The Recent additions page has been updated to show the books added to the CII library this month. All items can be borrowed by CII and PFS members, by post if required (UK and Europe).
In an unusually late Budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced important tax and other changes. Details of the main tax provisions are now available here.
In a new factfile on Takaful, Chakib Abouzaid gives an overview of the emergence of Islamic insurance in recent years, examining different models in takaful and retakaful and looking at the potential and challenges associated with this type of insurance.
In a new fact file on Recent developments in investment product design, Nick Edwards looks at the changes to the investment market over the last 10 years, examining new taxation and regulation, and the response of product providers.
If you have just suffered the misfortune of redundancy you might rightly ask what can your professional body do for you now? We have put together a new redundancy guide to help you in these difficult times and provide some guidance on how to cope.
Two illustrated training guides on general insurance and financial services are now available on this site. These have been developed by the CII specifically for use with non-qualified staff working in insurance and financial services, whether in service centres or elsewhere.
Our site search has been upgraded. The new facility searches all web pages and documents on this site with options to sort by date and filter by section.
Exam guides are now available free of charge for members on this site, except for guides for the last two sittings and for multiple-choice exams, which are available for purchase on the main CII site. These study aids are produced for most CII exams, typically including exam questions, examiners' comments on candidates' performance and key points for inclusion in answers. The older guides now available on this site are an invaluable tool for practising exam technique.
In his new fact file on Arson Ian Youngman reviews the legal situation in the UK, loss statistics, risk assessment and control and loss investigation. He also looks at underwriting and claims considerations and arson in particular kinds of building.
You can now browse this site by topic. You can choose from general insurance topic guides covering liability insurance, motor insurance, pecuniary insurance and property insurance and financial services guides on
health insurance, life assurance,
mortgages and pensions. Further topic guides will follow.
International market data.The CII has over 13,000 members outside the UK, in over 150 countries. In an expanded market data section we give an overview of the life and non-life market in the 50 countries with the highest number of CII members. Features both company rankings and key indicators.
