News

29 Nov 2024

Realigning the Partnership update – November / December

The Regional Membership team have been working hard to deliver on the nine key themes that make up the Realigning the Partnership initiative. We reported last month that two themes remain ongoing – Theme Four: CPD and Theme Five: Corporate Engagement.

28 Nov 2024

PFS New Generation Programme announced for 2025

Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) President, Ian Callaghan, has announced his sponsorship of a Personal Finance Society (PFS) New Generation Programme, which is set to launch in September of next year.

26 Nov 2024

Local Institute National Forum – summary document (November 2024)

The Local Institute National Forum is attended by 18 local institute representatives (known as National Forum Officers) who meet four times a year to proactively discuss projects, initiatives, successes, and concerns from the local institute network - giving you and your institute a voice within the CII.

22 Nov 2024

CII & PFS recognise talent in annual Qualification and Apprenticeship Awards

Yesterday (21 November 2024) the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) recognised excellence at their annual Apprenticeship Award and Qualification prize giving ceremony.

08 Nov 2024

Introducing seven newly Chartered corporate firms

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced that seven insurance and financial planning firms have achieved Chartered status over September and October. Chartered status is a symbol of technical competence and signifies a public commitment to professional standards.

06 Nov 2024

Local Institute Volunteer Awards 2025

The lifeblood of the CII and PFS in the British Isles rests in individual members: members who not only commit themselves to professionalism in what they do but those that go the extra mile in volunteering.

25 Oct 2024

CII responds to FCA culture and non-financial misconduct survey findings

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is today calling on its members and the wider insurance profession to uphold the highest standards of behaviour following the publication of the FCA’s findings into culture and non-financial misconduct.

16 Oct 2024

Realigning the Partnership update – September / October

Following its launch at the 2023 Network Conference, local institutes were given the opportunity to feedback to a questionnaire asking how the CII could further support their volunteer role and the local membership proposition. The feedback was used to develop nine key themes which would develop the work and support the CII gives to our local institute volunteers. Working with internal stakeholders eight of the nine themes will be complete by the end of 2024.

14 Oct 2024

3,800 young people take part in CII and PFS virtual work experience

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) have reported that more than 3,800 young people have benefitted from their insurance and personal finance virtual work experience programme during the first year of its operation.

03 Oct 2024

Setting standards: CII publishes 2025 qualifications brochure

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published its 2025 qualifications brochure, offering a range of career and educational pathways for both current and future insurance and personal finance professionals.

25 Sep 2024

CII releases findings of Consumer Duty reporting research

The Chartered Insurance Institute (‘CII’) has today (25 September 2024) published a White Paper that seeks to support firms’ compliance with the Financial Conduct Authority’s reporting requirements under the Consumer Duty.

23 Sep 2024

Embracing Consumer Duty: Sector leaders endorse CII Professional Map on two-year anniversary

As the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Consumer Duty cements a cultural shift in how insurance and personal finance professionals deliver better customer outcomes, firms are increasingly recognising the benefit of utilising the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Professional Map as a tool for meeting the regulator’s requirements.