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Public Courses

Our public courses run throughout the year and provide a great opportunity to learn and network with peers from across the industry. These sessions are ideal for individuals investing in their own development and for organisations looking for a flexible alternative to in-house training.

Expert-led and highly experiential, each course is designed to help participants turn classroom learning into real-world performance. See below for a schedule of courses for 2026 and follow the links to book your place today.

Discounts are available for bulk-bookings, please get in touch with us today to discuss options for you or your team.

Our Public Courses

Follow the links below to learn more about each course and reserve your place today: 

Women with Presence

  • Building influence
  • Active career management
  • Meaningful career conversations
  • Overcoming common career barriers
  • Obtaining meaningful work

Building your Insurance Network

  • Strategic networking approaches
  • What stops you networking and what you can do about it
  • Develop and leverage your network
  • Making the most of in-person networking opportunities
  • Using networking tools to greatest effect

Negotiation & Influence Essentials

  • Principled negotiation
  • Achieving Win/Win outcomes
  • Influence techniques
  • Market considerations

Farmageddon: Insurance simulation

  • Make decisions in a live simulation
  • Balance risk, insurance and investment
  • Respond to market shocks and events
  • Build commercial awareness through gameplay

Introduction to Insurance: The role of insurance and how it works

  • The purpose and fundamentals of insurance
  • The History of Lloyd’s, understanding the London market
  • Principles of Insurance
  • The Insurance market cycle

Inside the Insurance Market: Roles, products and reinsurance

  • Core insurance concepts and terminology
  • Classes of business and key roles
  • Insurance in the news
  • Reinsurance purpose and structures

Building your brand

  • Three key factors for career success
  • Understanding brand perceptions vs reality
  • Define your brand through values and strengths
  • How behaviour and communication shape your brand
  • Mobilise and grow your brand

Morotania: Insurance Simulation

  • Make data-driven insurance decisions
  • Run a digital insurance company
  • See decisions impact results instantly
  • Develop technical and commercial judgement
  • Compete and collaborate in teams

Time Smart: Steps to time efficiency

  • Effective planning to make the most of your day and your energy
  • Prioritisation
  • Time Bandits and how to deal with them
  • Conquering procrastination
  • Finding more time for what’s important

On the Right Foot

  • Setting yourself up for success in your first few months
  • Making the right impression, first time & every time
  • Top tips for succeeding in the corporate world
  • Navigating the office environment
  • Working effectively in multigenerational teams

Building Business Relationships

  • Analysing and prioritising business relationships
  • The role of trust in relationships and how to build this at pace
  • Strategies for managing tricky business relationships
  • Building influence in business relationship

Reinsurance Simulation

  • Explore the purpose and types of reinsurance
  • Demystify reinsurance terminology and jargon
  • Assess reinsurance needs and build broker submissions
  • Negotiate terms and balance commercial considerations
  • Build effective reinsurance programmes through team-based simulation

Manager Essentials

  • Manager expectations
  • The art of delegating
  • Setting smart objectives
  • Delivering effective feedback

Your CII Journey

FREE SESSION

  • CII qualification structure and credits
  • Choosing the right modules and pathway
  • Enrolment, exams and study materials
  • Study planning and exam preparation

Underwriting DNA

  • Experience realistic underwriting in a risk-free simulation
  • Underwrite classes including Property, PI, Cyber and Healthcare
  • Balance profitable GWP growth with capacity limits
  • Build commercial judgement and customer service skills

Fast Start

  • 10-month blended learning programme
  • 30 hours of technical insurance training
  • Practical case studies and immersive simulations
  • Build skills, confidence and your insurance network

Our public course schedule is demand-led so please let us know if there are any topics you would like to see added in future.

Public Course Schedule 2026 ~ 2027

Follow the links to reserve your space today. For any courses without active links, please contact us for bookings.
All courses take place in a Central London location.

Course titleDate(s)TimingsBooking
Inside the insurance market: Roles, products and reinsurance 22 September 202610:00–16:00 Book
Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 5 October 202613:00–14:00 Book
On the Right Foot 7 October 202610:00–13:00 Book
Building your Insurance Network 7 October 202614:00–17:30 Book
Introduction to Insurance: The role of insurance and how it works 12 October 202610:00–16:00 Book
Fast Start (10 month course) 13 October 202610:00 Book
Inside the insurance market: Roles, products and reinsurance 14 October 202610:00–16:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 22 October 202610:00–16:00 Book
Negotiation and Influence Essentials 17 November 202610:00–16:00 Book
Women with Presence 24–25 November 202610:00–16:30 Book
Manager Essentials 2 December 202610:00–16:00 Book
Building Business Relationships 9 December 202610:00–13:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 20 January 202710:00–16:00 Full
Morotania: Insurance Simulation 10 February 202710:00–16:30 Book
Underwriting DNA 18 February 202710:00–16:30 Book
Building your Insurance Network 25 February 202714:00–17:00 Book
Morotania: Insurance Simulation 27 May 202710:00–16:30 Book

In-house delivery: All courses can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation’s needs.