CII Member Survey »
This year's survey comes amid continuing global economic
uncertainty. Members are more pessimistic than optimistic
about future economic prospects, though they are more optimistic
than last year. The proportion of respondents who think that
prospects for the economy are good has increased from 7% in 2011 to
17% today.
Future risk »
The world faces a vast array of global economic and political
challenges. The financial crisis and euro zone sovereign debt
problems, as well as the political paralysis over the US debt
ceiling, suggest we are on the verge of a seismic change in the
nature of the global economy and international relations.
CII internships »
Internships provide a number of benefits to young people,
employers and society as a whole. They present insurance and
financial services companies with the opportunity to promote
careers within our profession, whilst also supporting social
mobility.
CII Thinkpiece 71 »
As this thinkpiece by George Magnus -"the man who predicted the
financial crisis" - shows, the current economic turmoil is
colluding with rising longevity to severely depress returns for the
elderly. Government's, societies and industries must take robust
action now in order to ensure that rising longevity is celebrated
rather than feared over the decades to come.
CII Thinkpiece 72 »
In this thinkpiece, prepared for a discussion in May 2012 at the
UK Inter-Professional Group, which provides a discussion forum for
professional sector issues, Duncan Minty gives some timely messages
to the insurance industry about the ethics of data management.
CII Thinkpiece 70 »
Steve Kingshott of RSA Insurance Group provides a unique insurer
perspective on renewable energy development.
CII Briefing: RDR update »
On 27 February 2012, the FSA published three papers that are
relevant to the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review
(RDR) which takes effect at the end of this year. These were:
Future risk: learning from history »
There have been many profound events over the last hundred
years. In 1912, the Titanic left Southampton for her one and only
voyage, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the
Channel, the Bolsheviks grew to prominence in Russia and the first
Balkan War began. Since then there have been two world wars,
revolutions in Russia and Eastern Europe, a cold war, the birth of
the European Union, the end of the British Empire, further
conflicts in the Balkans, an Asian financial crisis, the collapse
of the World Trade Centre and the 'Great Recession'...the list of
defining moments is truly endless.
Policy Briefing: Making a provision for professionalism within the Financial Services Bill »
This briefing sets out the Chartered Insurance Institute's
position on the Financial Services Bill in advance of its Second
Reading on 6 February 2012
CII Thinkpiece 68 »
James Lloyd of the Strategic Society Centre and Tim Fassam of
the Prudential explore public attitudes to pension saving in the
light of the new autoenrollment starting in 2012.