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A regular podcast for business leaders exploring how businesses can harness risks and use them to their advantage. In each episode Howden Insurance Brokers will discuss a topical challenge or issue and what business leaders can do to overcome it.
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In the second of a two-part series Neil Williams of Howden is joined by guests Richard Highley and Julian Bubb-Humfreys from DAC Beachcroft as well as Thomas Plewman from Brick Court Chambers to discuss audit reform and emerging trends in regulation. In this episode, we explore the current state of civil claims and discuss risk-mitigation strategies. If you missed the first in the series, find it here.
Neil Williams of Howden is joined by guests Richard Highley and Julian Bubb-Humfreys from DAC Beachcroft as well as Thomas Plewman from Brick Court Chambers to discuss audit reform and emerging trends in regulation. Here we look at changing regulatory risks and explore how AI might impact the regulatory environment and look at emerging trends.
Understand the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the impact that their ratings system has on the insurance premiums of Care Home providers. Hosted by Richard Lawson, Senior Account Executive at Howden Health & Care. With the expertise of Becky Garnett Buchma, Managing Director at Fulcrum Care Consultancy, and Sabrina Meetaroo, Head of Risk and Claims at Howden Health & Care, we provide guidance to help care home providers navigate the challenges of a CQC inspection process. We discuss...
Master your firm's transition strategy as we dissect the world of exit and investment options for regulated firms. Hosted by Chris Davies, Executive Director at Howden. With the expertise of Roderic Rennison, Catalysts LLP, and Alex Canham, Herrington Carmichael LLP, we look at how the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) intensified focus on consumer duty compliance is reshaping acquisition priorities. As we explore the shifting dynamics of the private equity market, Rennison and Canham shed ...
Master your firm's transition strategy as we dissect the world of exit and investment options for regulated firms. Hosted by Chris Davies, Executive Director at Howden. With the expertise of Roderic Rennison, Catalysts LLP, and Alex Canham, Herrington Carmichael LLP, we break down the shift from traditional exit paths to modern strategic options. Whether you're a retiring firm owner or looking to raise capital, this episode offers invaluable insights into navigating the current landscap...
Join us as Chris Davies, Executive Director at Howden, sits down with Keith Richards, Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Duty Alliance, for part two of our deep dive into consumer duty. Resilience is key for regulated advice firms, and we'll uncover actionable insights on how they can safeguard against unintended financial pitfalls. Explore the crucial role of professional indemnity insurance and the responsibilities brokers have in keeping firms informed about policy changes. We’ll also...
Join us as Chris Davies, Executive Director at Howden, sits down with Keith Richards, Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Duty Alliance.Consumer duty is reshaping the financial landscape, and the Consumer Duty Alliance is at the forefront of this transformation. In our conversation, we unpack the shift towards client outcomes and the cultural changes necessary for financial firms to thrive in this new era. Keith sheds light on how these regulations demand clearer, more client-focused comm...
Exploring bad faith claims: human error, the COVID-19 aftermath, and mitigation strategies. Join us with Hilary Harmsworth, alongside experts Sam Vardy and Scott Seaman, who explore these key themes for our final instalment of our series on bad faith.This episode uncovers the latest trends, from the intricate balancing act of addressing both liability and damages, to the heightened risk faced by commercial auto policies and care homes. Alongside this, we assess the sweeping impact of social i...
What's the real story behind the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) complaints process, and how has it evolved over the years?Welcome to the third, and final, episode of this mini-series about claims and complaints in the psychological world. Join us as we sit down with Max Ekstein from Arch Law to peel back the layers on how psychologists navigate the regulatory landscape and how complaints are meticulously handled. We take a deep dive into HCPC's hearings and appeals process, t...
We're unlocking the secrets of navigating the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's complaints process with Max Ekstein from Arch Law.Welcome back to part 2 of our series on claims and complaints in the world of psychological and related professionals.We are also looking at the BACP's role and its evolving procedures, especially the significant changes since 2018 and the shift to remote hearings post Covid-19. The importance of promptly notifying insurers when faced with a c...
Ever wondered how psychological and related practitioners can protect themselves from the pitfalls of claims and complaints?In this episode, we are joined by Max Ekstein from Arch Law who unravels the complexities of safeguarding your practice and reputation. Dive into the strategies that can help shield you from issues regards to claims and complaints, and learn about the processes that will help you manage these risks more effectively.We provide insights into the crucial role of insurance p...
