Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
Axa and CII team up on underwriting academy
Axa Commercial Lines has launched an underwriting academy in partnership with the Chartered Insurance Institute.
CII urges insurers to sign internship pledge
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched its first good practice guide for internships in the general insurance and financial services professions.
Insurers and brokers sign up to CII internship good practice guide
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched its first good practice guide for internships in the general insurance and financial services professions.
Career development: Marsh training course gains accreditation
Marsh's series of energy insurance training courses have been accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute following a six-month CII assessment, which included a review of the learning and evaluation materials, training sessions and the course leaders.
View from the top: FSA supervision strategy does not reflect risk of client detriment
As chairman of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s broking faculty, I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Financial Services Authority to hear about the impending changes to our regulatory world and it was a fascinating insight into what’s going on…
CII and AMII develop health and protection insurance broker designation
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries and the Chartered Insurance Institute have agreed specific membership designation for health insurance and protection intermediaries - Cert CII (Health and Protection).
In Series Emerging Markets: Drawing on professionalism
With capital continuing to pour into Asia, talent and professionalism is an issue that the Chartered Insurance Institute is well-placed to tackle.
Career developments: Allianz unveils scholarship scheme
Allianz has launched a new scholarship programme for brokers hoping to gain a Chartered Insurance Institute diploma in insurance.
All in the execution: Interview with Zurich's Stephen Lewis
Having "fixed the fundamentals" and realigned Zurich into three distinct divisions, Stephen Lewis is now seeing his plans come to fruition. So where does he go from here?
Ethics: Entering the moral maze
The insurance industry has a poor public perception, many believing that firms put short-term profit above long-term customer satisfaction.
Post webinar: Professionalism and expertise: The case for Chartered status
As the Chartered Insurance Institute celebrated the second anniversary of the launch of the Aldermanbury Declaration, this webinar brought together a host of insurers that have embraced 'Chartered' status, to find out what it has meant for their business…
Middle East guest blog: Pennywise pound foolish in health insurance?
It is not economically feasible for corporate clients to purchase insurance for 'pound-swapping' layers.
In Series Emerging Markets: The importance of being experts
Despite the political upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa, the thirst for self-development and raised standards has continued unabated.
Academic paper suggests England learn from Scotland about flood risk prevention
An academic made a splash this week by publishing a paper calling for planners, developers and architects to be held "legally liable when they get it wrong and people are flooded" as a way of preventing further flood plain development.
Academic calls for flood planners, developers and architects to be liable
A new academic paper has called for planners, developers and architects to be made "legally liable when they get it wrong and people are flooded" as a way of preventing further flood plain development.
In Series: Emerging Markets - India: a land of opportunity
With the economy in India struggling less than those of its Western counterparts, coupled with a rise in consumerism, the insurance industry has major opportunities open to it
In Series: Emerging Markets - The India of today
With the civil society movement setting the agenda against corruption, and a growing middle class, India is a market ripe for insurers.
In Series: Emerging Markets - India: a land of opportunity
With the economy in India struggling less than those of its Western counterparts, coupled with a rise in consumerism, the insurance industry has major opportunities open to it
Roundtable: Climate change - what are the implications?
Environment-related risks will shift significantly over the coming decades, so what can insurers, brokers and loss adjusters do to prepare for the future?
Post webinars - Future risk: How can the insurance industry influence the agenda in the climate change debate?
The chairman of Climatewise John Coomber recently wrote that the global response to climate change to date had been "lethargic" and "totally out of proportion with the scale of the threats we face".
Career development: Home & Legacy achieves chartered status
High net worth broker awarded status by the Chartered Insurance Institute
My best XI: John Rusby, Ten Insurance Services
Ten’s operations director John Rusby selects his Best XI for a start-up insurance company. Amanda Blanc makes yet another appearance, alongside two Belgian internationals, Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney and one time Sheffield Wednesday…
Bluefin boss takes over reins as CII broking faculty chair
Bluefin chief executive Stuart Reid has vowed to promote the "highest standards of competence" following his appointment as chair of the Chartered Insurance Institute's insurance broking faculty.
H&L awarded chartered insurance broker status
Home & Legacy has been awarded ‘chartered insurance broker’ status by the Chartered Insurance Institute.