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The risk posed by Lithium Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries were first mass-produced in the early 1990s. They are performing a key role in the move away from reliance upon fossil fuels however, there are different risks that using lithium to store energy present to property underwriters. This short workshop is designed to draw the underwriter’s and broker’s attention to these risks and why rating and wording alterations may be needed to counter this growing problem.
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WEBINAR – Innovation Skills – Improve Your Ideas & Get Buy-in
Are you coping with the fast-moving pace of insurance? Do you have the skills to innovate to solve the tough challenges you, your team and your organisation are facing? Join this webinar to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better. Hosted by Harvey Wade, an award-winning innovator and ex-innovation lead at Allianz and Cisco, he works with insurance organisations to make them better at innovating.
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Webinar – Commercial Property Insurance – What is actually covered by an All Risks wording
This presentation explores what is covered by an 'All risks' Commercial Property wording which is not as wide as the title suggests! Alan Chandler, one of the most popular presenters in the UK explores how each peril covered could actually cause a loss and what is excluded under each peril. Brokers use the term ‘All Risks’ every single day but rarely stop to think about the full coverage they are offering. This webinar will enable staff to get under the bonnet of an All Risks wording and have more confidence in advising on this cover going forward.
View event detailsWEBINAR – Innovation Skills – Learn Idea Techniques & Make Ideas Pop
Are you coping with the fast-moving pace of insurance? Do you have the skills to innovate to solve the tough challenges you, your team and your organisation are facing? Join this webinar to learn and practice innovation tools that you can put to immediate use that will make innovation better. Hosted by Harvey Wade, an award-winning innovator and ex-innovation lead at Allianz and Cisco, he works with insurance organisations to make them better at innovating.
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Lloyd's of London tour - May 2025
We will be hosting a guided tour of the prestigious Lloyd's of London building - come and join us!
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Annual Dinner 2025
Our 2025 Annual Dinner will once again be held at the popular and prestigious location of Leeds Castle. Join us for an evening of networking, fine dining, and entertainment. To thank you for all of your support over the past year we will have an early bird price reducing the cost of a table by £120! Tickets for this are limited so this has to be offered on a first come first served basis. Please click the link for more information about the dinner and to book your tickets now!
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WEBINAR with Branko: FCA GI Consumer Duty, Premium Finance and Multi-Occupancy update
We’ve had Consumer Duty for a year and firms will have completed their first annual board reports. Join us for an update on this important piece of legislation.
View event detailsAnnual General Meeting 2025
We need you! To get down to our AGM... Your local institute council invites you to attend their 2025 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. Book your place today.
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WINE TASTING AND CPD
Pairing ESG with Trust: Insights from Wine and Chocolate Wine and chocolate pairings offer powerful metaphors and practical lessons for understanding trust in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and building closer customer relationships. Through tasting 5 wines and pairing them with chocolates, we will examine how trust, authenticity, and shared values are central to building stronger customer relationships through ESG principles in insurance and financial services.
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Free CertCII and DipCII Training Sessions for Mid-Kent Members
In conjunction with Intuition Training, we are happy to be able to offer a flexible, unit-by-unit remote training initiative for our members who may want support to help them achieve their CII General Insurance qualifications. The cost of these courses will be fully funded by the Local Institute.
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WEBINAR - Personal Lines Insurance Products - endorsements, conditions warranties and policy wordings and the importance of getting this right
This webinar, delivered by Alan Chandler, one of the most popular presenters in the UK, takes a plain English view of how the law and the Financial Ombudsman Service interpret endorsements, conditions, warranties and policy wordings and why it is so important to get this right. What are endorsements? what are conditions and warranties? why does a breach of condition have to relate to the claim in Personal lines? – all the answers will be explained and made clear by Alan, who will include real life case law to provide additional understanding.
