We run regular webinars hosted by Hiscox product experts and external speakers to inform and educate our Broker partners.  Many of our webinars are CPD accredited so you'll earn CPD points too. 

What's coming up?

Events

Webinars

  • 3rd March 11:00 -12:00 (incl Q&A). Hiscox Risk Academy, Learn, Manage, Protect webinar. Register here 

Previous webinars

In this section you can access live recordings of our previous webinars, just click on a title for more information and links to recordings. 

Catch-up on our latest webinar looking at the recently launched Hiscox Risk Academy.  This new policy benefit, exclusively available for Broker customers, provides comprehensive e-learning and risk management tools to help protect your teams and business.

Hear from our delivery partner and risk experts Praxis 42, as well as Hiscox’s Head of Distribution Jodi Cartwright on the extra value customers receive with a Hiscox policy. 

Watch the recording (external link)

Hiscox has partnered with occupational health and safety experts Praxis42 to launch the Hiscox Risk Academy. 

Available to Hiscox customers with a turnover of more than £80,000 at renewal and for new customers, the Hiscox Risk Academy provides a suite of e-learning modules tailored to each business and their industry sector, covering general health and safety, fire risk management and employee wellbeing advice.

Customers can also access a range of adaptable documents and policies, assessments and gap analysis tools, along with an 'ask the expert' service for further guidance and support.

Find out how this free service – available only through brokers – can help your clients reduce the frequency and severity of accidents and mishaps that can be hugely expensive and disruptive.

Click here (external link) to access the live recording.

In this webinar Alan explains  EL,PL and Products Liability cover and how liability can arise in the law of tort, so you will:

  • Understand the different type of torts.
  • Learn how an employer can became liable for injuries to their staff.
  • Understand how liability can arise through negligence as well as understanding the statutory obligations of an employer and how these affect liability.
  • Be able to explain how an Employers Liability policy deals with these liabilities if set up correctly.
  • Understand how a company can be sued in tort for third party property damage or injury.
  • Be able to explain how a Public Liability policy deals with these liabilities if set up correctly.
  • Understand how an insured can become legally liable for third party injury and property damage following the supply of products.
  • Be able to explain how a Products Liability policy deals with these liabilities if set up correctly.

Click here to access the webinar recording (external link)

The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report, now in it's fifth year, surveyed a representative sample of private and public sector organisations in eight countries, this webinar will primarily focus on the UK.

The report not only provides an up-to-the-minute picture of cyber readiness across organisations, it also offers a blueprint for best practice in the fight to counter an ever-evolving threat.

Click here (external link) to access the live recording

If you previously attended Alan's “The Perfect Storm – 7 reasons why we’re going to get the hardest market in a generation” webinar, you will know that changes to the Ogden rate is one of the contributing factors in creating the hard market the insurance industry is currently facing.

In this webinar, Alan further explains the Ogden rate, so you will be able to:

  • Understand the history of the Ogden rate
  • Understand how the Ogden rate change is causing significant premium increases
  • Understand how the rate differs across the UK
  • Understand and be able to explain to your clients how Solvency II and Ogden is influencing the cover and premium being offered, and how they are creating a hard market

Click here to view the webinar recording (external link)

We are entering uncharted territory. The COVID19 crisis has required accelerated transformation within the SME market. The expected economic impact of the pandemic is likely to be severe. Successful SMEs will be considering how they need to adapt. Our series of Scheme webinars will look at how the insurance industry can support SMEs navigate these conditions.

Our third webinar will be led by Dan Keeler, Valtter Lehtonen and Tom Noakes from the Hiscox Schemes team, they will outline how digital efficiency is key to success in the current rapidly changing environment, they will also share recommended solutions for streamlining schemes and SME trading.

Click here (external link) to access the presentation.

Stephen Ridley, Cyber Underwriting Manager, reviews the trends and common types of cyber incidents from 2020 and outlines what is on the horizon for 2021.

The session will highlight:

  • The typical type of attack that UK SME’s reported through Hiscox CyberClear policies during 2020
  • The trends that we are anticipating to see in 2021

Click here (external link) to access the presentation.

The COVID19 crisis required accelerated transformation within the SME market. The expected economic impact of the pandemic is likely to be severe. Successful SMEs will be considering how they need to adapt. Our series of Scheme webinars will look at how the insurance industry can support SMEs navigate these conditions.

Our second webinar will be led by Jack Bardrick, Jon Clarke and Matt Funnell from the Hiscox Schemes team, they will outline how a Scheme will become an essential tool that can help brokers add value to their customers long term.

Click here (external link) to access the presentation

We are entering uncharted territory. The COVID19 crisis has required accelerated transformation within the SME market. The expected economic impact of the pandemic is likely to be severe. Successful SMEs will be considering how they need to adapt. Our series of Scheme webinars will look at how the insurance industry can support SMEs navigate these conditions.

