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📣Call for National Conference speakers!📣 🗓️ Event date: Sunday 22 June to Tuesday 24 June 2025 ❗️Deadline for submissions: Friday 1 November 2024 Turn up the volume and have your voice heard at the 2025 ALARM National Conference as we invite you to submit a session proposal, to be included in our Conference timetable.   Our theme for 2025 is Turn Up the Volume, highlighting the importance of risk professionals being heard in their organisations and the profession, and to shout out about successes and achievements. What do you see the year ahead may bring that will need action, planning, and new thinking for 2025? What has worked well for you in recent years? Subjects could relate to changes in insurance, legislation, regulation, funding, resource, workforces and customers, attitudes and expectations, plus wholesale societal shifts.  Get your thinking hats on and submit your ideas now to be part of our National Conference timetable. Find out more: bit.ly/3Xbg4kZ

The Labour Government’s promise to ‘take back our streets’ may mean the new Crime and Policing Bill will be introduced to Parliament as a priority. Read more from Fiona Hamilton-Wood and Giulia Monasterio at Kennedys: bit.ly/4epYv8q

Enter the #ALARMRiskAwards2025 now! ✨ Organisational Award sponsored by Gallagher UK ✨ The Organisational Award recognises innovative approaches to managing organisational risk that has been identified outside of normal service delivery.  This is a chance for teams and individuals to promote and share ideas and learnings, and to accept accolades publicly for the excellent work they do. You or your team could be a winner, so enter now: bit.ly/3Zlkp60 ⏰ Entry deadline: Friday 31 January 2025  ✨ Risk Awards dinner: Monday 23 June 2025

Phil Webster, Education Director at Gallagher UK addresses the growing challenge of resilience for HEIs. Read more: bit.ly/4dk3BBL

🏆Enter the 2025 ALARM Risk Awards now!🏆 ✨ Entry deadline: Friday 31 January 2025 ✨ Risk Awards dinner: Monday 23 June 2025   The #ALARMRiskAwards2025 are officially open! This is a chance for teams and individuals to promote and share ideas and learnings, and to accept accolades publicly for the excellent work they do. You or your team could be a winner, so enter now!  There are nine categories to choose from and you can enter more than one category. Your entries can be based on ongoing projects as well as established programmes of work. Full details of the categories, entry criteria and how to enter can be found on our website: bit.ly/3Zlkp60

A Q&A with a sponsor expert to find out more about individuals and their work. Read more from Sara Tweedale at Maven Public Sector: bit.ly/3BeevvA

Book now for ALARM Scotland Conference 2024! 📅 3-5 November 2024 📍Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA Join us at the Stirling Court Hotel for a two-day winter conference packed with presentations, workshops, and exhibition. You will also be able to catch up with insurers, lawyers and suppliers at our tabletop exhibition, and share best practice with fellow practitioners.  The discounted ALARM rate for accommodation has almost sold out. Please ensure you contact the hotel to reserve your place. ⭐️ Book now: bit.ly/4fMOLGb ⭐️

Modern methods of construction offer multiple benefits but they can bring insurance challenges. Read more from Alison Goodwin and Matt James at Aon: bit.ly/3B7sfbp

The 2024 CIR Risk Management Awards shortlist announced! ALARM is proud to be supporting the 2024 CIR #RiskManagementAwards taking place on 27 November 2024 at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square. The #RiskManagementAwards celebrate excellence in the field of risk management, and are the pinnacle of achievement in your sector – recognising the best people, products and programmes in the sector for over a decade.  View the full shortlist: bit.ly/4b0krVX For the latest news follow CIR on Linkedin: CIRMagazine and Insurance Today

As strategic programmes are subject to high levels of uncertainty, the National Audit Office (NAO) suggests questions for decision-makers to ask to help identify, analyse and plan for uncertainty. Read more from Jemma Dunne at UK National Audit Office: bit.ly/3XcHGGm