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SUMMARY:The Impact of Unfair Contract Terms legislation on Insurance Policies and Construction Contracts
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Luke Preson (Partner)\, Carter Newell \nPresentation Summary \nIn 2023\, the scope of the Unfair Contract Terms regime under the Australian Consumer Law was significantly expanded and\, at the same time\, extended to financial products including policies of insurance. With the 2025 Full Federal Court appeal judgment in ASIC v Auto & General Insurance Company Limited\, the impact on insurers and brokers is becoming clearer. \nLearning Objectives\n \n\nUnderstand the expanded legislative framework\nAnalyse the implications for insurance policies\nAssess the application to construction contracts\nEvaluate compliance\, risk and mitigation strategies\nReflect on commercial and regulatory impacts\n\nRegistrations: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
URL:https://uac.org.au/event/the-impact-of-unfair-contract-terms-legislation-on-insurance-policies-and-construction-contracts/
CATEGORIES:Education & Training
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SUMMARY:AI in Underwriting: From Automation to Intelligent Agents
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Matt Neklapil\, Chief Technology Officer & Tomas Haulis\, Sales Director – Gratex \nThis session explores the practical application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI agents within underwriting agencies. It will focus on how AI can enhance core underwriting operations\, including submission intake\, data extraction\, risk assessment\, and policy processing. The presentation will highlight real-world use cases across underwriting\, finance\, and claims\, demonstrating how agencies can reduce manual effort\, improve turnaround times\, and scale operations more efficiently. \nLearning Objectives \n\nDevelop an understanding of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance underwriting productivity by automating data capture\, risk assessment and policy processing activities\nIdentify opportunities to reduce manual effort across underwriting operations\nAssess the role of AI in driving operational excellence within underwriting agencies\, including improved turnaround times\, cost efficiency\, and scalability of operations.\n\nRegistrations: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams \n 
URL:https://uac.org.au/event/ai-in-underwriting-from-automation-to-intelligent-agents/
CATEGORIES:Education & Training
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SUMMARY:ATL appetite and motor agencies update
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Nick Evans – General Manager Distribution \nPresentation Summary\nThis session will focus on ATL’s core underwriting appetite but also the changes to the business and the other motor underwriting agencies that will form part of the wider business. \nLearning Objectives \n\nATL Insurance Group company updates\nInsurance products offered\nATL offers small fleet transport operators package via Sunrise\nInsuret offers cover for Rental Fleets of all sizes\nLarge Heavy Motor Fleets\nAppetite and Coverage\nBeating the referral fatigue – market leading referral response times\n\nRegistrations: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5f7304e1-9c64-4546-82ad-dcfaefacf4b6@6d96f8f2-00e8-4ea1-9ba7-fd86f83ec1b3
URL:https://uac.org.au/event/atl-appetite-and-motor-agencies-update/
CATEGORIES:Education & Training
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SUMMARY:AI Fundamentals: From Theory to Practice
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: \n\nDaniel Fogarty\, CEO & Founder – Evari\nRobert Jeffery\, COO Evari & CEO QuivaWorks\,\nBrack Norris\, CPO Evari & CPO QuivaWorks\nGarth Lewis\, Head of Growth – Evari\n\nPresentation Summary \nWhat is AI? \nUnderstanding LLMs: How they’re built\, trained\, and why they work \nThe magic myth: Why they look intelligent but are really text predictors \nTokens & prompting: What they are\, why they matter\, and how to use them effectively \nModels & providers: The key differences and how to choose \nMemory & retrieval: How context and knowledge bases actually work \nData security: What happens with your data and why it matters \nAssistants & automation: What they are and why they’re different \n⚡ AI vs Traditional Automation \nWhy AI fundamentally changes how you think about automation \nHuman-in-the-loop vs straight-through processing \nReal use cases you can apply immediately \n🚀 Building with QuivaWorks \nLive demo: Create an AI assistant with behaviour\, knowledge & integrations \nReal example: A quote bot that hits your pricing engine and returns instant quotes \nWorkflow automation: Email trigger → Document processing → Quote generation \nLearning Objectives: \n\nA clear understanding of how AI works\nReal-world examples for your insurance business\nConfidence to evaluate AI tools\nPractical next steps for your team\n\nRegistrations: AI Fundamentals: From Theory to Practice
URL:https://uac.org.au/event/ai-fundamentals-from-theory-to-practice/
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SUMMARY:Insight to Action: Using Complaints to Improve Products and Claims Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Peter Plustwik\, General Manager – Lloyd’s Australia & Natalie Whitbread\, Customer Oversight Manager\, Lloyd’s ANZ \nPresentation Summary \nThis presentation will provide an overview of Lloyd’s complaints process and our oversight role\, highlighting how complaints can provide valuable insights into products\, wordings\, and processes. It will also explore key thematic issues observed and how these trends can be leveraged constructively to drive improvement. \nLearning Objective \nUnderstand the Lloyd’s complaints process and how complaints data can be leveraged as a valuable source of insight into product design\, policy wordings\, and operational processes to enhance customer outcomes\, strengthen controls\, and support continuous improvement. \nRegistrations: Insight to Action: Using Complaints to Improve Products and Claims Outcomes \n 
URL:https://uac.org.au/event/insight-to-action-using-complaints-to-improve-products-and-claims-outcomes/
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