Updates and Events for Surveyors

Insurance Factsheets – A series of guides on various aspects of Professional Indemnity Insurance.
 

Legal Updates – We have created a legal panel to provide a range of legal services to our surveying clients.  News and information from our panel members, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Beale and Company, Weightmans and CMS Cameron McKenna can be found here.

Contact our team on the left to find out more about our legal panel and how we can help you and your business.
 

Events – Find out what we will be attending and participating in over the next few weeks.
 

Howden in the Press – Links to articles relating to our surveying clients.
 

Insurance Factsheets

• Beale and Company - 10 risk management tips for Surveoyrs doing Residential Surveys
• Weightmans - A-Z Guide to Collateral Warranties
• Handling Claims and Notifications
• Insurance issues arising during a M&A transaction
• PI for Start-Up Firms
• CMS - Practical countermeasures against Cyber Threats
• Weightmans - Responding to Claims from Lenders
• Responsing to Slip and Trip Claims
• Run-Off Insurance
• Weightmans - The Abolition of Expert Witness Immunity
• The Importance of Material Information
• Top Tips on How to Buy PI Insurance
• QSI Guide - Understanding the Employers Agent Role
• Which Insurance Do I Need?

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Legal Updates

• Legal Panel Information
• RPC - Annual Insurance Briefing - January 2011
• Weightmans - Collateral Warranties: an A-Z guide - January 2011
• Cameron McKenna - Cyber Threats and Practical Countermeasures - December 2010
• Weightmans - Blame the Lender? - October 2010
• Reynolds Porter Chamberlain - Case Note, Scullion v Bank of Scotland - October 2010
• Reynolds Porter Chamberlain - A warning to experts - September 2010
• Beale and Company - Valuers' Negligence: The permissible "margin of error" - July 2010

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Events

Howden are participating at the following events;

• RICS Expert Witness Conference, Grange Holborn Hotel, London EC1 on the 8th March 2012
• RICS Sussex CPD Seminar, Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue, Sussex on the 21st March 2012
• RICS Surrey CPD Seminar, Reigate Hill Golf Club, Gatton Bottom, Reigate, Surrey on the 13th June 2012
  
   

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Read about Howden in the Press

• Estates Gazette - A review of the likely impact of the recommendation contained in the RICS Professional Indemnity Insurance consultation paper - February 2012
• Estates Gazette - Bleak Outlook Remains - PII Market Update - November 2011
• RICS Benefits Plus - PII Market Update - September 2011
• Building Magazine - House Rules - Some basic rules to help consultants mitigate a potential claim - February 2011
• Estates Gazette - Adopt a sensible policy - The importance of assessing insurance arrangements during mergers and acquisitions - February 2011
• Property Week - Boom after bust: legal claims against valuers - February 2011
• RICS Benefits Plus - Painless PI - January 2011
• Property Week - Premium Advice - Good risk management will bring your premium down - January 2011

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Howden Insurance Brokers makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy of information contained herein.  The observations, comments and suggestions made in these documents by Howden Insurance Brokers or any other party, are advisory and are not intended nor should they be taken as legal, insurance or financial advice.  Please contact your specialist insurance broker, legal or financial adviser for an analysis of your specific facts and circumstances.