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Kent Annual Conference 2025
We’re delighted to hold our 12th annual conference once again on Tuesday 1st April. The event provides a superb opportunity to enjoy a fantastic day of education, debate and networking. It is always our aim for you to have plenty of take-aways and thought provoking insight from our brilliant speakers. The event is relevant to issues the sector faces and is an enabler to further your knowledge and understanding to assist you within the scope of your role and share within the workplace or even outside! From feedback ‘as the one to attend’ we cover off a wide range of topics from a variety of presenters with lunch and refreshments and certainly recommend you bring along your colleagues or contacts and gain CPD.
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WEBINAR - How Liability can arise in Tort
We sell many different liability insurance policies to customers every day; Motor, Employers Liability, Public Liability, Products liability, D&O, Professional Indemnity, Cyber Liability and more - what are we protecting the customers against, well it is largely being protected against being sued in the law of tort. Therefore, brokers, underwriters and claims staff alike should understand the law of tort, as failure to understand this means protections may be inadequate and a fair presentation of risk may not occur. This webinar, presented by Alan Chandler, one of the most popular presenters in the UK, will in Alan's usual plain English way provide an overview of the law of tort. All the main torts will be explored: negligence, nuisance, trespass, defamation, strict liability, statutory liability, and vicarious liability. Alan will include the main case law that applies to each tort and importantly he will make this very practical by explaining how your customers could be sued in each one of these torts, with practical examples, so that a good understanding of these torts can be achieved resulting in better presentations of risk by brokers, and more accurate underwriting and claims handling by insurers. This webinar will be suitable for brokers, underwriters and claims staff as well as anyone studying for MO5 insurance law.
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WEBINAR – Time Management Skills
Using our time effectively is a key skill that we all need. How well do you manage your time? Do you find it hard to prioritise your workload and struggle to meet deadlines? Join this interactive session to put into practice tools and strategies that will enable you to be more effective at managing your time.
View event detailsCourtroom Dynamics – A Board Game
We would be delighted if you would join us online for Courtroom Dynamics - A Board Game. Sean McGahan draws on his experience of hundreds of trials to distil down the essential dynamics of a courtroom trial. He does it by reducing the complexity to a simple board game, drawing on examples from sports, warfare, and real and fictional trials. Claim handlers will gain powerful insights into trials, regardless of jurisdiction, and as a result be able to add these to their decision making on claims both pre and post proceedings.
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WEBINAR – How liability rates will significantly fall in 2025 due to the recent Ogden rate reduction
The Ogden rate may sound an obscure thing, but it has massive implications both positively and negatively on liability settlements. All brokers, underwriters and claims staff should have a good understanding of the Ogden rate in order to explain rating changes to policyholders and understand why large liability claims will now be reducing.
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Enabling Womens Careers - Final Session of the Series - Prioritising You!
This is the final of our current booked sessions in our Womens forum so don't miss out! One of the biggest blockers in this community has been putting ourselves first so this session will be dedictated to Prioritising You! This session will be live online on Zoom. It will not be recorded as we aim to create a safe space for members to express themselves, network and grow. These sessions are for all levels of PFS and CII and future topics will be established from member feedback within the group. The sessions are facilitated by Caroline who is a Certified Coach and NLP Trainer, however, these sessions are an exploration for all and so please bring your top tips to share with other members of the group and be open to explore and encourage eachother. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this session.
View event detailsLloyd's of London tour - February 2025
We will be hosting a guided tour of the prestigious Lloyd's of London building - come and join us!
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Your Career and Self Confidence - Part 4 - Resilience and rethinking risk taking
How to succeed without feeling like an imposter Why is this important? Self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy or a lack of confidence can burden and cripple career progression. This programme unlocks tools and strategies to achieve healthier thought patterns, boost confidence and collaboration within teams. What is this? This is a four-part, interactive programme of 1 x hour sessions - to be held in January. It’s designed to help members of the Insurance Institute of the Southampton develop their self confidence, increase their motivation and build resilience. Drawing on cutting edge research, the programme is both thought provoking and practical and has received great feedback from participants.
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