Previous events

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Webinar on Slips, Trips & Falls

  • Thu 11 Mar 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Dr Constantinos Franceskides, Rimkus

Slips, Trips, Falls & Injuries is a presentation that examines the science behind understanding whether a reported injury is consistent with the incident or accident. This methodical process involves studying the physics of the human body in conjunction with the geography of the accident location and the activity taking place at the time the accident occurred.

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Webinar on Industrial Equipment Damage Assessment

  • Thu 04 Mar 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Eur Ing Guillermo Lopez, CEng, MIMechE, Rimkus

Fires and explosions in energy and process facilities can be devastating events that cause significant property damage and business interruption. When root cause investigations are concluded and the focus turns to restoring the plant to operations, the next steps can have a significant impact on the financial loss incurred.

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Webinar on Renewable Energy and Insurance

  • Thu 25 Feb 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Paul McGonagle, CEng, MIET, Rimkus

The growth of renewables and the challenges for industry are an increasing demand on the expertise of the Insurance Market and its service providers, especially in respect to claims management and the preventative measures, we look at evaluating some of the risks to better enable your understanding. We will focus on giving an introductory perspective to some of the faults experienced predominantly in Wind harnessed and Solar energy.

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Webinar on Water Ingress / Escape of Water / Flood

  • Thu 18 Feb 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Dr Constantinos Franceskides, Rimkus

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will cover Asset breakdown, Water Ingress, Flood – What do we need to know, Important aspects and considerations in determining the cause and origin, but also understanding of the salvage-ability potential of critical assets. We provide our clients with an insight into the extent of damage, scope of repair, replacement or reinstatement and can provide costings or review estimates provided. As well as of course the root cause analysis (RCA).

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Webinar on Fire Investigation

  • Thu 11 Feb 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Keith Murray, Rimkus

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will cover the most important aspects and considerations to determining the events of a fire, from initial scene assessment, to burn patterns, fire development and establishing cause and origin at a fire scene.

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Webinar on the FCA Test Case on Business Interruption Insurance

  • Fri 29 Jan 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Branko Bjelobaba, Branko Ltd

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgment of the Supreme Court following the appeal of the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court. The appeal concluded on 19 November and the judgment will be handed down expeditiously. Four days were spent setting out starkly differing views between the FCA and insurers.

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Examination Techniques 3 - 17th December

  • Thu 17 Dec 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

Study techniques session

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Examination Techniques 2 - 15th December

  • Tue 15 Dec 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
    • Alan Chandler

Study techniques session

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Examination Techniques 1 - 5th December

  • Sat 05 Dec 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

Study techniques session

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Differentiating Cyber Risk

  • Wed 28 Oct 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    • Claire Davey, Cyber Security & Risk Management Expert

Group training to ensure a nuanced understanding of cyber risks.

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Wellbeing in the Virtual Workplace

  • Tue 13 Oct 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

In this session participants will learn about research which is taking place into working practices and the potential for permanent shifts to more remote and flexible working.

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Client Retention and New Business in the "New Normal"

  • Fri 02 Oct 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

In this session you will learn about the 'client apathy cycle' and the 'age of the customer', as well as exceptions to the cycle and how these are present in the current environment.

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FCA Business Interruption Test Case - The Judgment

  • Tue 29 Sep 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Branko Bjelobaba, Branko Ltd

This comprehensive and interactive one-hour webinar will focus on the judgment following the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court.

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Virtual Gin Tasting

  • Fri 25 Sep 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    • Mike Stuart, The Inverurie Whisky Shop

We are delighted to invite you to join us at our at our next social event, a virtual and interactive live Gin tasting from the comfort of your own home.

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Addressing the Challenges of the Hard Market

  • Fri 25 Sep 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    • Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

This webinar seeks to help provide you with some of the skills which you might find beneficial working in a hardening insurance market.

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Understanding the implications of policy exclusions following Covid-19

  • Mon 21 Sep 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    • Alan Chandler

This webinar will take delegates on a plain English walk on how the law applies to policy exclusions and proximate cause, so that they can explain to clients clearly and confidently the implications of the differing communicable disease exclusions that will be applied to your policyholders wordings.

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Back to Work Webinar

  • Tue 14 Jul 10:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Iain Martin, GS Group
    • Michelle Forth, Safety Scotland

As restrictions are lifted and firms begin to bring back their colleagues from home working and furlough please join us for this Webinar during which two experts will highlight the issues to consider and steps which need to be taken to ensure the health and safety of all members of the team.

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Top-Slicing Relief

  • Fri 10 Jul 10:00 am – 11:30 am
    • Barry Foster, BMO Global Asset Management

The Insurance Institute of Aberdeen has teamed up with BMO Global Asset Management to bring members a series of Technical Webinars on various topics. The first two of these will be on 'Taxation of Investment Bon Withdrawals' and 'Top-Slicing Relief'.

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Taxation of Investment Bond Withdrawals

  • Fri 03 Jul 10:00 am – 11:30 am
    • Barry Foster, BMO Global Asset Management

The Insurance Institute of Aberdeen has teamed up with BMO Global Asset Management to bring members a series of Technical Webinars on various topics. The first two of these will be on 'Taxation of Investment Bon Withdrawals' and 'Top-Slicing Relief'.

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Webinar on the FCA Test Case on Business Interruption Insurance

  • Wed 01 Jul 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    • Branko Bjelobaba, Branko Ltd

This comprehensive and interactive one hour webinar will focus on the FCA’s ground-breaking test case at the High Court.

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