Several initiatives to be unveiled at Annual Conference

Range of initiatives to be unveiled at annual conference

June’s Airmic annual conference in Brighton will see the launch of a series of new reports and initiatives, aimed at supporting members in their jobs.

The most prestigious, the publication of the ‘Roads to Resilience’, commissioned from the Cranfield Business School, has already been well trailed. A follow-up to the widely-acclaimed ‘Roads to Ruin’, it will examine the risk lessons to be learnt from successful companies. Delegates will be able to hear a talk from one of the researchers, Dr Stephen Carver.

Members are almost certainly unaware of a third publication in the series, ‘Roads to Nowhere’ by Prof Alan Punter of the City Business School. This will look at cases of supply chain failure so that readers can draw their own lessons and apply them to their work.

Airmic technical director Paul Hopkin is the main author behind two further publications to be unveiled at the conference: a look at how members are using their Captive insurance companies, with a particular focus on employee benefits; and a guide to qualifications obtained by risk managers/insurance buyers and their job descriptions.

Airmic and ICSA (the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators) will be publishing a joint review of the quality of risk reporting by large public companies.

Impressive as that list is, there may be others, depending on circumstances.

Delegate enrolment continues to climb

By the third week of March the number of people signing up to the conference had topped 400, well up on the tally at this stage of any previous year. In other words, attendances look like continuing their decade-long record-breaking run.

Workshop change

The workshop B9 to be given by Herbert Smith Freehills will have a wider remit. As before, it will continue to look at aggregation clauses, but has been extended to broaden its appeal to encompass key legal and claims developments. These will include:

·         Review of recent cases on causation – proving your claim with technical evidence;

·         Overview of Airmic's Reservation of Rights clause with commentary and practical tips;

·         Explanation of basis of contract clauses including how to recognise them and get them removed from your policies.