For our first webinar, Bob Thaker, CEO, Hiscox UK and Piers Linney, Entrepreneur, NED of the British Business Bank and Dragons’ Den Investor will discuss the current SME landscape and opportunities for SMEs in 2021.

Click here (external link) to access the presentation

There have been hard markets before, there have been recessions before, but never have the two emerged with such force at the same time. Policyholders desperate for savings will be receiving the unwelcome news of significant premium increases.

The door of client inertia will be swung wide open, presenting fantastic new business opportunities, as well as offering serious threats to renewal books.

This webinar, delivered by Alan Chandler, Chartered Insurer, is a follow on from his incredibly well received presentation "The Perfect Storm - seven reasons why we're going to get the hardest market in a generation". 

Alan will explain what constitutes a hard market and ten things brokers will need to do to maximise opportunities in these unique trading conditions. Many of the best brokers in the UK attribute their success to the last hard market of 2001. It became a turning point from which they never looked back. There will be big winners and losers again in 2020 just like there was 19 years ago.

Click here for the webinar recording (external link)
Click here to download Alan's slides

Our PI Combined cover on Acturis has been refreshed. It is now the quick and easy way to get your client a quote on Hiscox core insurance products for small and emerging business. 

Dan Hurn, eTrade Team Leader, outlines:

  • What's different and why Acturis should be used for transacting small and emerging PI business
  • What products are available on PI combined
  • Examples of the type of businesses it's been designed for

Click here (external link) to access the presentation.

Data to June 2020 shows the immediate and continued impacts of COVID-19 on cyber claims. UK cyber claims decreased by 25% in Q2 compared to Q1, however cyber risks continue to be a significant challenge for businesses, with a number of new ransomware gangs emerging. Large organisations, in particular, have seen more ransomware incidents in the first half of 2020 than the whole of 2019 and we expect this to at least double by the end of the year*. 

Mark Fawcett and Luke Fardell from Control Risks, Hiscox’s primary incident response partner, will outline the trends and common types of ransomware attacks that Control Risks are seeing and will show a live demonstration of a supply chain ransomware attack.

Click here (external link) to access the presentation.

The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2020 shows cybercrime is on the rise – and so is the threat to business. But what does that mean for your clients? What are the implications for different businesses? How can brokers help their clients anticipate and avoid a cyber attack?

This session takes things back to basics for those who are either new to cyber insurance, or want a refresher.

Click here (external link) to access the presentation.

Helping your Technology clients claim tax incentives with Luke Hamm, CEO, GovGrant and Tom Dixon, Head of Technology, Hiscox. 

If your clients are in the Technology sector they may be able to claim £000’s back - join this webinar to find out how you can help your clients through our partnership with GovGrant, which provides Hiscox clients with access to a full range of R&D tax relief and IP services at preferential rates. 

Here’s what clients have been saying about GovGrant:

“We are so pleased with the GovGrant service that we now introduce companies within our network who are unaware of the scheme or did not believe they qualified for R&D tax credit and relief.”

 “My words of advice would be; you may think that only scientific or manufacturing type companies qualify for R&D tax credits but that couldn’t be further from the truth, as every kind of business implements new processes, procedures and systems that are highly likely to attract the Tax credit. We paid on a no win, no fee basis so we had nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

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Lee Turner, National Schemes Sales Manager at Hiscox presented this session: Schemes: It’s Now or Never – Learn to identify, grow and manage your Scheme at the Insurance Connect virtual event.

Now more than ever Schemes are the answer for brokers and their customers. Having the right Scheme solution in place can help you differentiate your business. Hiscox's team of experts in Schemes can help you grow and support your Scheme business. 

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Mark Fawcett and Luke Fardell from Control Risks – Hiscox’s primary incident response partner, take a deep dive in to one of our most interesting claims from earlier this year.

This was – on the face of it - just a ransomware attack against a small business, but it also involved a case of mistaken identity, multiple assailants and several other twists and turns along the way. Mark and Luke bring to life how any company can find themselves in the crosshairs of attackers, but that recovery isn’t just as simple as plugging in a backup, and how having cyber insurance can prove invaluable.

Click here (external link) to access the live recording.

The Perfect Storm - Seven reasons why we're going to get the hardest market in a generation, with Alan Chandler, Chartered Insurer. Click here (external link) to access the live recording.

What are the longer-term COVID claims trends that we might see that might not be obvious at present? What are the implications for different businesses? How can brokers help their clients anticipate and avoid new scenarios that could lead to claims? 

It’s difficult when you don’t know what to look for, Claire Laver, Partner at DAC Beachcroft, Barbara Goddard, Partner DAC Beachcroft and Alexandra Anderson, Partner at RPC look at three areas where claims could arise in the new post-COVID world.

Click here (external link) to access the live recording.