Major achievement Option 1

Option 1: Additional professional or management qualification

The Fellowship programme recognises that, for many people, an additional professional or management qualification may be the most valuable form of personal development. As long as these qualifications are relevant to the work done in the context of insurance operations, credit can be given.

All professional and managerial qualifications will be judged against the following criteria:

• it must be gained post ACII;
• it must be obtained by objective assessment by the awarding body with a minimum of four assessments or
• their equivalent at Advanced Diploma subject level;
• it must usually have been awarded after
  1. a minimum of two year’s part-time study or
  2. one year’s full-time study;
• where achievement of the additional qualification is partially dependent on credits awarded for prior learning;
• assessments equivalent to at least 120 Advanced Diploma credits must be undertaken;
• the subject matter of the qualification must be relevant to your occupation in the insurance sector;
• it must be a complete qualification, which meets the criteria in its own right.

A qualification which has been used to gain credits for the Advanced Diploma/ACII cannot be used as a major achievement. It is advisable to have a qualification assessed by the CII before you start studying towards it.

Examples of qualifications used as major achievements

The following qualifications are just a few which have been used as major achievements:

• ACIB – Associate of The Chartered Institute of Bankers
• ACILA/FCILA – Associate/Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
• AINZ – Associate of the Insurance Institute of New Zealand
• AIRM – Associate of the Institute of Risk Management
• AMII – Associate of the Malaysian Insurance Institute
• APMI – Associate of the Pensions Management Institute
• ASFA/FSFA – Associate/Fellow of the Society of Financial Advisers
• BA(Hons) Financial Services, Insurance Management or Insurance Studies
• ACCA – Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
• CIMA – Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• CPCU – American Institute for CPCU
• Diploma in Management
• FAII – Fellow of the Australian Insurance Institute
• FIISA – Fellow of the Insurance Institute of South Africa
• GradICSA – Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
• GradIPD – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• LLB (Hons)
• MBA – Master of Business Administration
• Post-graduate Certificate in Education or Law
• Post-graduate Diploma in Marketing
• Solicitor or Barrister.

Download the application form for a major achievement. When making your application, you must enclose documentary evidence of non-CII qualifications demonstrating that the qualification meets the relevant criteria. Such evidence can be:

• details of the method of assessment;
• course outline;
• syllabus summary of the topics covered;
• examination papers undertaken as part of the qualification.

Please note that the Institute is not able to obtain this information on your behalf and failing to supply all the relevant information may delay your application. All information submitted should be in English.

If at the date of application you have already completed the qualification you should additionally submit either the original certificate or a photocopy (a person other than yourself who is a current member of the CII and is an ACII, FCII, MSFA, ASFA or FSFA must attest the copy to confirm that it is a true copy of the original and sign it to that effect).

If your qualification is unacceptable for the CII Fellowship scheme, you will need to choose a different major achievement. Examples of acceptable qualifications are shown above.

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