Training
MAST security training courses receive government approval
The Department for Transport's Maritime & Coastguard Agency has approved three new training courses from security specialist Maritime Asset Security and Training.
Career development: Insurance industry urged to sign up for ‘e-mentoring' schemes
A UK charity is asking insurers and brokers to ‘e-mentor' young people as part of a scheme to link them to the world of work.
Career development: Cunningham Lindsey investigators told to earn professional certificate
Cunningham Lindsey UK has implemented an initiative that requires all investigations staff in its services team to obtain their advanced professional certificate in investigative practice.
Career development: Barbican unveils Insurance Academy
Barbican Insurance Group has launched a talent and development initiative designed to enable current employees and future talent to further develop their insurance knowledge, acquire new skills and build a long-term career within the industry.
C-Suite: Training key for focused staff
I was recently at a presentation in our Bristol office on the learning and development culture that has been implemented in our South West region.
Career development: Bluefin apprenticeship highly commended
Bluefin has been named as one of London's best apprenticeship employers in the regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2013.
Career development: Allianz alumni to benefit from new scheme
Allianz has extended its scholarship programme to include a new alumni membership group, giving scholars a platform for networking and continuous professional development after they have completed their Chartered Insurance Institute diploma studies.
GAB Robins receives over 150 applications for grad development programme
GAB Robins received over 150 applications for the three available places on its Graduate Development Programme.
Career development: RSA reveals ‘learning lab' plans
RSA has unveiled a training programme for staff in its 22 ‘platinum' broker partners in the South East.
Interview - Candy Holland: CILA's first lady
Despite being the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters’ first female president, Candy Holland says her priorities will be focused on the ‘broad church’ the CILA covers. She tells Post how she plans to raise the profession’s profile and encourage more…
Career development: Groupama's motorcycle team step into motorcyclists' boots
Groupama Insurances, soon to be Ageas, has put its motorcycle claims team through a series of training sessions to help them understand the needs of policyholders when handling claims.
Career development: CII launches new qualification
A new qualification has been launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute, with a view to offering flexible study routes for investment operations staff.
Career development: Allianz offers more scholarship places
Allianz's scholarship programme is offering more places for brokers looking to achieve their Chartered Insurance Institute diploma in insurance.
Europe: A risky role
When taking out insurance, people pay money in good faith so that should the worst happen, it is put right with the minimal amount of disruption. António Negreiros Fernandes looks at the role the risk manager plays in this process.
Expertise in Action: Professionalism: Testing, testing
Testing, testing
Expertise in Action: Professionalism: Pros & Cons
Qualifications aren’t the be-all and end-all when it comes to professionalism – training, working together and sharing knowledge across the industry are equally important.
Interview: Chris Hall - A quest for success
A decade ago Chris Hall led a small team that risked it all to buy loss adjuster Questgates. Now it is worth £11m – and the managing director hopes to double that figure within the next 10 years.
Investing in the profession: Ageas benefits from insight tool
Ageas’ new capability insight tool has been billed as providing a one-stop view for assessing the capability of business functions.
Investing in the profession: Allianz academy invites retail broker applications
Allianz is extending its partners academy to retail brokers, offering access to training courses, networking events and a scholarship scheme to help brokers achieve their Chartered Insurance Institute diploma in insurance.
View from the Top: Listen to young employees
Insurance is an industry under pressure. We’ve read and heard ad nauseam about the causes and symptoms of our troubles and I don’t propose to provide another list here.
Biba 2013: Allianz boosting broker academy
Allianz is to expand its broker academy programme to offer training to personal lines brokers, Post can reveal.
Career path: Will Woodman and Dawn Crowley: Part two
In the second instalment of our three-part series, we continue to follow fictional insurance recruits Will Woodman and Dawn Crowley through their second year in the industry.
Broking Supplement: A simple plan
Keep the customer satisfied
Loss adjusting: Back to the future
Loss adjusters should learn from the past in order to rediscover the human touch – and returning to regional markets is a good start, says Trevor Latimer