MFL Science & Technology to join top innovators at Venturefest Yorkshire

MFL Science & Technology has been praised for its involvement in one of the most important regional business showcases for entrepreneurs in the science, technology, creative and high growth business field.

Venturefest Yorkshire, taking place on 13th March at York Racecourse, is a one-day event with an expected 1500 delegates, including MFL Science & Technology, and a detailed and varied programme of seminars.

Ours and other event partner’s involvement in this well-established event has been commended by Venturefest Yorkshire chairman Professor Tony Hardy.

He said: “The support of our partners and exhibitors is key to the on-going success of Venturefest Yorkshire. We’re delighted that so many prestigious brands recognise the energy and vision of our Yorkshire entrepreneurs and seek to work alongside them.”

Register for a place at the event today by visiting www.venturefestyorkshire.net or visit the site for more information.

MFL celebrates professional excellence at LI Awards 2013

Martin Jackson and Wayne Hemingway with Churchman Landscape Architects who were highly commended award in the Neighbourhood Planning category

McParland Finn Ltd joined international British designer Wayne Hemingway to toast landscape architecture’s top talent at this year’s Landscape Institute Awards.

Director Martin Jackson presented prizes on behalf of MFL. The awards were in the Neighbourhood Planning category, with Glasgow-based ERZ receiving the winning prize while Churchman Landscape Architects was highly commended.

Director of Erz, Felicity Steers, receives the winning award in the Neighbourhood Planning category.

Martin also gave the Design for a Large-Scale Private Development award to winner Grant Associates.

The awards recognise innovation, technical expertise and creativity involved in completed projects by members of the profession, both on a national and global basis.

Grant Associates, who won the Design for a Large-Scale Private Development category.

Martin said: “It was fantastic to be associated with such a prestigious event, recognising the very best that the landscape profession has to offer.

“The LI Awards get better and better each year.”

McParland Finn operates LI Insurance Services, a trading arm of insurance broking service MFL Professional Partnerships.  LI Insurance Services is the long-standing PI insurance partner of the LI, administering the endorsed scheme for qualified members.

Find out more at www.li-insurance.co.uk or contact us at info@li-insurance.co.uk.

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Professional Values – Issue no.2

Dear CAAV Members,

Welcome to the second edition of “Professional Values”, the newsletter designed specifically to inform and advise rural surveying practices about their professional liability exposures and the insurance solutions available to protect them.

In this second issue, we focus on the difficult process of choosing the specialist Professional Indemnity insurance broker, who advises you on the cover you should take out, the underwriter you should insure with and the claims notification and handling process, and that of choosing the insurer itself, who makes a promise to indemnify you in the event of a claim against you, but who does not have the chance to prove its credentials to you (or otherwise) until you notify a claim to it.

Both choices should not be undertaken lightly in today’s Professional Indemnity Insurance market. In particular, you should note that many insurers, in order to seek alternative means of making an underwriting profit in a loss-making surveyors’ PII market, are looking for increasingly varied ways of avoiding paying claims through much stricter interpretations of the terms and conditions of the insurance policies they sell. This is why it is absolutely vital to choose the right insurer, and to take the professional advice of a specialist broker in this context. Remember that your livelihood and/or professional reputation may be on the line if you make the wrong choices.

As always, please let me know if there is a particular topic you wish us to include in future issues.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan Leese, LLB FCII
Director and Chartered Insurance Broker
MFL Professional

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MFL provides healthcare and medical professionals with the latest business knowledge

Mark Philmore, Director, MFL Science & Technology

National and regional industry experts brought medical product and healthcare professionals up-to-date with sector issues with the help of MFL Science & Technology at its Business of Health seminar.

Delegates from around the country gathered at Aspire in Leeds city centre to discover recent legal, risk, finance and intellectual property developments in the healthcare business arena.

Host Mark Philmore, Director of MFL Science & Technology was joined by speakers including Mills & Reeves LLP’s Flora McCabe (Senior Solicitor) and Stephen King (Partner), Chris Brooking, Underwriting Manager (Healthcare) from Barbican Group and Partner at UDL, Andrew Alton.

Networking

The line up was completed by Independent Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology underwriting expert, James McHugh, Andy Round, Investment Manager at Spark Ventures Limited and Partner at DAC Beachcroft, Sean Caldwell.

Sponsored by Barbican, Catlin, DAC Beachcroft LLP and Mills & Reeve LLP, Mark Philmore said Business of Health was valuable for all involved:

“Our Business of Health event was a great success and it was fantastic to catch up with old contact and to make some new connections.

“We aim to provide much more of a transactional insurance broking services and events such as Business of Health enable us to engender a community approach by adding value to our relationships.”

Sean Caldwell, Partner, DAC Beachcroft LLP

Andy Round, Investment Manager, Spark Ventures Ltd

James McHugh, Independent Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology underwriting expert

Andrew Alton, Partner, UDL

Chris Brooking, Underwriting Manager (Healthcare), Barbican

Flora McCabe, Senior Solicitor, Mills & Reeve LLP

Stephen King, Partner, Mills & Reeve LLP

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Tackling the growing rise in third party claims against auditors

Wanda Karow, Associate at Mills & Reeve LLP, lists ways for accountants to tackle third party claims made against them.

