News

03 Nov 2025

CII New Generation group aims to boost understanding of risk in cryptocurrency

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) New Generation Programme 2024/25 London Market cohort hosted an event in October to examine how the London Market can demystify cryptocurrency insurance. The session brought together experts from across the sector to discuss how insurers can engage with the rapidly evolving asset class.

23 Oct 2025

PFS Personal Finance Awards 2025/26 winners revealed

Winners of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) Personal Finance Awards 2025/26 were announced this afternoon at a prestigious ceremony in London. The awards showcase excellence in financial planning, recognising the fantastic work delivered by advisers, paraplanners and their teams.

21 Oct 2025

CII and PFS recognise excellence with Apprenticeship Awards and Qualification Prizes

As part of its commitment to upholding professionalism, and developing the next generation of talent, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) held their third annual Apprenticeship Awards and Qualification Prize giving ceremony on Friday evening (17 Oct 2025), recognising excellence across the insurance and financial planning professions.

13 Oct 2025

Richard Susskind tells CII conference delegates: Build the AI systems that will replace old ways of working

Professor Richard Susskind, author of How to think about AI told delegates of this year’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) conference to think ahead, as ‘the market will seek different ways of delivering the outcomes that you deliver’.

08 Oct 2025

David Irvine to leave the Chartered Insurance Institute

After more than 18 years of service, David Irvine has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as National Membership and Engagement Manager at the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), effective Friday 28th November 2025.

08 Oct 2025

Evolving the Partnership - October Update

The regional membership team continue to work on projects, process and protocol to further move forward the Evolving the Partnership initiative which focuses on the three overarching themes of Volunteer Engagement, LI Visibility and LI Proposition Development.

26 Sep 2025

New CII report highlights key challenges in Consumer Duty Board reporting

A new report from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) highlights the key challenges faced by firms when producing Consumer Duty Board reports. ‘Knowing what data to include’, ‘Availability of appropriate data’, and ‘Integrating data’ were some of the areas found to be the most challenging, with an increase in firms reporting difficulty in ‘Showing the relationship between different data sets’ and ‘Manually entering data’ since 2024.

25 Sep 2025

Opportunity for Six-Month Follow-Up to Annual Review & Development Plan

As part of our commitment to supporting institutes in delivering the best possible service to their members, we would like to remind you that local institutes may request a six-month follow-up meeting to the Annual Review and Development Plan discussion.

10 Sep 2025

Review and Development Plan 2025 + 26 – what’s changed?

The regional membership team contacted each local institute president earlier this year to inform them that the annual review and assessment plan has changed for 2025+26. So, what’s new?

10 Sep 2025

Evolving the Partnership – September Update

The Evolving the Partnership initiative focuses on three overarching themes of Volunteer Engagement, LI Visibility and LI Proposition Development. The initiative is the basis of all the work currently being undertaken by the regional membership team.

04 Sep 2025

Consumer satisfaction with insurance rises in latest public trust data

New data published by the Chartered Insurance Institute (‘CII’) today (3 September 2025) reveal that consumers believe insurers are doing more to build trust, but there is still plenty of opportunity for them to go further.