Welcome to the Insurance Institute of Mid Kent.

I am incredibly proud to have been elected this year as President of the Institute of Mid Kent. I firstly want to congratulate and thank my predecessor Natasha Saint for guiding the council through an incredibly challenging year and all whilst preparing for the arrival of her beautiful baby boy.

We know in Mid Kent that the service levels have suffered since Covid and whilst we have worked incredibly hard behind the scenes to maintain a high level of CPD and (where safe) networking events, I appreciate there is still more we can do. I will be continuing to focus on similar key areas as Natasha did last year, pushing for a wider range of CPD and social events through our CPD programme and Next Generation council,  in order to reach as many of our members as possible. This year will see the return of face to face events but we will ensure we do not lose the benefits we have gained by delivering certain events online either.

The Mid Kent Institute covers a wider area, especially after merging with the East Kent Institute. This year we will be placing more focus on how we can deliver to members equally across the whole area to ensure everyone is receiving the benefits their membership pays for, online CPD has played a large part in this but I want us to go further and explore what more as a council we can offer in all areas of our region.