We welcome you to our South East spring insurance seminar at Zurich Municipal’s Mark Lane office. In the morning we will have colleagues from Zurich Municipal and Marsh discussing the intricacies and recent changes in requirements with regard to property and casualty tenders.
In the afternoon there will be a highways claims legal update from Browne Jacobson followed by a practitioner from London Borough of Sutton explaining how they are putting any changes into practice. DWF will be presenting their ever popular claims game, an opportunity to immediately put learning into practice.
Lastly Kathy Slowther from Southend-on-Sea City Council will be presenting on the world of weird and wonderful insurance enquiries. Giving examples of interesting and unusual requests she has been presented with whilst sharing some solutions and learnings she has come up with over the years.
Registration and refreshments
Registration
Registration and refreshments
9.30am – 10am BST, 15 May 2024 ‐ 30 mins
Registration
Session 1 - Property tender - talk us through the questionnaire
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Session 1 - Property tender - talk us through the questionnaire
10.10am – 11am BST, 15 May 2024 ‐ 50 mins
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Presenting your property portfolio in a way that secures the most competitive terms from the widest possible number of insurers.Speakers
Session 2 - Liability tender
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Session 2 - Liability tender
11.15am – 12pm BST, 15 May 2024 ‐ 45 mins
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An opportunity to remind ourselves of the some of the key factors for consideration when preparing for a liability tender in the current public sector market. Julia will recap on the importance of involving procurement at an early stage in the process, the options around route to market, the project timetable and the need to allow sufficient time for each stage in the process. The central theme will be around the risk and insurance information insurers wish to see within the ITT and any new additions.
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Session 3 - Highways claims
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Session 3 - Highways claims
12.45pm – 1.30pm BST, 15 May 2024 ‐ 45 mins
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Emma, James and Jonathan will provide updates on the law regarding Highway's claims including points for consideration from both a legal and in-house claims handling perspective. There will be a focus on how claimant solicitors are trying to use the case of Atkins v London Borough of Ealing in pleadings against highway authorities. They will also be providing some insight into 'ancient highways' and looking ahead at what we see to be the future risks.
Speakers
Jonathan Cook
Browne Jacobson
Session 4 - Claims game
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Session 4 - Claims game
1.45pm – 2.45pm BST, 15 May 2024 ‐ 1 hour
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This interactive session presented by Caroline, Simon and Amanda will take you through case studies with various liability-related and other legal problems for you to consider and solve as part of DWF's updated edition of the claims game. In line with the event's theme of refresh and renew, you will be presented with a series of scenarios based upon longstanding authority and legal principles, albeit with a 2024 spin. It will also be an opportunity to put the latest edition of the JC Guidelines into real-time practice!
Speakers
Simon Johnson
Partner – Occupational Health and Casualty, DWF
Session 5 - Weird and wonderful insurance queries
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Session 5 - Weird and wonderful insurance queries
3pm – 3.45pm BST, 15 May 2024 ‐ 45 mins
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Questions regularly in the insurance email Inbox; business as usual, claimants not accepting stated position or colleagues asking for advice, all in a days work I hear you cry.
Then there is the unexpected; can you arrange insurance for the high street department store we are buying. Can you please arrange insurance as the Mayor wants to ride on the handlebars of the Motorbike at the visiting local fair’s wall of death! All in a days work I hear you cry again.
In this session, Kathy will help with how to arrange cover with some obscure items.
Speakers
Kathy Slowther
Insurance Manager, Southend-on-Sea City Council