Navigate the legal labyrinth of insurance bad faith claims as Hilary Harmsworth, alongside experts Sam Vardy and Scott Seaman, dissect this complex topic, in part two of our mini-series. In this episode we analyse certain states and jurisdictions, as outlined in our bad faith mapping tool. We also discuss different strategies for dealing with bad faith claims, and how to avoid them as much as you can. For more information on Howden's bad faith mapping tool and the topics discussed ...
Prepare to arm yourself with the knowledge to confront the lurking dangers of bad faith claims as Hilary Harmsworth, alongside experts Sam Vardy and Scott Seaman, unveil the intricacies of insurance law. Our conversation explains how our innovative bad faith mapping tool will aid you in navigating the stormy waters of bad faith claims. Sam Vardy enlightens us on the inception and operation of this new resource, while Scott Seaman, armed with his legal acumen, dissects the ominous reperc...
Welcome back to part two, where our host Dan Williams, together with Steve Cox and Emily Clift, helps to unlock the complexities of the Building Safety Act and steer through its implications for insolvency practitioners and property receivers. This episode peels back the layers on the occupation phase of high-risk buildings, detailing the pivotal role of IPs in upholding the safety and compliance demanded by this new legislation. They dissect the responsibilities of the newly-minted duty...
Explore the labyrinth of the Building Safety Act with our host Dan Williams from Howden's Restructuring & Resolution team. Together, with his colleague Steve Cox and guest Emily Clift from Kennedys, they navigate its twists and turns.Equip yourself with knowledge critical for insolvency practitioners and property receivers, as they dissect the Act's origins, zero in on higher-risk buildings, and introduce the pivotal role of the new Building Safety Regulator. This episode isn't just talk;...
The Building Safety Act 2022 is a thorn in the side of solicitors and licensed conveyancers engaged in the sale and purchase of leasehold property. The legislation is still evolving and it is complex. In this three part series we talk with Ian Quayle of IQ Legal Training who helps us with some common sense and straightforward advice on this challenging subject. Our final podcast in the series highlights the current position that lenders are taking with reference to BSA issues on the purc...
The Building Safety Act 2022 is a thorn in the side of solicitors and licensed conveyancers engaged in the sale and purchase of leasehold property. The legislation is still evolving and it is complex. In this three part series we talk with Ian Quayle of IQ Legal Training who helps us with some common sense and straightforward advice on this challenging subject. This, the second podcast in this series, discusses how to deal with issues related to this important documentation when acting o...
The Building Safety Act 2022 is a thorn in the side of solicitors and licensed conveyancers engaged in the sale and purchase of leasehold property. The legislation is still evolving and it is complex. In this three part series we talk with Ian Quayle of IQ Legal Training who helps us with some common sense and straightforward advice on this challenging subject. This first podcast discusses getting started on a transaction involving leasehold property, the questions you should ask, discla...
The relationship between a client and their professional advisor does not always run smoothly. We need strategies to prevent difficult situations and to manage them when they occur. In this podcast Clare Yates from CY Training Works offers some invaluable and practical guidance and advice on this very issue. We encourage all our professional service firms to share the podcast across their teams. A few minutes listening to the words of wisdom from Clare will be time well spent…..and ...
In this episode, Howden's Sam Vardy speaks to Adam Craggs, Partner at international law firm, RPC about dawn raids. The pair discuss what a dawn raid really entails, why they occur and how businesses and individuals should react. Adam Craggs also talks through a free mobile app, developed by RPC, that can be used to help manage a dawn raid.
Neil Williams of Howden is joined by his colleague Iain Middle and guests Stacy Penn from Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) and Rachael Healey from RPC to explore the risks faced by mortgage intermediaries. In this episode they reflect on the state of the PI market over the last few years, moving on to explore what the current market is like for mortgage intermediaries. The panel then assess the historical claims environment, looking at how some of the claims they've seen migh...
In the second of a two-part series, Neil Williams of Howden is joined by guests Alexa Jones and Niall Innes from Mills & Reeve as well as Tim Grey, to discuss regulatory issues affecting professional service firms, and lawyers and accountants in particular. Here we look at the interplay between PII and regulatory issues. There is often an overlap, and it is useful to discuss how this should be navigated. If you missed the first in the series, find it here.
