Class Registration at the Bermuda Insurance Institute

Registration for classes starts today.

Bermuda Insurance Diploma (BID) Courses

Property and Liability Insurance Principles - INS 21 This course covers the basic principles of insurance and gives an overview of the nature and operation of the insurance business and an introduction to insurance contracts. Choice of 2 class times: INS21/1: Thursday12.30 - 2 p.m. Course starts February 16. INS2:Thursday5.15 - 6.45 p.m. Course starts February 23.

Personal Insurance - INS 22

This course gives an overview of personal insurance, including property, liability and personal risk management. Topics include: auto; home; and life and health insurance. An introduction to financial planning is also included. Tuesday 12.30-2 p.m. Course starts February 14.

Commercial Insurance - INS 23

This course explores commercial coverage including property, business income, inland and ocean marine, crime, boiler and machinery, general liability, auto, workers compensation, farm and business owners, as well as miscellaneous liability coverages, surety, and excess and surplus lines. Wednesday 12.30 - 2 p.m. Course starts February 8.

The Bermuda Insurance Market - BIM

The course covers the development of the Bermuda Insurance Market; Bermuda's Legal System and Legislation; Captives; Reinsurance and Alternate Risk/Finance Transfer. Prerequisite: INS21 (This prerequisite may be waived for graduate students or those with professional designations.) Monday 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Course starts February 13, 2006

Fee includes Text Book and Exam fee. BIM Exam to be held June 16, from 9 - 12 noon.

IIA courses

Workers Compensation and managing bodily injury claims AIC 34 This course covers the workers' compensation system, compensability, statutory benefits, bodily injury claim management, injury and treatment evaluation, impairment and disability, rehabilitation, low back injury claims, medical investigation and assessing treatments and disability. Tuesday 12.30-2 p.m. Course starts February 14.

Reinsurance Principles and Practices ARE 144

The course covers introduction to reinsurance, types of reinsurance and reinsurance programme design, the reinsurance placement process, common reinsurance treaty clauses, quota share treaties, surplus share treaties, property per risk excess of loss treaties, casualty excess of loss treaties, catastrophe reinsurance, aggregate excess of loss treaties, resinsurance audits, reinsurance regulation, reinsurance aspects of the NAIC Annual Statement and reserves. Tuesday 5.30-7 p.m. Course starts February 7.

Risk Financing ARM 56

The course covers insurance as a risk financing technique; reinsurance and self insurance, retrospective rating plans and captive insurance companies, finite and integrated risk insurance plans, capital market products, forecasting accidental losses, accounting and income tax aspects, claim administration and allocating risk management costs. Tuesday 5.30 - 7:00 p.m. Course starts February 7.

CPCU COURSES

Foundations of Risk Management, Insurance and Professionalism - CPCU 510 The course covers the foundations of Risk Management and Insurance. Topics include: code of ethics, risk and related concepts, evaluating and managing risk, risk management, how insurance works as a business, risk financing alternatives, fundamental insurance assumptions, insurance contracts, insurable interests, reading a policy, common policy provisions, insured events, amounts payable, and external factors affecting insurance contracts.

Wednesday 12.30-2 p.m. Course starts February 1, 2006

Commercial Property Management & Insurance - CPCU 551

This course surveys commercial property loss exposures and the insurance coverage and non-insurance techniques used to manage them.

Topics include: property loss exposures, building and personal property coverage, causes of loss forms, flood, earthquake and specialty forms, business income, inland marine and ocean cargo, crime, equipment breakdown, business owners and farm owners and surety bonds. Monday 12.30-2 p.m. Course starts February 6.

Financial Services Institutions - CPCU 560

Topics include: Financial Markets, Federal Reserve, Money Markets, Bond Markets, Stock Markets, Derivative Securities, Banks, Finance Companies, Insurance Companies, Securities Firms & Investment Banks, Mutual Funds, Pension Funds and Risks Incurred by Financial Institutions. Thursday 12.30-2 p.m. course starts February 2.

Finance for the Insurance Professional

This two-day course, which is being run in association with the Chartered Insurance Institute and Delta Omega Consultancy, aims to improve understanding of the financial dynamics of insurance and to enable learners to 'read' the accounts of any company using fourteen key financial ratios.

Two distinct modules cover these aims, and both are prefaced by an 'Introduction to Accounts' module which ensures that learning is built on solid foundations. Throughout there is an emphasis on the practical application of new-found knowledge, and exercises and group-work are used extensively to reinforce learning. Monday February 6 and February 7 (2 full days) and February 9 and February 10.

