jonathan Bates, Breathworks

BREATHWORKS & JONATHAN BATES are excited to be delivering a Mindfulness for Stress programme running throughout 2024 specifically designed for insurance professionals. Jonathan will provide you with tools and techniques to manage stress more effectively and improve overall emotional health.

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Webinar: Bitesize: Build to Rent boom brings Latent Defects Insurance to the fore, but what does this cover?

  • Wed 20 Nov 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Antoni Kaminski, Bridge Insurance Brokers Limited

A booming Build to Rent (BTR) sector operating within the UK’s unpredictable construction industry is making Latent Defects Insurance all the more important. Latent structural defects can lie undiscovered for years after practical completion, so having the right insurance is important. Come and join us and learn more about why this cover is so important!

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Webinar: IIM Bitesize: Claims Forensic Accounting

  • Fri 15 Nov 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Online
    • Jimmy Reynolds, C. Lewis
    • Alex MacDonald-Bell, C. Lewis

Jimmy Reynolds and Alex MacDonald-Bell, Directors from C. Lewis, will be leading this session giving an overview of the measurement of a Business Interruption loss claim in line with policy coverage.

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IIM Annual Dinner 2024

  • Fri 08 Nov. 6:00 pm
  • Kimpton Clocktower Hotel

Stacey Sheridan, President of the Insurance Institute of Manchester is delighted to announce that our Annual Dinner will take place on Friday 8th November at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel. Join us for a packed evening with glamorous entertainment performances, a three course dinner and plenty of laughs with our after dinner entertainment.

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POSTPONED: Mindfulness Program 2024: The Pleasure of Small Things

  • Fri 08 Nov 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Jonathan Bates, Breathworks

BREATHWORKS & JONATHAN BATES are excited to be delivering a Mindfulness for Stress programme running throughout 2024 specifically designed for insurance professionals. Jonathan will provide you with tools and techniques to manage stress more effectively and improve overall emotional health.

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In person event: Celebrating 10 Years of Link Up North

  • Thu 07 Nov 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Richmond Street

This event will be hosted by Link Up North, the LGBTQ+ Insurance Network. Join us for Link’s 10-year anniversary party in Manchester!

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Webinar: Critical business interruption insurance learnings for brokers following the Infinity Reliance judgement

  • Mon 04 Nov 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Online
    • Alan Chandler

One of the most important judgements in recent times relating to Bi insurance was made in the Infinity Reliance case, and brokers who fail to change their proceedings risk large Pi claims against them going forward.

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