Neil Williams of Howden is joined by guests Alexa Jones and Niall Innes from Mills & Reeve as well as Tim Grey, for the first of a two-part series where experts discuss regulatory issues affecting professional service firms, and lawyers and accountants in particular. Here we briefly look at the history of regulation, the drivers and challenges for regulators and corporate investigations.
In this episode, our Head of Global Wellbeing Leo Savage was joined by Alex Partridge, former Olympian to discuss the prevalence of mental health in the workplace and how leaders can create a healthy and open environment for their employees.
The topic of conversation for this podcast is the Building Safety Act 2022, a landmark piece of legislation with far reaching implications for the construction sector. The act is extensive with more than enough content for 10 podcasts so this time we are going to look specifically at limitation periods for claims and what it means for construction firms' liability. To help tackle this subject, Tom Barney from our Construction and Property Indemnity team is joined by Laurence Paddock...
This is the third of a three part series on Litigation Risk Management where we hear from leading market experts on how clients considering or involved in a dispute can manage the associated risks using insurance and finance backed solutions.In this episode, Katie Armstrong is joined by special guest Sarah Vasani, Co-Head of International Arbitration at CMS, to provide insights from a lawyer's perspective on how law firms are utilizing these solutions to resolve disputes.If you haven't ...
This is the second of a three part series on Litigation Risk Management where we hear from leading market experts on how clients considering or involved in a dispute can manage the associated risks using insurance and finance backed solutions. In this episode, Rhys Williams of Howden is joined by Sean McGuiness, Investment Manager at Omni Bridgeway to give an overview of litigation funding and explore the available financial solutions pre and post judgment. Listen to part one - The insur...
This is the first of a three part series on Litigation Risk Management where we hear from leading market experts on how clients considering or involved in a dispute can manage the associated risks using insurance and finance backed solutions. In part one, Katie Armstrong, from our Litigation Risk Management team, is joined by colleague Nick Minns, from the Structured Solutions team, and guest Ed Yell, Head of Scheme Underwriting at Litica, to focus on and discuss the available insurance...
Neil Williams of Howden is joined by his colleague Steve Ray and guest James Thompson from Mills & Reeve to discuss the risks faced by insurance brokersIn this episode, they talk in more detail about risk management - breaking it down into three key areas; the paper trail, your own people and your clients - before delving into the area of claims - notifying claims and the types of claims being seen.Part 1 - The Insurer
Neil Williams of Howden is joined by his colleague Steve Ray and guest James Thompson from Mills & Reeve to discuss the risks faced by insurance brokers. In this episode, they look at the insurance market for professional risks, exploring the key areas, which of them really worry the insurers and where the claims come from.
In the current economic climate, law firms will be finding that clients are becoming ever more focused on the pricing and cost of legal services. Jenny Screech of Howden is joined by Shaun Jardine of Big Yellow Penguin to talk about the issue of value based pricing.
Julia Graham, CEO of Airmic joins Jenny Screech of Howden and throws down the gauntlet to professional services firms, asking them to challenge their existing workplace culture and question whether this is causing problems with their recruitment and retention of talent.Recruiting and retaining talent in the current environment is going to require many professional firms to think outside the box. Firms will need to be brave enough to do things differently, make changes to traditional recruitme...
Join Paul White, Head of Technical, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing and Jo Elphick, Marketing Director, Group Protection, Legal & General as they discuss ESG in employee benefits, focusing on the forgotten 'S': Social.
Join Paul White, Head of Technical, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing and Jack Roper, Group Head of Sustainability, Legal & General as they discuss ESG and it's environmental impact.
Chris Davies of Howden is joined by guests Rob Morris (RPC) and Paul Freeman (Liberty Specialty Markets) to talk about life after British Steel and how the regulatory environment may be altered for Financial Advisers going forward, now that we've seen some of the output from the review itself.If you haven't done so already, we recommend going back and listening to the previous episodes of the British Steel pensions scandal.
Chris Davies of Howden is joined by guests Rob Morris (RPC) and Paul Freeman (Liberty Specialty Markets) to unpick the British Steel pensions scandal and redress. With the timeframe for the review having already started they’ll be discussing what the impacts are going forward for the advisory firms involved and what the future might look like.We recommend going back and listening to part one, two or three of the British Steel pensions scandal if you haven't done so already.