This information on the BII website at www.bii.bm or call 295-3532. Some classes are very popular so be sure to register early to get into your preferred class.

Also please note that these classes are preparing you for the exam window scheduled for May 25 - June 15, so when ordering books, make sure the correct ones are obtained for that particular examination window.

Fees: IIA and BID Courses $375.00, CPCU Courses $425.00, Bermuda Insurance Market Course $500.

Creating An Inspiring Work Culture

January 12. This day course by Bermuda Learning Solutions will help you build an energising, motivational work climate and develop high performance by choice and not by demand. The cost is $225. For all Bermuda Learning Solutions courses, contact www.BermudaLearning Solutions.com or phone 747-8833 or 295-0488.

Connecting With Your Career

January 17. This course will help you recognise and communicate your strengths and skills, identify your work preferences and develop and maintain a professional network. $75 per person.

Learning At Net Speed

January 19. This Bermuda Learning Solutions' course will help you understand how the five leadership guidelines can help you stay balanced and plan for ways to apply the five leadership guidelines to your current priorities. The cost is $225.

Building Open Communications

January 24. Learn to listen in a way that encourages others to be open and forthcoming in this Bermuda Learning Solutions course. You will also learn to focus on the important aspects of what others are communicating and how to present yourself with confidence. $225.

Hiring The Best Talent

January 26. This course sponsored by Bermuda Learning Solutions will help you ask questions that identify high performers, teach you how to conduct an effective interview from first to last and factor in both skills and talent when selecting employees. The cost is $225.

ACE Earnings Release.

January 30. ACE expects to issue its year-end, fourth quarter earnings release and financial supplement after 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Conference Call: February 1, 9.30 a.m. Bermuda time. A copy of these documents will be available promptly following such issuance in the Investor Information section of the company's website located at www.acelimited.com. The earnings conference call will be available via live and archived webcast at www.acelimited.com or by dialing 888-889-5602 (within the United States) or 973-582-2734 (international). A replay of the call will be available from Wednesday, February 1, 2006 until Wednesday, March 1, 2006. To listen to the replay, please dial 877-519-4471 (in the United States) or 973-341-3080 (international) and passcode for live and archived conference call is 6828632.

Tyco International Limited First Quarter Results

February 2. Tyco will report first quarter results before trading begins on Thursday and the company will hold a conference call for investors at 8.30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The call can be accessed in two ways: At Tyco's website: investors.tyco.com. A replay of the call will be available through Feb. 17, 2006 at the same website.

By telephone: For both "listen-only" participants and those participants who wish to take part in the question-and-answer portion of the call, the telephone dial-in number in the United States is (800) 230-1085. The telephone dial-in number for participants outside the United States is (612) 288-0318. An audio replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 12.00 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2006 and ending at 11.59 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2006.

The dial-in number for participants in the United States is (800) 475-6701. For participants outside the United States the replay dial-in number is (320) 365- 3844. The replay access code for all callers is 813107.

Building The Total Team

February 2. This Bermuda Learning Solutions workshop will help you build upon the strengths of individuals, develop a high performance total team and recognize the five phases of team development. The cost is $225.

Transforming Team Conflict

February 2 (afternoon session). This Bermuda Learning Solutions workshop will help you practice communication skills to help team members resolve and manage conflicts, identify ways to promote constructive conflict resolution and use a model to coach teams and individuals through constructive resolution of conflict. The cost is $225. People who attend both the morning and afternoon session will receive a $25 discount.

Appraising Performance

February 7. This Bermuda Learning Solutions course will help you link performance evaluations to stated expectations, use descriptive language to coach for improvement and conduct effective performance appraisal discussions. The cost is $225.

Customer Service Conference

February 9. What are your service challenges? This one-day Bermuda Learning Solutions seminar is designed to provide practical information on service solutions available in Bermuda or through local service partners. As a special feature, organisations can be mystery shopped and tested with results through a private coaching session during the conference.

The cost is $200.

Setting And Achieving Goals

February 10. Bermuda Learning Solutions. Learn how to set measureable, results based goals and how to apply a negotiating model to set goals with others. The cost is $225.

Whale Done

February 16. This popular Bermuda Learning Solutions seminar will teach people how to assess how effective they are in using techniques that build positive, productive relationships professionally. People will also learn techniques for reinforcing positive behaviour and re-directing negative behaviour. The cost is $175 per person.

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