Who is it for?: Managing Partners, Senior Managers and Practice Managers wanting to get the best from the insurance market for their firm in the most efficient way.
Frank Maher - Partner- Legal Risk
Frank Maher is a partner in Legal Risk, practising solicitors who advise many leading law firms in the UK and abroad on professional indemnity, compliance, disciplinary and anti-money laundering. He is the author of ‘Risk Management in the Legal Profession' and co-author with Legal Risk partner Sue Mawdsley of ‘The Money Laundering Reporting Officer's Handbook: A Guide for solicitors'. His wide experience of defending professional indemnity claims includes many lender claims and multiple frauds and he has recently been instructed as expert witness in a large lender's claim
Phil Edwards BSc, ACII, MIRM
Phil is Managing Director of QPI and has been in the insurance and risk management sector for twenty-six years with global broker experience.He continues to consult for a number of major Plcs. He is a Chartered Insurance Practitioner and qualified both as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and as an Member of the Institute of Risk Management.
Richard Grayson LLB (Hons) London
Richard is the Managing Executive at QPI and a qualified solicitor. Post-qualification he worked in private practice for five years before making the transition into the insurance and risk management business. Since then he has developed strong relationships with both clients and insurers and a reputation among his legal peers for his knowledgeable and professional approach..
Content
• Factors that affect the cost of cover
• What markets are available, the differences between them and how to access them
• Understanding exactly what you are being offered and what it means to the firm
• How to influence the price that you pay
• Dealing with difficulties when they arise
• Why the price is not the only difference between insurers' products
• Getting the most out of your insurance cover
• Understanding what your money buys you
• The Cover that you need
• Exclusion clauses and how to avoid falling foul of them
• How the changing professional landscape affects the insurance market
• regulation and the effect on cover
• Q and A for all those niggling questions that you've always wanted to ask but were never able to find anyone who would answer them
