Commercial Insurance Cycle Management: Managing a Softening Market
2 & 3 April 2025, 08:30-17:30 (UK)
Face to Face Training Workshop
CII Offices, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY
2 & 3 April 2025, 08:30-17:30 (UK)
Combining expert training and collaboration with senior peers, to deliver an insightful two day session that will enable you to lead your business through the next market cycle.
Members: £1,600
Non-members: £2,000
The market cycle shapes the financial performance of the insurance sector, its financial stability and its capacity to offer sustainable products to customers.
This face-to-face training course, delivered over two full-days, is delivered in collaboration with UWX - the commercial underwriting consultancy. Combining expert training from those who have led underwriting divisions through previous market cycles, networking and collaboration with others in underwriting leadership roles.
The training will provide participants with deep insights into global underwriting dynamics during a softening market drawn from both insurers and reinsurers.
The course will include lunches, refreshments, and a networking dinner at the end of the first day.
Summary
Date: 2 & 3 April 2025
Timings: Day 1: 08:30 - 19:30 (includes networking dinner). Day 2: 08:30 - 17:30.
Duration: Two full days
No of attendees: 12-16
Format: Face-to-Face delivery - CII Offices, London
CPD: Recognised - Certificate of attendance supplied
Trainers: See below
Price: £1,600 Member / £2,000 Non-Member
Course Objectives?
This two-day face to face course aims to:
- Provide participants with deep insights into global underwriting dynamics during a softening market drawn from both insurers and reinsurers
- Equip participants with practical lessons learned from prior softening market transitions that they can readily apply in their organisations
- Cycle-based performance management systems and the application of AI in measuring underwriting behaviours
Workshop Overview
Understanding a Softening Market: a practical framework
The market cycle – an overview, capital and capacity – flows and expectations, the insurance value proposition – value chain, key functions, performance metrics in insurance – part of the problem?
Commercial & Specialty Underwriting in a Softening Market: Insights from SBS / UWX Research
Underwriter awareness of the softening market the market environment, the internal environment, underwriting adaptation, underwriting accountability.
Drilling deeper – how Underwriting Practice evolves in a Softening Market
Assessing exposure, defining coverage, costing, pricing, transaction vs portfolio underwriting, risk appetite definition & targets.
View the full programme agenda.
View and download the flyer.
Who should attend?
- P&L leaders in commercial P&C and specialty re/insurance
- Underwriting and portfolio management leaders and directors in commercial and specialty re/insurance
- Leaders from other functional areas who collaborate with P&L and Underwriting leadership (e.g. Pricing, Reserving, HR) and need to understand the market cycle and help teams navigate it
Course Leadership
This course is delivered in collaboration with UWX, the commercial underwriting consultancy.
The workshop will be delivered by a panel of Speakers:
Tony Buckle: Partner UWX
- Former Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) & Member of the Board at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
- Former MD RSA Global Risk Solutions RSA Insurance
- Former CEO EMEA, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
- Former Global Hed of Engineering & Construction at Swiss Re
- MBA (IESE, Spain); Doctorate (SBS Swiss Business School, Zurich)
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John Carolin: Partner UWX
- Former CEO B3i
- Former Finance Director at Swiss Re
- Former Manager at PwC
- Chartered Accountant (South Africa); Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
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Neil Arklie
- Former Head of Cyber Underwriting, Corporation of Lloyd’s
- Senior Underwriter, Cyber at Aviva and Swiss Re
- Former Class Underwriter in Property, Liability, Intellectual Property, Technology and Media E&O as well as Cyber Insurance
- Independent Expert Reviewer and Consultant at AI UK International Limited
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Nicola Stacey
- President of the Chartered Insurance Institute
- CUO Chaucer Syndicates
Finlay Smith
- Director at Accelerate Underwriting, a part of The Clear Group
- Former Chief Underwriting Officer, Bondaval
- Former Chief Underwriting Officer Commercial, RSA
- Former Director of Property, European Markets, QBE
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Ilker Aslan
- Casualty Treaty Underwriter, Axis Re; former Treaty Underwriter Swiss Re
- Former Financial Analyst, Swiss Re
- Cert CII at the Chartered Insurance Institute
- PhD Economics (Fribourg, Switzerland)
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Mehmet Ogut
- Senior Advisor to the Group Risk Management team at Ageas
- Former Chief Reserving Actuary, MS Re, former Director, Deloitte
- Reserving and Pricing Actuary at Promina and Suncorp Groups (Australia)
- Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
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Mandy Hunt
- Chair of the Underwriting Community Board
- Managing Director MGAs The Clear Group
- Former CUO RSA Commercial
Booking Form
Members: £1,600pp
Non-members: £2,000pp
Corporate Solutions
We are able to offer training specifically for your company as an In-House / Corporate training session, for a set fee.
We can support your business with off-the-shelf courses for those studying our financial services units, our insurance units or those looking to develop their knowledge in a wide variety of technical and leadership areas. A full list of courses can be viewed in our 2025 Corporate Training Catalogue.
Please speak with your Relationship Manager who can explore your learning needs further or contact: business.enquiries@cii.co.uk
For enquiries about this course, please review our Q&A document, or email to: business.enquiries@cii.co.uk
The cost of this programme will include lunches and refreshments on both days. Dinner will also be provided on the first day.
You will be responsible for organising your own travel and accommodation, if required.
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