The Chartered Insurance Institute, the world's largest professional body for insurance and financial services, is a committed supporter of skills development. We have a long association with the sector and are involved in a number of ways.
| CII Presidential Manifesto |
 CII President, Julian James, has launched his presidential year manifesto on the theme of “The Next Generation of Talent”.
It calls on members to support the CII’s campaign and sets out a series of talent related objectives that will form part of our 2012 Chartered Centenary celebrations.
View the manifesto here
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| CII Skills report 2011 |
 Provides the key findings from this year’s membership skills survey. The full report contains an insight into the state of skills within insurance and financial services as well as highlighting how well the UK education system
meets
the sector’s needs.
Results by CII Faculty/Society
Respondents were asked to indicate their faculty or society, and we have prepared supplemental papers analysing the results by those groups, in some cases comparing against the CII average.
Broking
Claims
Underwriting
London Market
Life & Pensions
Personal Finance Society
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| Investing in tomorrow's skills today: The CII prospectus for skills |
 Investing in tomorrow's skills today' is the CII's prosectus for skills and is our constructive contribution to the skills debate.
We have a long tradition and proven track record in providing training and development solutions and meeting the needs of our members and the industries we serve. This experience has shaped our view of the current UK skills system and enabled us to develop a seven point plan for improving skills. This plan is set out within our prospectus.
We see the simplification of the present skills landscape, the creation of a stable policy framework and the greater recognition of underutilised resources, such as professional bodies, as key to reinvigorating our skills system.
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| Promoting careers in insurance and financial services |
 Discover Risk The CII is committed to promoting careers within insurance to attract the best talent. Visit our discover risk website (www.discoverrisk.co.uk) to see how we are achieving this.
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| Research |
 Insuring a better future: How to attract the best students into insurance
This report presents the key findings of the CII’s recent research on students’ attitudes towards insurance as a career, and makes recommendations for how the sector can attract the next generation of talent. Over 1600 students took part in the initial surveys, which were supplemented by focus groups. Key findings confirm the image problem many have suspected, but suggest the key factor is a lack of knowledge of the sector and the breadth of opportunity that exists. One of the report’s recommendations is more structured work experience, placements and internships which are highly valued by students but currently under-utilised by major insurance employers. |
CII Skills Surveys
2011 Skills Report
Provides the key findings from this year’s membership skills survey. This provides an insight into the state of skills within insurance and financial services as well as highlighting how well the UK education system meets the sector’s needs.
2010 Skills Survey
2008 Survey Results
2007 Survey Results |
| Thinkpieces |
 Steve Besley: Progress on the skills agenda: are we making enough?
4 September 2009: Despite the economic downturn the issue of skills has remained at the top of the political agenda – highlighting its importance to the prosperity of the nation. The present Government has invested heavily in skills, however the landscape is a crowded one. In this Thinkpiece, Steve Besley of Edexcel takes a look at the skills system, its development since the Leitch report and what might happen in the future.
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