We are seeing a growing trend of claims against accountants arising out of audits and tax advice. As businesses have failed during the recession and continue to struggle during these difficult times, people often target professionals with PI cover to recover their losses.

Accountants are no exception. These claims are typically by third party investors in failed businesses claiming to have relied on accountants’ audit or tax advice before investing in the business. How should insurers and their insured accountants tackle these claims? We set out a summary of the law with some practical tips.

To read on, download the PDF version of the article here.

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Selling like hot cakes: MFL’s Coffee Morning for Macmillan

MFL has baked, brewed and eaten its way to nearly £160.00 for Macmillan.  Staff joined forces for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 27th of September, set up by the cancer charity in order to raise much-needed funds.

A total of £157.75 was raised on the day and tasty treats such as Morrocan tea, caramel macchiatos, a giant doughnut-shaped chocolate cake and gingerbread muffins were served.

Staff also got the chance to raise cash via competitions; 2 giant cupcakes were raffled off to winners Hayley, our assistant administrator, and Shelly, our marketing executive. There was a ‘Guess how many coffee beans in the jar?’ contest, too, which was won by our administrator, Jane.

A fantastic effort from all involved plus generous donations meant the morning was a success, proving fundraising doesn’t have to be as taxing as running a marathon. We may have to run one to work it all off, however!

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Stop Press – Important news about Berliner

Firms who thought they’d tied up their Professional Indemnity renewal early this year with the Balva replacement, Berliner, should by now have received word from the company which manages them warning there is great uncertainty as to whether Berliner will be in a position to accept any PII risks for the forthcoming insurance year.

This will be difficult for firms to accept, particularly as most have already renewed (and paid their premiums) and now face a race to put alternative arrangements in place.

This renewal is made all the more difficult by the fact that the safety net of the Assigned Risks Pool is no longer in place and any firms who can’t source cover beyond the end of October are supposed to start to wind down their business and put their practice in to run-off.  The big question for the Balva/Berliner insured firms is who will be insuring the run-off?

With rates set to rise against the backdrop of this situation, firms finding themselves in this position need to act quickly.

MFL Professional is a specialist professional indemnity broker for lawyers and should you need help in securing alternative terms at renewal this year please call our insurance team on 0161 236 2532.

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Invitation: Business of Health – 10th October 2013

Where: Aspire, 2 Infirmary Street, Leeds LS1 2JP 
When: 9.30am to 2.30pm

We are delighted to formally invite you to our FREE event exploring the latest legal, risk, finance and intellectual property issues affecting businesses supplying medical products and healthcare services.

Sector expert speakers from legal, venture capital, intellectual property issues affecting businesses supplying medical products and healthcare services.

Speakers are now confirmed.

• Andrew Alton – Partner – UDL
• Chris Brooking – Underwriting Manager Healthcare – Barbican Group
• Stephen King – Partner – Mills & Reeve LLP
• James McHugh – Independent Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology underwriting expert
• Andy Round – Investment Manager – Spark Ventures Limited
• David Weatherburn – Regional Senior Partner – DAC Beachcroft LLP

To review the full programme, click here.  

To register, click here.

A must attend event for medical device/technology companies and healthcare providers.

Sponsored by:

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Professional Values – Issue no.1

Dear CAAV Members,

I would like to welcome you to this first edition of “Professional Values”, which is a newsletter aimed specifically at the professional exposures of rural surveying practices and the insurance solutions designed to protect them.

In this first issue, we assess the current state of the PII market for surveyors and what we can do to help you, as well as providing you with some general tips on the management of your professional risks.

I do hope you enjoy reading the first copy of “Professional Values”. Please feel free to contact me if there is a particular topic you wish us to include in future issues.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan Leese, LLB FCII
Director and Chartered Insurance Broker
MFL Professional

To read on, download the PDF version of the article here or by right clicking the image above.

Disclaimer: MFL is happy for articles to be used in reputable publications, websites and companies in a public domain. Third parties that haven’t directly received this article in the form of an electronic press release must receive express permission from MFL, the sole owners of all of this website’s marketing and PR content.

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Martin Jackson

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Sleep easy with blanket notifications

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Mark Jenkyn-Jones, Partner at solicitor practice Robin Simon LLP, considers the extent to which professional indemnity insureds can validly notify circumstances in light of the line of authorities leading to the most recent case of McManus & Others v European Risk Insurance
Company [2013] EWHC 18 (Ch).

Claims made policies are now standard in the world of professional indemnity insurance (“PII”). They provide an indemnity against losses arising from claims made against them, as opposed to events occurring, during the policy period; i.e. the insurer on cover at the time the claim is made is on risk. It is also standard for cover to extend to losses arising from circumstances that may give rise to a claim, provided they have been notified to underwriters during the period of cover. Usually claims or circumstances are notified individually as and when a problem arises with a particular file. But what happens when it is discovered that many claims may arise from the underlying problem and the insured seeks to make a blanket notification?

To read on, download the PDF version of the article here.

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