Events



DISCOUNT FOR PNLA MEMBERS – IMC SEMINARS CONFERENCE ROBINSON COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE – 1st to 3rd July 2024


Jul
01
Robinson College Grange Rd, Cambridge CB3 9AN To book places for the Conference, please email: tony.gregory@imc-seminars.com or telephone: +44 (0)1491 872 839 / +44 (0)7712 482 212 Full Price £995.00 plus VAT PNLA Members & Specialists discounted price £795.00 plus VAT The fee includes accommodation for 2 nights, refreshments, breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquet and conference documentation.
Grange Road
Cambridge, CB3 9AN United Kingdom
+ Google Map
Website:
https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/about-robinson
Download the PDF Brochure

The PNLA are delighted to have been invited to take part in the 26th IMC conference with support from the Professional Indemnity Forum organised by Tony Gregory and presented by Deborah Halls. Tim Constable of Bates Wells will be the PNLA speaker this year. A wonderful two day event with entertainment including punting and a banquet at Robinson College Cambridge – 1-3 July 2024.

The event will once again cover a wide number of issues including:
• A review of recent issues and expectations for the future.
• Emerging issues facing the professions and the insurance market.
• Regulatory, legal and coverage developments in individual professions, including insurance
brokers and solicitors.
• Significant legal decisions that are impacting on the professions’ exposures and a look
forward to what the next year may bring.
Following each presentation, time is set aside for delegates to discuss points and there will also
be opportunities for participants to partake in the Symposium and raise issues for further
discussion.

Agenda

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUES FACING THE MARKET
Chris Head, Senior Underwriter, Professional Indemnity, Axis Capital
INSURANCE BROKERS – A REVIEW OF RECENT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Felix Zimmermann, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
“AN UNDERWRITER, A BROKER AND A CLAIMS MANAGER WALK INTO A BAR – YOU’D THINK
THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE SEEN IT”
A DISCUSSION ON HOW CLAIMS, UNDERWRITING AND BROKING CAN COLLABORATE BETTER IN THE PI
MARKET
Alex Barry, Claims Director, Collegiate
Robert Bass, Divisional Director, Financial Lines Group, Howden
Sarah Dando, Assistant Underwriter, Allianz
A REVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PROFESSIONALS’ LIABILITIES
Amanda Savage KC, 4 New Square
RESOLVING PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY CLAIMS FROM A CLAIMANT’S VIEWPOINT
Tim Constable, Partner, Bates Wells
BRAVE NEW WORLD – THE RISE OF AI AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LIABILITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Neil Howes, Partner, Mills & Reeve
David Gooding, Partner, Mills & Reeve
Jacqui King, Principal Associate, Mills & Reeve
DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ LIABILITY
Rebecca Austin, Partner, DAC Beachcroft
Matthew Olorenshaw, Partner, DAC Beachcroft
CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS – PANEL DISCUSSION
George Smeaton, Head of Professional Indemnity, Starr Companies
Nicholas Abbott, Senior Underwriter, Everest Global Markets
Matthew Olorenshaw, Partner, DAC Beachcroft
William Butler, Marsh Specialty Construction, Marsh
Tom Anderson, Executive Director, Aon
THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL – LESSONS FOR INSURERS
Jim Simpson, Senior Claims Specialist, Financial and Professional Lines, HDI Global Specialty
Gary Oldroyd, Partner, Browne Jacobson
SOLICITORS – RECENT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING INTERPRETATION OF WORDINGS
Alexandra Charlton, Senior Associate, Clyde & Co
Jonathan Lawrence, Legal Director, Clyde & Co
Toby Rouse, Legal Director, Clyde & Co

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY LAW – (1) DISCOVERY LAND V AXIS (2)
MANCHESTER BUILDING SOCIETY 3 YEARS ON
William Flenley KC, Hailsham Chambers
SYMPOSIUM
OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS (EX PIF CHAIRMEN) WILL LEAD A DISCUSSION ON ISSUES RAISED BY DELEGATES
Paul Freeman, Senior Underwriter and AVP, Liberty Specialty Markets
Russell Newell, Director of Underwriting Strategy, Collegiate Underwriting
Rob McTaggart, Head of Professional Indemnity, Starr Underwriting Agents

PNLA is the trading name for:

  • The Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association Limited registered in England and Wales No 5206167. Registered Office: 61 Macrae Road Pill Bristol BS20 0DD England
  • PNLA Training Limited, registered in England and Wales, No 5026041. Registered Office: Ross House The Square Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire GL54 1AF – VAT Registration No: GB840575622

Use of this website

As an association the PNLA will help you search for a Lawyer or Specialist from those listed on this website. We do no more. We do not give advice. We do not vet or in any way accredit the Lawyers or Specialists. We have not verified their qualifications and identity. We accept no legal responsibility or liability for their service to you.

Members and Specialists

The management team reserve the right to reject applications for members and specialists and terminate their membership and listing in circumstances they consider appropriate. Any monies received will be refunded, in whole or in part, at the discretion of the management team.

Booking conferences

  1. The full fee invoice for the conference ticket is payable.
  2. For conferences taking place at a venue on a fixed date, if cancellation is received in writing at least 21 working days before the event the fee will be credited less a £75 administration charge. Substitutions are welcome at any time subject to any variation in price that might be payable if the substitute is not entitled to a discount as a PNLA member or specialist.
  3. For virtual conferences the ticket(s) purchased are for the individual delegate(s) named in the booking. If a delegate gives access to the recorded speaker programme to others then they agree to pay for a ticket at the full fee for all those delegates who watch the programme deriving from such access.
  4. The booking constitutes a legally binding contract. The delegate and their employer/partnership/other practice entity are jointly and severally liable for payment of all the fees due.
  5. The PNLA and PNLA Training reserve the right without prior notice to vary or cancel an event where the occasion necessitates including changing the password for virtual conference programmes.
  6. The PNLA and PNLA Training accept no liability if, for whatever reason, the event does not take place or access online is not possible.
  7. Large print versions of the hand outs can be made available by prior request. If sufficient notice is not received, it will be provided as soon as possible after the event.
  8. If there are insufficient rooms in the hotel to accommodate all delegates who require one when an overnight stay is involved, we will try to arrange for rooms of a similar quality in a nearby hotel, but the organisers cannot be held responsible if such rooms are not available. Any additional cost will be invoiced to the delegate.
  9. To the extent permitted by law, it is agreed that the PNLA, PNLA Training Limited presenters and speakers will not be liable by reason of breach of contract, negligence or otherwise for any loss or consequential loss occasioned to any person acting, omitting to act or refraining from acting in reliance upon the course material or presentation of the event, or, except to the extent that any such loss does not exceed the price of the event, arising from or connected with any error or omission in the material or presentation of the event. Consequential loss shall be deemed to include, but not limited to, any loss of profits or anticipated profits, damage to reputation or goodwill, loss of business or anticipated business, damages, costs, expenses incurred or payable to any third party or any other indirect or consequential losses.
  10. The personal information provided by you will be held on a database and you may be contacted from time to time by The PNLA and PNLA Training with details of events and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish your details to be used for this purpose, please write to: The Database Manager, PNLA, PO Box 1685, Congresbury, Bristol, BS 49 5WQ or email: yvonne.fairbrother@pnla.org.uk