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Legal Expenses – A Ticket to Ride?
About this session Overview of the development of Legal Expenses, how the law has interacted with Legal Expenses, product problems, and the future of legal expenses. Presenter’s Slide Deck Group Learning Objectives At the end of this session, delegates will be able to: – Describe the mechanics of Legal Expense cover Summarise the future of...
25th June 2025
Employment Law update and a spotlight on Non-Financial Misconduct
About this session Non-Financial Misconduct – understanding the impact and investigating such conduct. This market briefing will also include an update on the Employment Rights bill. Presenter’s Slide Deck Group Learning Objectives At the end of this session, delegates will be able to: Explain the impact of Non-Financial Misconduct in employment Describe how to conduct...
2nd May 2025
Commission Disclosures: Approaches, Challenges and Legal Ruling
About this session Considering the UK Court of Appeal’s recent ruling on motor finance commission disclosures, this webinar will explore the critical importance of transparency of premium finance commissions to customers. Key topics include: Current regulations Case studies of leading firms Strategies for ensuring customer informed consent Compliance measures This event is essential for compliance...
26th March 2025
The Employment Rights Bill legal update – What do we know so far?
Summary of Session This webinar will give a general overview for Managing General Agents to understand the changes coming into force with Labour’s manifesto commitments to change the Employment Rights Bill, and the impact of these changes that MGAAS will need to implement into their working practices. Recording Presenter’s Slide Deck Group Learning Objectives At...
19th February 2025
Compliance Insights – December 2024
Summary of Session Please join our panel of experts to explore the latest compliance issues. Presenters and Agenda: FCA Compliance Update – Kenneth Underhill & Claire King, ICSR CBI Compliance Update – Suneeta Padda, Padda Consulting LMA Update – Carla Wise, Lloyd’s Market Association Legal Update – David Coupe, DYC Insurelaw Consultants Limited Questions! – All Please note that MGAA...
11th December 2024
Modern Slavery & the Supply Chain: Insurance Market Risks
Summary of Session Join us for this market briefing as we discuss the implications of the judgment in the ‘World Uyghur Congress’ case from June 2024, which casts a long shadow over global supply chains and the potential contamination with criminal property. The extent of the Court of Appeal’s ruling serves as a stark reminder...
10th December 2024
ESG & Climate Change Litigation And Regulation
Summary of Session The session will offer a clear and practical overview of the broad and evolving ESG landscape. It will start with a focus on the environmental (“E”) aspect, highlighting climate litigation and the liability risks this presents to insurers and policyholders. Next, the session will examine the governance (“G”) side of ESG, looking...
9th December 2024
Defensibility/HSE – Managing a Crisis
About this session Navigating the intersection of Crisis Management and Defensibility is crucial for organizations, as they grapple with escalating penalties for health and safety offenses and the imperative of robust processes to shield against civil claims. In this Market Briefing, Clyde and Co will explore: Crisis Management Where organisations are convicted of health and...
12th September 2024
Exposures for Directors – The Top Risks in 2024
About this session What does the UK exposure landscape for directors look like? What keeps directors awake at night? Our panel will outline the core risks as revealed the latest WTW Global D&O survey including collective actions, insolvency and emerging exposures. Learning objectives At the end of this session, delegates will be able to: Summarise...
23rd August 2024
Non-Financial misconduct – unblurring the lines
About this session Join us for this Market Briefing where the experts from Mills & Reeve will discuss non-financial misconduct which has been an area of increasing focus over recent years. It is again high on the regulatory agenda, with the FCA’s goal being to ensure more visibility of the issue in the workplace. Despite...
23rd August 2024
Governance: preventing personal liability for board members
About this session This presentation will address (i) the different legal and regulatory risks which can give rise to personal liability for board members and other senior personnel when carrying out their roles within governance structures, and (ii) the ways such risks can be prevented, reduced or mitigated. Learning objectives At the end of this...
16th August 2024
Appointed Representatives – mitigating current risks and future reforms
About this session The FCA has long-held concerns over the operation of the current appointed representative regime and whether it provides good outcomes for customers. This session provides an overview of these issues, as experienced by those within the insurance distribution chain and considers how best to navigate them, including: What are Appointed Representatives? Why...
16th August 2024
Transforming Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in UK Insurance – lessons for MGAs
About this session The University of Nottingham, supported by Browne Jacobson, has produced milestone research on equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK insurance market. This briefing will enable MGAs to maximise the value of the research in addressing the legal, regulatory and operational issues arising in relation to EDI. Read the report here: First...
16th August 2024
The Appointed Representatives Regime: reforms, liability and agency
About this session Join us for this Market Briefing covering an overview of the Appointed Representatives regime, the FCAs 2022 reforms, multiple principals, and liability considerations at common law and under FSMA. Learning objectives At the end of this session, delegates will be able to: Explain the context and give an overview of the Appointed...
16th August 2024
Strategic Claims Handling in Fraud
About this session In this briefing Clyde & Co will offer MGA members an overview of strategies to detect fraud, the knowledge needed for successful detection and the legal tools available in defence of these claims. Learning objectives At the end of this session, delegates will be able to: Describe strategies to detect fraud. Summarise...
13th August 2024
General Employment Law Update
How it went The session is intended to provide attendees with a general employment law update, to include: Recent employment case law and what we can learn from that. An update on recent key private members’ bills, to include: Employment Relations (Flexible Working) bill, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay bill), Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions)...
29th June 2023
The Claims Lifecycle
Session details A briefing on the claims lifecycle from FNOL to conclusion. Commentary on the challenges and opportunities around pre-issue handling and how a case looks through to ultimate conclusion. We will provide some specific insight on the challenges that are presented by the litigation process and the impact of Covid-19 and the wider judicial...
23rd March 2023
The risk of AI in employment
Session details The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the employment lifecycle is widespread, particularly in recruitment. The attraction of AI is obvious; by automating processes, businesses can achieve efficiencies whilst also seeming to remove the biases that are inherent in human decision-making. However, the use of AI technology is fast gaining attention from regulators,...
9th March 2023