Chartered insurance institute CPD

Can someone tell me about Chartered insurance institute’s CPD (Continuing Professional Development)? Also give contact details of Chartered Insurance Institute?

[Arun Vats]

As you want to know, the CII (Chartered Insurance Institute) is the world's leading professional organization for insurance and financial services. CII introduced CPD scheme in July 2012. Chartered Insurance Institute’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) helps to ensure that CII qualified members have necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in a competitive market.

CPD can help in following ways:
• Build public confidence and credibility
• Achieve career goals by focusing on relevant training and development
• Respond to change by continuously updating skills
• Improve productivity and efficiency by planning action
CPD takes a variety of different forms, are following:
• lectures
• workshops
• webinars
• videos
• e-books
• podcasts
• live debates

Contact details of CII are following:
42-48 High Road, South Woodford, London, E18 2JP
Tel: +44 (0)20 8989 8464
Fax: +44 (0)20 8530 3052
Email: customer.serv@cii.co.uk

I am interested in knowing the details of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Continuing Professional Development program and its usefulness?

[Kiran Chandar]

Continuing Professional Development ensures that as a CII/PFS member, one keeps their skills and knowledge up-to-date and, in turn, remains competent to perform their job. All CII-qualified members are appreciative to comply with the scheme’s requirements.

CPD Essentials is an inclusive, user-friendly adviser learning and development tool. It is simple to use, and all delivered online, on-demand.

Available for a solitary annual fee of £75 +VAT, with no hidden extras, this offers one with 12 months unlimited access to the full adviser Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme.

Learning’s of the Continuing Professional Development:

35 hours* of appropriate CPD content developed specifically to meet the needs of advisers.

Split across six key subject matter areas:
Financial services, regulation and ethics
Investment principles and risk
Personal taxation
Pensions and retirement planning
Financial protection
Financial planning practice

Monthly updates
furthermore, each month one will gain access to an update, providing a round-up of any recent changes across the six subject areas, to ensure you are kept completely abreast of market developments.

Assessment
A self test facility to allow one to gauge your knowledge as you progress with their CPD.

Planning and recording tool
CPD Essentials also includes a planning and recording tool, enabling one to create a plan for your learning.

Contact Details:

Chartered Insurance Institute
42-48 High Road,
South Woodford,
London, E18 2JP

Tel: +44 (0)20 8989 8464
Fax:+44 (0)20 8530 3052

Email: customer.serv@cii.co.uk