Events
Forthcoming events
Your Career and Self Confidence - Part 1 - Your Concept of Success
How to succeed without feeling like an imposter
Why is this important?
Self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy or a lack of confidence can burden and cripple career progression. This programme unlocks tools and strategies to achieve healthier thought patterns, boost confidence and collaboration within teams.
What is this?
This is a four-part, interactive programme of 1 x hour sessions - to be held in January. It’s designed to help members of the Insurance Institute of the Southampton develop their self confidence, increase their motivation and build resilience.
Drawing on cutting edge research, the programme is both thought provoking and practical and has received great feedback from participants.
Thu 09 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Online
R06 (Financial Planning Practice) Pre Exam Training, Monday 13th January 2025
Through its interactive and engaging instructor-led sessions, the R06 preparation day aims to increase your chances of passing the exam. This intensive workshop will work through the case studies that will be examined in the January 2025 sitting. The session is recorded and a copy is sent out to all delegates afterwards, together with practice questions.
Mon 13 Jan 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Online
Your Career and Self Confidence - Part 2 - Imposter syndrome – up close
How to succeed without feeling like an imposter
Why is this important?
Self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy or a lack of confidence can burden and cripple career progression. This programme unlocks tools and strategies to achieve healthier thought patterns, boost confidence and collaboration within teams.
What is this?
This is a four-part, interactive programme of 1 x hour sessions - to be held in January. It’s designed to help members of the Insurance Institute of the Southampton develop their self confidence, increase their motivation and build resilience.
Drawing on cutting edge research, the programme is both thought provoking and practical and has received great feedback from participants.
Thu 16 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Online
Your Career and Self Confidence - Part 3 - Tools to help change your inner conversation
How to succeed without feeling like an imposter
Why is this important?
Self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy or a lack of confidence can burden and cripple career progression. This programme unlocks tools and strategies to achieve healthier thought patterns, boost confidence and collaboration within teams.
What is this?
This is a four-part, interactive programme of 1 x hour sessions - to be held in January. It’s designed to help members of the Insurance Institute of the Southampton develop their self confidence, increase their motivation and build resilience.
Drawing on cutting edge research, the programme is both thought provoking and practical and has received great feedback from participants.
Thu 23 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Online
Your Career and Self Confidence - Part 4 - Resilience and rethinking risk taking
How to succeed without feeling like an imposter
Why is this important?
Self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy or a lack of confidence can burden and cripple career progression. This programme unlocks tools and strategies to achieve healthier thought patterns, boost confidence and collaboration within teams.
What is this?
This is a four-part, interactive programme of 1 x hour sessions - to be held in January. It’s designed to help members of the Insurance Institute of the Southampton develop their self confidence, increase their motivation and build resilience.
Drawing on cutting edge research, the programme is both thought provoking and practical and has received great feedback from participants.
Thu 30 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Online
Annual Dinner
Our Annual Dinner returns to the Grand Hotel, Brighton for 2025, to build on the success of our last sell-out event by taking advantage of this historic and prestigious sea-front setting!
Guests will be able to look forward to a warm welcome with a refreshing drink, followed by a delightful selection of canapés. The main course and dessert will be served as a sit-down meal at allocated tables and this will be followed by a live band, plus other entertainment which is yet to be confirmed.
Fri 31 Jan 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm
The Grand Hotel, Brighton
Previous events
STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Financial Services Certificate Course
STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Financial Services Certificate Course.
Day 1: Wills/Intestacy & Introduction to Trusts
Tue 10 Dec 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Investec Wealth & Investment, Bournemouth
Financial awareness – a plain English overview for all insurance staff
Understanding clients’ accounts has never been more important for brokers and underwriters alike, with tremendous scrutiny now being put on clients' accounts, so account executives, account handlers and underwriters will need to understand the main terminology.
Wed 04 Dec 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Alan Chandler,
AF8 (Retirement Income Planning) Pre-exam Training, Wednesday 4th December 2024
The objective is to develop and demonstrate the advanced skills needed for advising on income planning to those in and approaching retirement. This session is recorded and a copy is sent out to all delegates.
Wed 04 Dec 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Online
Proximate Cause & Exclusions: the Court of Appeal provides further guidance
In January 2023 the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in the case of Brian Leighton (Garages) Ltd v Allianz Insurance Plc. The case provides further guidance as to what should be taken into account when considering scope of cover and especially proximate cause and exclusions. In this session, Jeff Heasman will examine the key aspects of the judgment and its impact on insureds and insurers.
Tue 19 Nov 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Jeff Heasman, Insurance Upskill
Effective Communication in the Hybrid World
Human beings evolved to communicate and interpret communication in a face-to-face environment. Away from in person interactions we lose the ability to fully interpret the communication of others. The current virtual environment of remote working and trading has only accentuated the need to develop impactful and tailored skills across different communication media if we want to succeed in the business world.
Wed 13 Nov 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates
Joint Learning and Development (CPD) Conference
Our annual Learning and Development Conference takes place on Thursday 17 October and is once again hosted jointly by the Insurance Institute of Sussex and North Downs Insurance Institute.
Delivering 5 hours of quality CPD, the event will be of interest to all general insurance professionals and will cover the following range of topics:
artificial intelligence;
brokers' professional indemnity insurance;
modern marine risks;
terrorism;
cyber;
emerging climate risks and opportunities
Thu 17 Oct 8:45 am – 4:00 pm
Lingfield Park Resort