Starting a new law firm involves a considerable level of financial and professional risk and can be a brave step in the current economic environment. If this is something you are considering, it is crucial to have an understanding of the most important issues you will need to consider in order to succeed. Neil Pointon, Divisional Director within our Solicitors PI team recently caught up with Ben Trott, Managing Director at Marketing Lawyers to highlight some key issues that are ofte...
Under the Code of Conduct for Solicitors, solicitors have a responsibility to put things right when they have gone wrong, but the decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal in Howell Jones back in 2019 suggests that you could end up in trouble if you do just that. When responding to the duty to “put things right” for a client there is a considerable risk that there could be an own interest conflict leading to potential disciplinary intervention. Making the right call on whether or not y...
Professional services firms such as lawyers and accountants quite often agree to place one of their team on secondment, usually with a client.There are many obvious commercial and individual benefits as to why secondments are a good thing to do. But there are some issues and risks you need to contemplate. Will Sefton and Kelly Thomson, both partners at law firm RPC join Jenny Screech, consultant within the solicitors' PI team at Howden, to discuss the challenges you need to consider.
In the final part of this series, Shay Simkin and Dan Leahy of Howden are joined once again by Philippa Berry of CFC Underwriting and Andrew Maher of AXIS, where they look to demystify systemic risk and clarify what the new war exclusions actually mean for companies.
In this episode of Fortune Favours The Brave, Shay Simkin and Dan Leahy of Howden sit down with Philippa Berry, Cyber Product Leader at CFC Underwriting and Andrew Maher, Head of Cyber and Technology at AXIS to take a look at risk controls and resilience, pricing and capacity and the market as we look towards 2023.
In this episode of Fortune Favours the Brave, Alice Weaver speaks to Susan Langley OBE about the importance of resilience. Susan has over 30 years of executive business, financial and professional services experience, holding numerous senior roles at the likes of Gallagher UK, UKAR, the Home Office, Department of International Trade, Lloyd’s of London, Hiscox Group… to name just a few!In addition to this Susan is the Alderwoman for the City of London Aldgate Ward and has now been nominat...
In our latest episode of Fortune Favours the Brave Greg Harrison, from Howden’s Construction and Property team, is joined by Alexandra Anderson, of RPC, to explore liability caps – what they are and how they work. Greg and Alexandra discuss the importance of limiting your liability and the measures firms can take to ensure they are appropriately set.
In this episode of Fortune Favours the Brave, Hazel Craig, Senior Data & Analytics Consultant at Howden, speaks to Leo Savage, Global Wellbeing Consultant, about why men's health continues to be a major concern for many employers and what support can be put in place to help the men in their workplace.
As we build up to this year's International Men's Day, we're talking about men's health and the impact it can have at work. In this episode of Fortune Favours the Brave Hazel Craig, Senior Data & Analytics Consultant at Howden, speaks to Robin Clark, Medical Director at Bupa about what we can all do to help support men to stay healthy physically and mentally. Robin and Hazel also discuss how stereotypical notions of masculinity, including 'manning up' and 'keeping a stiff upper...
Tom Barney of Howden is joined by Ian Atkinson from Womble Bond Dickinson to discuss modern methods of construction (MMC). They explore what MMC is, evaluate the inherent benefits and challenges of utilising MMC over ‘traditional’ building techniques, as well as cover issues surrounding net zero and sustainability.
Tom Barney of Howden is joined by Ian Atkinson from Womble Bond Dickinson to discuss modern methods of construction (MMC). They explore what MMC is, evaluate the inherent benefits and challenges of utilising MMC over ‘traditional’ building techniques, as well as cover issues surrounding net zero and sustainability.
Chris Davies of Howden is joined by guests Rob Morris (RPC) and Paul Freeman (Liberty Specialty Markets) to unpick the British Steel pensions scandal and redress. They’ll be discussing what the redress means for financial advisers, the practicalities, the legal implications and how it could impact other types of reviews in the future.
In our latest podcast for Law Firms, Jenny Screech of Howden speaks with Viv Williams of Viv Williams Consulting to discuss the importance of succession planning and why firms cannot afford to put it off. In this edition we will be asking; Why UK Firms are at a crossroads? What new and significant opportunities are available to UK law firms right now? And, why pressure is being placed on the traditional services law firms provide?
With the release of the Building Safety Act 2022, we go into the background and changes being brought about and what this means for consultants such as architects, engineers and surveyors, operating in the Scottish construction sector.If you would like to get in contact with either Vivian Allison or Andrew McConnell, please reach out to them via LinkedIn.
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