Previous events

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Coaching Skills at Work

  • Tue 14 Mar 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Jacqui Turner and Nick Thomas, Nick Thomas & Associates

This session is relevant to everyone who deals with people in their everyday working lives. The session explains what coaching is and provides ‘must have’ tools and techniques to develop delegates coaching skills and achieve smarter outcomes This session will also provide the latest research outlining the benefits of coaching in the workplace to all employee levels and organisations.

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Birmingham Insurance Institute 5/10k Run

  • Sun 12 Mar 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Tamworth Castle Grounds

Whether you’re a serious runner or just fancy a Sunday jog with the family around the beautiful castle grounds, this run is for you!

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Birmingham Insurance Institute Annual Dinner

  • Thu 02 Mar 7:30 pm – 2:00 am
  • The Grand Hotel

UPDATE - SOLD OUT For our first Annual Dinner in four years the BII returns to the newly re-opened Grand Hotel, where the institute was founded.

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Estate Planning: Traps, Opportunities & Lasting Relationships

  • Thu 02 Mar 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
  • Quilter Cheviot Birmingham Office
    • David Denton, Quilter Cheviot

Estate Planning: Traps, Opportunities & Lasting Relationships along with an Investment Manager Market Update with a buffet style lunch and finishing off with open networking.

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Remote Teams – Building Performance and Wellbeing

  • Thu 23 Feb 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Nick Thomas and Jacqui Turner, Nick Thomas & Associates

The move to remote working has brought personal benefits to many by eliminating commuting time and allowing more investment in family and personal lives. However, on the flip side it also imposes significant challenges around wellbeing, performance, and resilience. Informed by his experience managing remote teams, his wide training across multiple coaching and personal development disciplines, and up to the minute research. Nick explores the key challenges to performance and wellbeing in the remote working space and provides a range of practical and proven solutions at the individual, team, and manager level.

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Development of parametric BI solutions – dealing with coverage gaps

  • Tue 31 Jan 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Diane Jenkins BA [Hons], ACII, Chartered Insurance Broker., Nick Thomas & Associates

This session looks at some of the new BI solutions being developed by parametric insurers.

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Inflation and the Insurance considerations

  • Mon 09 Jan 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Diane Jenkins BA [Hons], ACII, Chartered Insurance Broker, Nick Thomas & Associates

This session on inflation considers what affect increasing inflation has on business insurance – what clauses and cover issues brokers and insurers need to consider for various classes of cover.

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Introduction To Negotiation Skills

  • Wed 07 Dec 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Andy Currie, Think Distinct Ltd

We can achieve so much more with others but this requires the ability to negotiate and build satisfying agreements. Too often people reach for mere compromise, leaving them unsatisfied. This short talk rethinks practical negotiations skills, introducing how to build creative agreement that are much more motivating.

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Birmingham Insurance Institute Charity Quiz

  • Thu 24 Nov 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • The Florence

The BII Young Professionals invite you to the November Charity Quiz.

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Birmingham Insurance Institute Presentation Ceremony

  • Thu 17 Nov 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Banqueting Suite at the Council House

We are delighted to be back having an in-person presentation ceremony at the Banqueting Suite at the Birmingham Council House on the 17th of November 2022.

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Intro To Influencing Skills

  • Wed 16 Nov 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Andy Currie, Think Distinct Ltd

Often “Infuence” is talked about in a very general or abstract way that makes it hard to practise in reality. This short experiential talk will introduce a very practical way to build influencing skills for professionals in a way that can be applied universally.

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An Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency and the impact on Insurance

  • Wed 09 Nov 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Online
    • Gary Nutall

Hosted by Nottingham Insurance Institute, a few spaces have been made available on their upcoming webinar. The session is intended for those who wish to gain an understanding of blockchain core concepts, use cases and relevance to insurance. It is designed to be business, rather than technical focused and no prior knowledge of Blockchain is required.

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A New Legal Duty - The ‘Protect’ Duty

  • Wed 02 Nov 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • The Grand Hotel
    • Alistair Kinley, Clyde & Co LLP

Face to face event at The Grand Hotel Birmingham with Networking lunch at 1pm followed by the lecture at 2pm. Spaces are limited so please only sign up if you can definitely attend.

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Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion in Insurance (Post Event Networking Drinks)

  • Tue 27 Sep 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Fox and Chance

Join us at The Fox and Chance in Birmingham for some Post Event Networking Drinks.

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Insurance Market Drinks

  • Thu 22 Sep 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Queens Head

Join us for a drink at The Queens Head, Birmingham.

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Economic Update, Evolving PI & D&O Risks in Insurance and IHT Planning (Networking 5-7pm)

  • Thu 22 Sep 2:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Rathbones
    • Matthew Field, Rathbones
    • Will Gow, Questgates
    • Matthew Quinn, Foresight

Join us for a joint PFS/BII event where speakers from Rathbones, Questgates and Foresight will be presenting, followed by a networking session

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Professional Indemnity - Claims

  • Thu 08 Sep 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Online
    • Holly Henshaw, Kennedys

Professional Indemnity Insurance - Notifications – Claim for a Circumstance - Protocols - Case Analysis - Duty, breach, causation, loss, duty to mitigate- was there a duty owed? - Reserves - Use of experts - Settlement & forms of ADR. Common issues: - Exclusions; - Timing of notification of loss to insurers; - Limitation.

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FCA Consumer Duty and update for GI

  • Thu 25 Aug 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Branko Bjelobaba FCII, MIoD, Branko Ltd

The FCA want to see a higher level of consumer protection in retail financial markets, where firms compete vigorously in the interests of consumers and they wish to drive a healthy and successful financial services system in which firms can thrive and consumers can make informed choices about financial products and services.

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BI Covid Claims - where are we now?

  • Tue 23 Aug 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Zoom - Webinar
    • Branko Bjelobaba FCII, MIoD, Branko Ltd

This webinar will provide an update post the Supreme Court Appeal judgment of 15 January 2021 and will focus on a number of various decisions made on complaints referred to the FOS, insurer statistics on claims payments, the Corbin & King v AXA High Court case (which they have decided not to appeal despite the fact that the judgment has gone against them) and the Stonegate pub chain action.

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BII Annual Pool Tournament

  • Thu 11 Aug 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Felsons Birmingham

The return of the BII annual pool tournament! Whether you’re a total shark or not sure which end of the cue to use, this will be a fun night in a great venue giving you opportunity to network with some BII colleagues and friends.

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