Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
CII warned PFS members could break away amid board row
The Chartered Insurance Institute faces a walk out from Personal Finance Society members upset over disagreements at board level.
PFS president resigns
President of the Personal Financial Society, Caroline Stuart, has resigned with immediate effect.
PFS board calls CII claims untrue
Personal Finance Society member directors have called claims by the Chartered Insurance Institute about PFS board governance failures untrue.
PFS blindsided over CII board takeover
The Personal Financial Society was blindsided by the Chartered Insurance Institute Group adding three new directors to its board yesterday.
CII seizes control of PFS board
The Chartered Insurance Institute Group has appointed a majority of directors to the board of the Personal Finance Society in a move labelled 'disingenuous'.
CII gender pay gap spikes to 21.19%
The Chartered Insurance Institute Group has reported a mean average gender pay gap of 21.19%, up from 14.81% in 2021, alongside an improved ethnicity pay gap of 13.1%.
CII denies exam costs are ‘far too high’ amid ‘recruitment crisis’
The Chartered Insurance Institute has been told its exam costs are ‘far too high’ and is being urged to cut prices to attract people into insurance amid a recruitment crisis.
Q&A: Joanne Marriott – president of Nottingham Insurance Institute
Joanne Marriott has been part of the Nottingham Insurance Institute for 20 years. Elected president in 2021 Marriott was re-elected for a further year in 2022. In an exclusive Q&A with Insurance Age she tackles insurer service, attracting talent to the…
CII adds Mathew Mallett from UK Space Agency as digital boss
The Chartered Insurance Institute and Personal Finance Society have appointed Mathew Mallett as chief digital and information officer to deliver the group's IT functions.
CII issues apology after data breach
The Chartered Insurance Institute has apologised after it identified an unauthorised third party had accessed its IT systems.
Headline Makers: October 2022
The key stories from the past month all in one place.
News analysis: Post FCA Covid-19 test case how are brokers finding the BI market?
Business interruption was put in the spotlight during Covid-19, as insurers insisted that the pandemic was not covered in policies, Insurance Age looks at how BI has changed since then.
Former vice presidents vow to monitor CII after motion not debated at AGM
A move to bring an independent probe into ongoings at the Chartered Insurance Institute has fallen short at the first hurdle.
CII elects Swiss Re’s Russell Higginbotham as president
Russell Higginbotham, CEO of Swiss Re Solutions, has been elected president of the Chartered Insurance Institute for 2023 moving up from deputy president and succeeding Peter Blanc.
Stark shortfall in fair value assessment requests from insurers
In a compliance webinar hosted by Kenneth Underhill, director of Implement Compliance Solutions and Resources, 76% of approximately 120 participating co-manufacturers and distributors said they had not received a fair value assessment from their…
Former vice-presidents renew call for an independent review of the CII
A new motion calling for an independent review of the Chartered Insurance Institute is to be tabled at the organisation’s annual general meeting next month, Insurance Age has learnt.
Insurers and brokers pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II
Insurance brokers and insurers have paid their respects following the death of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday.
The Insurance Museum opens with fire insurance exhibition
The Insurance Museum has unveiled its first online exhibition which is titled Fire! Risk and Revelations and will go live on 7 September.
PFS figures reinforce scale of financial challenge at CII
The financial performance of the Chartered Insurance Institute has again come under scrutiny as the Personal Finance Society posted its figures for 2021.
Blog: Why recruitment is the major challenge for the incoming CII head
Crescens George, of Wiser Academy , explains why recruitment must be the top priority for the new Chartered Insurance Institute boss as he calls for training to be more accessible.
People Moves: 15-19 August 2022
Keeping you up to date with the top personnel changes in insurance.
News analysis: Should brokers have formal qualifications?
Qualified for the job? Fiona Nicolson asks if there should be mandatory qualifications for insurance brokers.
Consumers rank broker knowledge equal with price
There remains an untapped well of potential clients for brokers made up of consumers valuing knowledge on a par with product price, according to the findings of exclusive research for Insurance Age.
Consumers back compulsory qualifications for brokers
Exclusive research for Insurance Age has laid bare that consumers want brokers to have a professional qualification in order to do the job.