Agenda

08.30am

Registration opens with breakfast in the exhibition hall

09.35am

Chairman’s Welcome: Paul Robertson, editor, cover magazine

09.40am

Building financial capability in the UK: An update on the national strategy

  • How does the Thoresen Review on Money Guidance (or Generic Financial Advice) relate to regulated financial advice?
  • How does Money Guidance relate to other Financial Capability work?
  • How are plans to implement it going?

Confirmed speaker: Vyv Bronk, Head of Strategy and Partnership,
Financial Capability Division, FSA

10.00am

Interactive voting: delegates will vote on relevant, timely issues followed by a vote on which topics the speaker panel will discuss

10.25am

Panel discussion:

Speakers:
Vyv Bronk, head of strategy and partnership, Financial Capability Division, FSA
Tom Baigrie, managing director, Lifesearch
Andrew Francis, director of client management, Munich Re
Alison Turner-Holmes, director of marketing, Scottish Provident
Paul Wood, UK intermediary sales director, Pioneer

11.00am

Morning coffee

11.30am

The prognosis for protection: A Reassurer’s view
Speaker invited by Scottish Provident: Stuart Paton-Evans, general manager, business development, Hannover Re

11.50am

Increasing customer confidence in income protection: A practical Approach
Confirmed speaker: Mark Jones, head of protection marketing, Friends Provident

12.10pm

The day our lives changed... Protect what matters the most
Confirmed speaker: John Crutchley, sponsored by LV=

12.30pm

Workshop sessions

Workshop 1

Reducing non-disclosure in protection

Speaker: Mark Richards, business development manager, AXA Protection Account, Axa

Workshop 2

Increasing awareness of the direction in which menu products are moving

Speaker: David Warren, business development manager, LV=

Workshop 5

How cash plans and dental plans can complement your protection business

Speaker: Debbie Roberts, national intermediary consultant, Healthsure

One to one business meetings to run concurrently with workshop sessions and lunch
(12.30pm-2.30pm)

Workshop 3

Understanding mortgage protection and opportunities for the future

Speaker: Mark Godding, sales development manager, Individual Protection, Aegon

Workshop 4

Increasing customer confidence in income protection: Your views

Speaker: Ed Stuart-Brown', head of protection sales, Friends Provident

1.00pm

Lunch and Networking

2.00pm

Workshops are repeated

Workshop 1

Reducing non-disclosure in protection

Speaker: Mark Richards, business development manager, AXA Protection Account, Axa

Workshop 2

Increasing awareness of the direction in which menu products are moving

Speaker: David Warren, business development manager, LV=

Workshop 5

How cash plans and dental plans can complement your protection business

Speaker: Debbie Roberts, national intermediary consultant, Healt hsure

Workshop 3

Understanding mortgage protection and opportunities for the future

Speaker: Mark Godding, sales development manager, Individual Protection, Aegon

Workshop 4

Increasing customer confidence in income protection: Your views

Speaker: Ed Stuart-Brown', head of protection sales, Friends Provident

2.30pm

Building your protection business and understanding the credit crunch
Confirmed Speaker: Mark Meads, head of sales, Individual Protection, Aegon

2.50pm

Bridging the protection gap to ensure long term market success
Confirmed Speaker: Jamie McIver, director of protection sales, Axa

3.10pm

Afternoon coffee

3.30pm

Learning from past mistakes to ensure a successful future

  • What are the most common claims-related complaints?
  • Moral and policy dilemmas
  • Payment Protection Insurance

Confirmed Speaker: Chris Tilson, ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service

3.50pm

Questions, comments and observations

4.00pm

Chairman’s summary and close of Forum

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