Previous YMC events

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YMC Winter Ball 2024

  • Fri 22 Nov 7:00 pm – 1:00 am
  • YMC event
  • City Central at the HAC

The largest and most hotly anticipated event in the London Market calendar returned for 2024

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YMC webinar: I’m young, why should I care about my pension? A guide for young professionals

  • Mon 21 Oct 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Natasha Percy-Baxter DipPFS, Percy-Baxter Wealth Management

Join the award-winning financial planner Natasha Percy-Baxter Dip PFS to learn why pensions are essential for young professionals and how to navigate pension programmes to set you on a path to long-term financial stability. Hear about the different types of pensions and the standard benefits companies in our industry provide so you can benchmark your pension package against the market norm.

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YMC Webinar: Crafting & Drafting Clarity in Policy Wordings

  • Mon 16 Sep 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Michael Howard FCII, Wynterhill LLP
    • Hattie Alvis, Wynterhill LLP

This YMC webinar will outline the importance of carefully drafting policy wordings and mid-term endorsements, and what can go wrong with seemingly insignificant changes if not drafted with clarity in order to achieve contract certainty.

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YMC LinkedIn & personal branding workshop: Get started, feel confident & get results

  • Wed 31 Jul 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • QBE
    • Sandra Lewin, Founder and Host of 100 Women in Insurance Collective and Podcast

Do you want to navigate LinkedIn with confidence? Are you keen to build a network and a personal brand within the industry? If so, this session is for you!

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YMC Summer Cheese & Wine evening with the IIL President

  • Tue 16 Jul 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • YMC event

The YMC is delighted to present a Cheese & Wine evening in Leadenhall Market, hosted by Insurance Institute of London President Dominick Hoare ACII.

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YMC Webinar - Insurance for digital assets and blockchain technologies

  • Wed 26 Jun 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Dan Ross, Superscript

Join this YMC webinar for a horizon-scan of emerging technology risk trends and explore how insurance can play a key role in understanding and mitigating new risks.

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YMC Career Conversations: Moving on up

  • Tue 11 Jun 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • WTW
    • Amanda Scott, WTW
    • Matthew Waters, Harrison Holgate
    • Buki Mosaku, Founder of DiverseCity Think Tank & Author of 'I don't understand' - Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

Join the YMC for an in-person panel discussion exploring how to navigate conversations around your career development.

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Future Leaders: 3-day Nature Summit in Scotland

  • Mon 13 May – Fri 17 May
  • YMC event
  • Eilean Shona, Scotland
    • HOST: Jack Watt, Climate Pursuits (and VP Climate & Sustainability Strategy, Marsh)
    • Leon Durbin
    • Joss Carnegie
    • Matt Waterson

Do you consider yourself a future leader of the insurance industry? The IIL YMC and Climate Pursuits are bringing together future insurance industry leaders in a one-of-its-kind summit on a private island and wilderness haven in Scotland to learn from local experts about nature risks and opportunities.

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So you want to be a CEO? With Ken Norgrove

  • Wed 24 Apr 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • RSA
    • Ken Norgrove FCII, RSA, UK&I

The YMC’s hugely popular 'So you want to be a CEO?' series returns for 2024 with a chance to meet Ken Norgrove, Chief Executive Officer of RSA Insurance UK & International.

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Navigating success together: YMC's Women in Insurance Forum 2024

  • Tue 19 Mar 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Evolin Broking (formerly known as GAWS of London)
    • Samantha Ridgewell ACII, Empower Development
    • Maxine Goddard, Sompo International
    • Elaine Mason ACII, Belvedere Mead
    • Alina Schatten ACII, RSA
    • Teniola Tijani, IQUW (and Founder, The LTL Collective)

Join the YMC for an intimate roundtable event where attendees can gain insights from successful women across different stages of their insurance careers.

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YMC Charity Quiz Night 2024

  • Thu 07 Mar 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant

20 people across 20 teams joined us at Steam Bar & Restaurant to battle it out for the title of 'IIL YMC Charity Quiz Champion 2024' and raise funds for Barking Foodbank.

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Looking at the past to look at the future: a journey into insurance history

  • Thu 08 Feb 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • The Aon Centre
    • Reg Brown LLB FCII, Chartered Insurer, Insurance Museum
    • Howard Benge, Insurance Museum
    • Sarah Begley, OB Brand Consulting
    • Paul Miller, HFG Insurance Recruitment

Join the YMC for its first event of 2024 - an exploration of insurance's fascinating past and how it is shaping the direction of the industry into the future.

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YMC Webinar - A dangerous decade: the insurance industry's mission to stay relevant

  • Mon 11 Dec 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • George Beattie, CFC

Join this YMC webinar for a horizon-scan of emerging technology risk trends and explore how insurance can play a key role in understanding and mitigating new risks.

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YMC Winter Ball 2023

  • Fri 17 Nov 7:00 pm – 1:00 am
  • YMC event
  • City Central at the HAC

The YMC Winter Ball was the biggest it's ever been in 2023; bringing together 1,000 insurance professionals for a night of celebration and networking!

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YMC Autumn Networking Evening

  • Thu 12 Oct 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • YMC event
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant

Join the YMC for an Autumn Networking Evening in the City!

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YMC Salary Negotiation Skills Workshop

  • Tue 19 Sep 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Marsh
    • Samantha Ridgewell ACII, Empower Development

Join the YMC for an interactive workshop, providing all the tools you’ll need to negotiate your salary with expert career advice from Samantha Ridgewell and practical tips and techniques from your peers.

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Summer Networking Evening with the YMC

  • Thu 10 Aug 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Howden Group
    • Samantha Ridgewell ACII, Empower Development

Join the YMC for a summer evening event, aimed at interns and new-joiners to the industry, as well as those who are already making advances in their careers.

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YMC ESG series: Career Committers - How to dodge the Great Regret

  • Tue 11 Jul 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • WTW
    • Alastair Swift, WTW

Following on from the first session in the YMC ESG series (10 things you need to know about climate & sustainability), this event will explore some of the social considerations of ESG.

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YMC ESG series: 10 things you need to know about climate and sustainability

  • Mon 26 Jun 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
  • YMC event
  • Online event
    • Jack Watt, Marsh

Join the YMC for the first of its three-part ESG series - '10 things you need to know about climate and sustainability'.

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Through the Grapevine: what wine can teach us about being a better communicator!

  • Wed 14 Jun 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • YMC event
  • Steam Bar & Restaurant
    • Jeff Heasman, Insurance Upskill

Join the YMC for an evening of learning and wine tasting hosted by Jeff Heasman of Insurance Upskill!

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