JANUARY

11: Insurance Institute of London lunch time lecture "Has our Health and Safety Culture made any difference?" at Lloyd's Old Library, One Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ. The presentation by Neil Budworth, the immediate past president at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in the United Kingdom will start at 1.15 pm and run until 2.00 pm Cost: free to holders of a Lloyd's of London pass and Chartered Insurance Institute members. Non-members must pay a £10 administration fee. For more information or to register for the event online visit www.iilondon.co.uk

17: Insurance Institute of London lunch time lecture "The Buncefield Explosion—Lessons Learned —A Loss Adjusters View" at Lloyd's Old Library, One Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ. The presentation by Cowing, regional director, Cunningham Lindsey, will start at 1.15 p.m. and run until to 2.00 p.m. Cost: free to holders of a Lloyd's of London pass and Chartered Insurance Institute members. Non-members must pay a £10 administration fee. For more information or to register for the event online visit www.iilondon.co.uks

24-27: Les Rencontres Annuelles de l'AMRAE is being held at the Cite des Congres in Nantes, France. The event is hosted by the French risk management body, l'Association Pour Le Management Des Risques et Des l'Assurances De L'Entreprise. Cost: AMRAE and FERMA members €760 and non-members €1,200. Contact AMRAE at 9-11, avenue Franklin-Roosevelt, 75008 Paris, France. Tel: +33-1-42-89-33-16 Fax +33-1-42-89-33-14 e-mail: amrae@amrae.fr web: www.amrae.fr

FEBRUARY

26-28: The Association of Run-off Companies 2007 Congress is being held at the Merchant Taylors Hall in London. The Congress includes a discontinued business seminar and a commutation event. Bookings for the seminar and commutations event must be made online. Cost: registration fees for 2007 are to be announced but ARC membership attracts a 25% discount. Contact Leslie-Ann Giovnilli on +44 (0)870-609-1379 or by email events@arccongress.com: web: www.arccongress.com

march

15-16: Dublin International Insurance & Management Association-European Insurance Forum 2007 is being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

The two day program includes panel discussions, presentations, break out sessions, reception and gala dinner. Topics under discussion include natural catastrophes, EU reinsurance directive and directors' responsibilities. For more information and delegate registration visit www.europeaninsuranceforum.com

APRIL

17-19: The Annual Airline Insurance & Risk Management Conference is being held at the the Palais desCongres in Montreal. The event is organized by the International Air Transport Association. For more information contact insurance@iata.org.

29: RIMS 2007 Annual Conference and Exhibition is being held at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hosted by the Risk Insurance Management Society Inc., the event runs for five days. Cost: Early bird registration before February 23: member's full conference pass $795; member's one day pass $335; nonmember's full conference pass $1,095; nonmember one-day pass $385. Regular registration: member's full conference pass $895; member's one-day pass $385; nonmember's full conference pass $1,195; nonmember one-day pass $435. For registration and accommodation booking, visit www.rims.org/rims2007 or contact RIMS at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Tel: + 1-(212)-286-9292

JUNE

5-6: AIRMIC conference 2007: Competitive Advantage Through Risk Management is being held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London. The event is hosted by the Association of Insurance & Risk Managers. For more details of the event, visit AIRMIC's web site www.airmic.com or contact

AIRMIC Secretariat at 6 Lloyd's Avenue,

London, EC3N 3AX. Tel: +44-20-7480-7610 or Fax: +44-20-7702-3752.email: enquiries@airmic.co.uk

JULY

1-3: ALARM 15th Annual Conference is being held at the Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff, Wales. For further details, contact ALARM at Ladysmith House, High Street, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8LN, United Kingdom. Tel: +44-(0)-1395-519083 web: www.alarm-uk.com

SEPTEMBER

30: FERMA Risk Management Forum 2007 is being held at the Congress Center in Geneva, Switzerland. Cost: Early bird registration before July 1, 2007: risk managers €990 for members and 1,200 for non-members; others €1,700 for members and €2,050 for non-members. For further details, contact FERMA at ferma2007@colloquium.fr or visit www.ferma-asso.org.