A Guide to Understanding Policy Wordings

Recent litigation has demonstrated the importance of understanding the policy contract wording. This webinar explains how policy wordings are constructed and may be interpreted.

It will address the following:

• why understanding policy wordings matters
• the structure, functions, and contents of an insurance contract, including the schedule
• contract certainty
• policy wording conventions
• the legal background and the law governing policy wordings in UK
• the meanings of warranties, conditions, representations, and exclusions

Online Booking
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The session will be run using Zoom technology and a link to the meeting will be sent to those who register at the time of booking.

Interested, but can't attend?
Don't worry if you can't make the date/time of this webinar, it is being recorded. Please book a place as normal and we will send you a link after the event to access the recording.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, you will:

• have a knowledge and understanding of basic policy wordings for general insurance business

• know how to apply knowledge of principles concerning the operation of policy conditions affecting claims for general insurance business

About our Speaker
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.