Diploma in Insurance

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The Diploma is a technical and supervisory qualification for insurance staff working across all sectors of the industry. It was developed by market practitioners to provide a firm grounding in insurance fundamentals and to enable candidates to build towards advanced technical knowledge. Holders can apply to use the designation ‘Dip CII®’.

It will provide you with a firm grounding in insurance fundamentals and will enable you to build towards advanced technical knowledge, thereby ensuring you have the means to function effectively in a challenging environment.

In addition to being a valuable qualification in its own right, the Diploma can also be a milestone on the route to completion of the Advanced Diploma. In completing the Diploma you will have to complete at least one Advanced Diploma unit and will acquire a minimum of 110 credits that can be used towards the Advanced Diploma (for which 290 are required in total).

The Diploma in Insurance is appropriate for:

Insurance technicians and those who aspire to be technicians.
Supervisors, team leaders and those with long-term ambitions of assuming managerial responsibilities.
Anyone wishing to hold a recognised, respected insurance qualification.
Insurance staff employed in support functions wishing to develop their knowledge of the business.
Those wanting to develop their knowledge and understanding as part of a progression towards completion of the Advanced Diploma in Insurance and Chartered status.

Flexible and comprehensive

As a Diploma candidate, you can select units from across the entire CII qualifications framework, which means you have access to all the units currently available.

They offer something for everyone, whatever sector of the insurance industry you work in and whatever your particular specialisation or preferred career path. These range from the fundamentals of insurance practice and legislation through to personal lines product families, classes of commercial insurance and specialisms such as aviation and marine.

The qualification is modular in structure, which allows you to select units of study according to your preference and career requirements.

Each unit has a credit value and the accumulation of the stipulated number of credits leads to the award of the Diploma (holders of the Diploma also meet the entry requirements for the Advanced Diploma and have at least 110 of the 290 credits required to complete this). Successful completion allows you to apply to use the designations ‘Dip CII®’ (CII membership and Continuing Professional Development requirements apply).

Meeting market expectations

Importantly, this qualification has been designed to assist you and your employer to comply with both the existing and future regulatory training and competence requirements. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) requires you to demonstrate that you are competent in the work you do, and thereafter to maintain this competence. This approach is designed to ensure that you have the appropriate knowledge and skills to perform your job effectively. Qualifications can play an important role in helping to meet the requirements by serving as an objective measurement of your technical awareness and understanding.

Insurance qualifications framework

For details on the full range of qualifications within the framework please see the Overview section

Why the Diploma in Insurance?

This qualification can help your career in the following ways:

Demonstrate to your employer, peers and customers your commitment to personal learning and development.
Can form part of an overall programme to meet the regulator’s training and competence requirements.
Supports lifelong learning as prior study is recognised as you progress through the qualifications framework, taking accumulated credits with you.
Supports personalised learning programmes as you select the topics most appropriate to your role, rather than follow a rigid pre-set learning programme.
A ‘Record of Achievement’ is awarded for each unit passed, providing portable and permanent evidence of learning undertaken.
Diploma in Insurance awarded upon completion.
Upon completion of this qualification you can apply to use the designation 'Dip CII'. This is respected throughout the industry and increasingly acknowledged by the public as demonstrating professional standing (CII membership and Continuing Professional Development requirements apply).

Your next step

Now that you have read about the Diploma in Insurance, gained an understanding of what they offer and decided it meets your career development plans, it is time to finalise your entry.

This Diploma in Insurance section contains all the information you require to study for and complete this qualification. As you read through this, you will learn about the units on offer, the available learning materials, course and exam entry dates and deadlines, terms and conditions relating to entry, and the different ways you can enter.

Please take the time to read this, as it will help you choose the study programme that best fits your needs.

Prizes

Each year the CII may award a number of prizes for exceptional performance in its qualifications. These prizes cover a variety of situations, such as completing a qualification, the best performance in a single unit or certain groups of units, and exemplary performance by those working in certain sectors of the industry. The prizes are sponsored by a wide range of organisations within the insurance and financial services industry.

Should you not wish your contact details to be given to the sponsor of a prize for which your exam performance may make you eligible, you should indicate this by ticking the appropriate box in the ‘Declarations’ section of the application form.