Conference

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Places are filling fast for this year's conference and dinner. Last year over 120 leading names from the industry attended the conference and over 360 attended the dinner from the UK and internationally (some even flying in specially). This year we expect 150+ at the conference and 400 at the dinner (we are already above last year's numbers). So do book now, as places are strictly limited.

Since 2007 the Protection Review Conference has become acknowledged as the outstanding strategic and technical event in the health and protection insurance calendar. This year’s programme features a keynote address from Sir Mansel Aylward, one of the world's leading experts on the links between work and illness, followed by talks and panels on the key themes that are affecting the health and protection insurance sector. To book a place at the conference or a table at the dinner please contact frances@lebeauvisage.co.uk

The 2010 conference agenda is below:

Protection Review 2010 Conference: A new era with new challenges? 

 

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Registration & Coffee Segment 1 - Politics and Protection – post election realities Chair: Andy Couchman, Co-Chairman, Protection Review Address: Richard Hobbs, Director, Regulatory Consulting, Lansons Communications LLP Panel: John Lappin, Freelance Journalist Mark Twigg, Account Director, Cicero Consulting Ltd Alan Lakey, Senior Partner, Highclere Financial Services Nick Kirwan, Assistant Director, Health & Protection, ABI John O’Neill, Head of Markets, UK & Ireland, Partner Re Nigel Cooke, Senior Actuarial Consultant, Grant Thornton UK LLP Coffee Segment 2 - Improving process and selection Chair: Kevin Carr, Chief Executive, Protection Review Address: John Pollock, Group Executive Director, Protection & Annuities, L&G Panel: Mike Benton, CEO, Medicals Direct Warren Copp, Chief Underwriter, Pacific Life Re Stuart Johnson, Head of Underwriting & Claims UK & Ireland, Partner Re Dave Nicholas, Chief Underwriter, Gen Re LifeHealth Gary Bundock, Director, SelectX Emma Prescott, Head of Life Office Relations, LifeSearch Lunch Segment 3 - Products of the future Chair: David Heeney, Chief Marketing Officer, UK & Ireland, Pacific Life Re Address: Jonathan Gunby, Director, NMG Group Panel: Alan Ferguson, Head of Protection, Friends Provident Andy Milburn, Head of Marketing and Propositions, Munich Re Martin Werth, Managing Director, Fortis Life UK Ltd Roy McLoughlin, Senior Partner, Master Adviser IFA Ltd Deepak Jobanputra, Actuarial & Product Director, PruProtect Graham Newman, Product Marketing Manager, Fineos Tea Segment 4 - What direction must our industry take? Chair: Peter Le Beau, Co-Chairman, Protection Review Address: Richard Verdin, Protection Director, Aviva UK Life Panel: Mike Izzard, Chief Executive, Premier Choice Healthcare Roger Edwards, Proposition Director, Bright Grey and Scottish Provident Edmund Tirbutt, Freelance Journalist and Protection Consultant Simon Whale, Director, Luther Pendragon Andy Stevenson, National Sales Manager, Aviva UK Health Melissa Collett, Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service Closing Address, Professor Sir Mansel Aylward Rethinking our Attitudes to Work and Illness CLOSE

 

Protection Review e-bulletin (No.1)

10 May 2010

 

 

Welcome to our first e-bulletin, which includes all the latest Protection Review news as well as links to a number of new and interesting publications and blogs.

 

We hope you like it!

 

 

Conference - A New Era with New Challenges?

 

• This year’s conference and dinner will take place on Thursday July 15 2010 at the Marriott hotel, Grosvenor Square, London 
• The new format includes more panel debates and features 30 of the industry’s most influential leaders
• The opening address comes from Professor Sir Mansel Aylward on ‘Rethinking our Attitudes to Work and Illness’
• The rest of the day will be based around four key sections: Politics and Protection – post election realities, Improving process and selection, Products of the future and What direction must our industry take?
• Visit www.protectionreview.co.uk for more information

 

New website content

 

• Read our latest guest blogs including award winning IFA Peter Chadborn on life after the RDR, health claims expert Karin Lloyd on the role of technology in the claims process and Peter Le Beau on the election – or lack of one
• See the full 2010 conference format including speakers and panel guest
• Read May’s edition of our new look e-Protection Review publication, which leads with a piece on commission disclosure and includes an update on protection claims payouts, as well as a light-hearted piece about insurance, cats and a damaged foot from yours truly (contact us for information on how to subscribe)
• Visit www.protectionreview.co.uk for more information

 

• New ABI director general Kerrie Kelly is confirmed as our key-note after dinner speaker on July 15th
• To recognise excellence across the sector and in response to industry demand we have introduced seven new awards in total including categories for Advice, Underwriting, Journalism, Online technology and Organisation of the Year
• The award shortlists will be announced here soon!

All the latest Protection Review news can be found at www.protectionreview.co.uk

 

All the best,

Kevin, Peter & Andy

 

 

Pictures from The Protection Review Conference 2009

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