Previous YMC events

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Navigating success together: YMC's Women in Insurance Forum 2024

  • Tue 19 Mar 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Evolin Broking (formerly known as GAWS of London)
    • Samantha Ridgewell ACII, Empower Development
    • Maxine Goddard, Sompo International
    • Elaine Mason ACII, Belvedere Mead
    • Alina Schatten ACII, RSA
    • Teniola Tijani, IQUW (and Founder, The LTL Collective)

Join the YMC for an intimate roundtable event where attendees can gain insights from successful women across different stages of their insurance careers.

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YMC Charity Quiz Night 2024

  • Thu 07 Mar 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant

20 people across 20 teams joined us at Steam Bar & Restaurant to battle it out for the title of 'IIL YMC Charity Quiz Champion 2024' and raise funds for Barking Foodbank.

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Looking at the past to look at the future: a journey into insurance history

  • Thu 08 Feb 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • The Aon Centre
    • Reg Brown LLB FCII, Chartered Insurer, Insurance Museum
    • Howard Benge, Insurance Museum
    • Sarah Begley, OB Brand Consulting
    • Paul Miller, HFG Insurance Recruitment

Join the YMC for its first event of 2024 - an exploration of insurance's fascinating past and how it is shaping the direction of the industry into the future.

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YMC Webinar - A dangerous decade: the insurance industry's mission to stay relevant

  • Mon 11 Dec 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • George Beattie, CFC

Join this YMC webinar for a horizon-scan of emerging technology risk trends and explore how insurance can play a key role in understanding and mitigating new risks.

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YMC Winter Ball 2023

  • Fri 17 Nov 7:00 pm – 1:00 am
  • YMC event
  • City Central at the HAC

The YMC Winter Ball was the biggest it's ever been in 2023; bringing together 1,000 insurance professionals for a night of celebration and networking!

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YMC Autumn Networking Evening

  • Thu 12 Oct 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant

Join the YMC for an Autumn Networking Evening in the City!

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YMC Salary Negotiation Skills Workshop

  • Tue 19 Sep 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Marsh
    • Samantha Ridgewell ACII, Empower Development

Join the YMC for an interactive workshop, providing all the tools you’ll need to negotiate your salary with expert career advice from Samantha Ridgewell and practical tips and techniques from your peers.

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Summer Networking Evening with the YMC

  • Thu 10 Aug 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Howden Group
    • Samantha Ridgewell ACII, Empower Development

Join the YMC for a summer evening event, aimed at interns and new-joiners to the industry, as well as those who are already making advances in their careers.

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YMC ESG series: Career Committers - How to dodge the Great Regret

  • Tue 11 Jul 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Willis Towers Watson
    • Alastair Swift, WTW

Following on from the first session in the YMC ESG series (10 things you need to know about climate & sustainability), this event will explore some of the social considerations of ESG.

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YMC ESG series: 10 things you need to know about climate and sustainability

  • Mon 26 Jun 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Jack Watt, Marsh

Join the YMC for the first of its three-part ESG series - '10 things you need to know about climate and sustainability'.

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Through the Grapevine: what wine can teach us about being a better communicator!

  • Wed 14 Jun 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant
    • Jeff Heasman, Insurance Upskill

Join the YMC for an evening of learning and wine tasting hosted by Jeff Heasman of Insurance Upskill!

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M&A Market Trends Overview

  • Tue 16 May 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • John Nisbet, IMAS Corporate Finance

In this webinar, hosted by the Insurance Institute of London Young Members’ Committee, John Nisbet of IMAS Corporate Finance will share the key findings from their UK Insurance Distribution M&A Annual Review.

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Inside Lloyd's Lab: An insight into Insurance Innovation

  • Thu 11 May 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Lloyd's Lab
    • Kieran Linger, Lloyd's Lab
    • Gilbert Harrap, InsurX
    • Alek Pillay, Kita

Join the IIL YMC at the Lloyd’s Lab for an introduction to how next-generation innovation in the insurance market is being incubated and nurtured.

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Laughter Yoga: The science of laughing yourself to wellness in the workplace

  • Mon 24 Apr 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Jeff Heasman, Insurance Upskill

Join this interactive online workshop hosted by the IIL Young Members’ Committee and Jeff Heasman for an hour of fun and laughter, where you can learn how laughter exercises can boost physical and mental wellbeing as well as your immune system, to produce better results in the workplace.

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Accelerated learning & memory techniques

  • Wed 19 Apr 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Revision
  • The Old Library, Lloyd's
    • Robert Murray ACII, BDO LLP

Join us in the Old Library at Lloyd’s to hear Rob Murray outline, with practical examples, a range of different memory techniques to assist students when preparing for exams or wider business or personal situations.

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Claims, games & blame: Tackling insurance claims fraud

  • Tue 04 Apr 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Scott Clayton, Zurich UK

Hosted by the IIL YMC in association with Zurich Insurance UK, Scott Clayton explores the problem of insurance fraud.

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Ransomware payments: The great debate

  • Tue 28 Mar 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • DAC Beachcroft LLP
    • Julian Miller, DAC Beachcroft LLP
    • Andrew Hill, Willis Towers Watson
    • Helga Munger, Munich Re

Hosted by the IIL YMC in association with DAC Beachcroft LLP, join us for a panel discussion explaining the cover for ransomware attacks commonly included in standalone cyber policies from a legal, claims and broking perspective.

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Looking ahead: 2023 trends panel event

  • Thu 09 Mar 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • The Aon Centre
    • Michael Gregory, RSA
    • Angela James, Aon
    • Louisa Luitz, Munich Re
    • Winsee Cheung, Marsh

What trends can we expect to see in 2023, and what impact will they have? Join this in-person panel discussion, hosted by the IIL YMC in association with Aon to find out.

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YMC Charity Quiz Night 2023

  • Thu 02 Mar 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant

20 teams battled it out for the 2023 winners title and raise funds for IIL charity partner Barking Foodbank.

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Cost of living crisis: Mortgage tips for first-time buyers and homeowners

  • Tue 31 Jan 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Celina Ramsay, Charles Cameron & Associates

In this webinar organised by the IIL Young Members’ Committee, Celina Ramsey provides an insight into the current conditions within the mortgage market and explains the most important factors affecting first-time buyers and existing homeowners who are due to remortgage.

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