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PFS Chartered Breakfast - SIPP and SSAS
This session for PFS Chartered Members with Kerry from @SIPP will take an overview of the SIPP & SSAS market and recent consolidation. It will then provide a closer look at what a bespoke provider will accept with some detail on property assets.
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Adjusting the Big Freeze, a commercial view of coverage issues and challenges
December 2022 saw the most severe weather related surge event since 2010 with the big freeze resulting in unprecedented claim volumes across much of Scotland and the UK, with Insurers predicting indemnity spend from this event to be 200% that of the 2018 “Beast from the East” storm event. These events bring significant challenges at an already challenging time for the insurance sector amidst the cost of living crisis and record inflation.
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Wellbeing Seminar - How to Thrive: Developing a Mindset for Success
The IASGs Professional Development Group is pleased to invite you to our next in person seminar, focussing on mental health and developing a mindset for success. ‘It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters’ –Epictetus. Shifting your mindset can have a huge impact on your mental wellbeing and your resilience in the long term. This session looks at victim mentality, self-empowerment and how to develop a growth mindset. The session will be delivered by PVL Facilitator Sam Kiani. Sam is a warm and engaging facilitator and professionally certified coach, built upon a strong career of more than 25 years within Financial Services Risk & Technology and as an entrepreneur, reaching Director and Senior Leadership Team level. She is passionate about helping transform ‘us’ and ‘them’ into ‘we’, restoring wholeness. Please enter through the North Entrance on Killermont Street, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY. This is an accessible entrance. Please note there will be sandwiches, tea and coffee afterwards with some time for networking.
View event detailsAnnual General Meeting 2023
We need you! To get down to our AGM... Your local institute council invites you to attend their 2023 Annual General Meeting in order to hear first-hand reports from council members on previous and future activities and vote on the appointment of new council members for the forthcoming year. If you feel you could make a positive contribution to your institute, it is an ideal first step to becoming involved. We will also be awarding a number of qualification prizes to members post AGM at our annual awards ceremony. Book your place today to attend our AGM, celebrate local successes and network with council members over coffee, tea and sandwiches.
View event detailsBusiness Interruption Insurance - all you need to know, explained in plain English
The Young Professionals Group are delighted to be running this online event. Presented by Alan Chandler, this session will run through how business interruption insurance should be correctly set up. Alan will lift the myths away from BI and show how, in his easy to understand style, you can get this cover on a correct footing going forward. This presentation will be applicable for brokers, underwriters, claims staff and loss adjusters.
View event detailsThe Cost of Living Crisis and its Effects on Insurance
The IASG Professional Development Group are delighted to be offering this webinar. The cost of living has affected us all in one way or another, along with forecasted market trends to consider. Whether that is the price of food or the price of energy. But what’s the cause? And most importantly, how are businesses affected? This session will explore the key areas that brokers and insurers need to take into account when understanding the insured’s needs and the importance of ensuring that the right levels of cover are in place. The session will consider, in particular, the cause of the crisis, material damage insurance considerations as well as business interruption considerations, and will look forward to the rest of 2023 and beyond.
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Changing employment trends and how they are altering insurance demands
The Professional Development Group are delighted to be running an brand new online CPD session. During the last twenty years there has never been more changes in employment trends in the UK - yet in many cases the insurance industry has been slow to change. This presentation will point out the business opportunities that have arisen due to these changing trends and why they have often been missed.
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