Conditional conversation topics

If you get a raise, what might you do with the extra money?

What are currently working on? What will you do if you run into problems?

Think of a current trend in your field of work. Tell your group about this trend. What will
happen if this trend continues?

What did you study at university? What other options did you have? Explain them to your
group.

Do you remember the interview for your job? What do you think was the crucial aspect that
made you be hired? What would have happened if you hadn’t done it?

What kind of government regulations does your company have to comply with? What would
happen if the company didn’t comply with these regulations? What would happen if these
regulations didn’t exist?

If you could eliminate one company policy, what policy would you eliminate? What would the
result be? If you could implement one company policy, what policy would you implement?
What would the result be?

Think about an important advancement in your field. What would have happened if this
advancement had never happened? What would be different now if this advancement had
never happened?

What is the best decision you have ever made in your professional life? What would have
happened if you had made a different decision? How would your life be different now if you
hadn’t made that decision?

What is the worst decision you have ever made in your professional life? What would have
happened if you had made a different decision? How would your life be different now if you
hadn’t made that decision?

What would you have done this week if you’d had more time? Why?

What would you have done last year if you’d had more money?

Think of a time when someone helped you with something, what would you have done
without their help?

Think of a time when you helped someone, what would they have done without your help?

Think of big decisions you have made in your life related to work / studying / family, how
could things have happened differently? How could things be different now?
What would you have done in your last holiday if time, money etc had been no limit? How
could that have changed your life?

If you could know the exact time and date of your death, would you want to?

If you had $50,000 and you had to spend it within 24 hours, what would you do?

If you bumped your car into another car, but nobody saw you do it, would you leave your
name and address?

If you could hear what someone is thinking for a day, who would you choose?

What would you do if you found the wallet of your next door neighbor who you hated?

If you were offered a job in another part of the country, would you be willing to take the job,
assuming that the pay is very good?

If your partner were offered a job in another part of the country, which was well paid, would
you be willing to change places?

If you got into traffic accident, what would you do first?

If you could have any one supernatural power (flying, being invisible), which would you
choose and why?
https://www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary_insurance.htm

term  meaning   

1  actuary  n.​ a person who calculates risks for 

insurance companies 

2  assessor  n.​ a person who calculates the value of 

something [eg: a building, car etc] 

3  claim  n.​ an application for payment under an 

insurance policy - ​to make a claim​ ​v. 

4  comprehensive  n.​ [of an insurance policy] all-inclusive; 

providing complete protection 

5  consequential  n.​ a loss that happens as a consequence of 

loss  or as a result of another 

6  cover​UK  n.​ the protection given by an insurance policy 

[eg: public liability cover] 

7  employer's  n.​ liability or responsibility of a firm for 

liability  damage caused to one of its employees 

8  goods in transit  n.​ property, merchandise or any goods in the 

process of being transported 
9  insurance  n.​ agent who arranges insurance; middleman 
broker  between insurer & policyholder 

10  liability  n.​ 1 the state of being liable 2 anything for 

which a person is liable 

11  liable  adj.​ legally obliged to pay for damage, injury 

etc; responsible - l​ iability​ n
​ . 

12  loss  n.​ death, injury, damage etc that is the basis 
for a claim - ​to lose​ v​ . 

13  loss adjuster  n.​ a person who assesses the amount of 
compensation arising from a claim 

14  policy  n.​ a contract of insurance [eg: a product 

liability policy] 

15  policyholder  n.​ the person to whom an insurance policy is 

issued 

16  premium  n.​ a payment, usually monthly, yearly etc, for 

an insurance policy 

17  product liability  n.​ liability or responsibility of a firm for 

damage caused by one of its products 

18  public liability  n.​ responsibility of a firm for damage caused 

to a member of the public 
19  reinsurance  n.​ the insuring of risk by one insurance 
company with another - t​ o reinsure​ v​ . 

20  risk  n.​ 1

​ ​ chance or possibility of injury, loss etc 
2​person or thing causing risk