Application for election to Fellowship

Step 7 – Application for election to Fellowship

Applying for election to Fellowship

You can apply as soon as you have completed all of the steps to Fellowship and have been an Associate for three years. You do not have to be on the Fellowship programme for three years before making your application.

Once we receive your application and payment of your election fee (£180) we will send you an acknowledgement.

Applying for Chartered Status

When you apply for Fellowship you are encouraged to hold a Chartered title and to abide by the regulations applying to Chartered titleholders. If you do not already hold a Chartered title you should consider whether to apply for one when you apply for Fellowship. A Chartered title with the FCII designation shows the world that you have attained and maintain the highest and most prestigious level of professional achievement.

There are three Chartered titles: Chartered Insurer, Chartered Insurance Practitioner and Chartered Insurance Broker. For further details contact Customer Service on 020 8989 8464.

The requirements of the Chartered title holder CPD scheme are the same as the CPD requirements for progression to Fellowship.

Fellowship assessment dates

Fellowship election applications are assessed on a quarterly basis. You should ensure that your completed application is received by the CII by one of the following dates each year:

• 1 February
• 1 May
• 1 August
• 1 November

If there is sufficient demand, the CII may hold additional assessment boards, for further information contact FAS on 020 7417 4780.

Applicants will be advised of their result approximately 10 weeks later.

Assessment

All Fellowship applications will be assessed by specially trained Fellows. Three assessors (Fellows of long standing) will be appointed to review and evaluate your application. Each assessor receives a copy of your major achievement and your statement of personal achievement. Your application will be assessed against the fixed assessment categories set by the Fellowship Assessment Board, described in these guidelines.

The assessors will produce reports for the Fellowship Assessment Board which ensures consistency and standards.

From time to time we may ask a candidate to come for interview before a recommendation is made. If you are called for interview we pay all reasonable expenses incurred, which are agreed with you beforehand.

We regret that we cannot give your result by telephone.

If you succeed

Provided that you have carefully followed these guidelines you are likely to be successful.

You will receive a letter confirming that you have been elected as a Fellow and are entitled to use the designatory letters, FCII, a right that belongs only to members who maintain this status by annual subscription. You may not use the letters FCII or describe yourself as a Fellow until you have received this written confirmation.

Depending on any local arrangements, your Fellowship certificate is sent either to you or to your local institute.

Each year, the applicant judged to have submitted the best Fellowship application will be awarded the CII’s Rutter medal and a cash prize.

If you do not succeed

If you do not succeed you will receive a letter, which includes assessors’ comments on why your application has been unsuccessful and advice on what further action you need to take.

Your application might not be accepted because of something that you could easily remedy. In this case, you may re-submit your application once this has been put right.

However, more major remedial work might be required. For example:

• the content of your dissertation does not meet the required standard. You may either revise the dissertation, submit a new one or select a different major achievement option;
• the content of your project report does not meet the required standard. This may be because the project report is judged not to have included sufficient detail, because your part in it is not sufficiently great or because of shortfalls in your report on the project. We will write to advise on what you need to do. In some cases, you may have to submit a report on an additional project or start afresh with a different major achievement;
• your published works do not meet the required standard. You may either submit an alternative work or works or choose a different major achievement.

Please note that it is not possible to 'top-up' a deficient major achievement with part of another type of major achievement. For example, if your dissertation is at fault, you cannot submit a published work to raise it to the required standard.

Please note: All re-submissions must be accompanied by an additional election fee (£180), unless otherwise advised.

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