Direct assessment routes
Where your non-CII qualifications don't sufficiently match CII qualifications for a prior learning award, you will need to complete CII qualifications wholly through direct assessment.
The examples below illustrate typical routes to CII qualifications and professional designations. Other routes are available.
Level 4 Diploma in Insurance - 2 routes
Robert and Pamela have joined a global insurance broker’s graduate scheme. As their degrees in chemical engineering and history do not match CII qualifications, they are not eligible for recognition of prior learning. They both want to achieve their Level 4 Diploma in Insurance by the quickest relevant route.
They join the CII and renew their membership annually to maintain their professional designations.
1 Pamela decides to complete both the Certificate in Insurance and the Diploma in Insurance
She doesn't want to complete three Certificate-level units, so her route is a combination of Certificate-level and Diploma-level units.
Once she passes the core (IF1) Insurance legal and regulatory unit, she chooses and decides to pass (IF2) General insurance business to gain a broad understanding of the sector’s products.
She then passes four Diploma-level units including the core (M05) Insurance law and (M92) insurance business and finance units, plus (M81) Insurance broking practice and (M93) Commercial property and business interruption insurances.
She achieves her Level 3 Certificate in Insurance after passing IF1, IF2 and her first Diploma-level unit, and the Level 4 Diploma in Insurance after passing all six units. She then upgrades her Cert CII professional designation to Dip CII.
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2 Robert decides to bypass the Certificate in Insurance
He decides to complete the Level 4 Diploma in Insurance with five Diploma-level unit passes.
Like Pamela, he may pass them in any order. He chooses the units closest to his job role first: (M81) Insurance broking practice and (M96) Liability insurances.
He then passes the core (M05) Insurance law and (M92) Insurance business and finance units. He is interested in furthering his career in reinsurance broking, so he chooses (M97) Reinsurance as his final unit. He becomes eligible to use the Dip CII professional designation in his email signature.
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Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Insurance, ACII and Chartered Insurance Broker title
If Robert and Pamela decide to progress to the Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Insurance, they would require a minimum five Advanced Diploma-level units (150 credits) plus a further unit (min 20 credits) at Diploma or Advanced Diploma level to reach a minimum 290 CII credits and meet the other core unit requirements:
- At least one of their five Advanced Diploma-level units would need to be (820) Advanced claims, (930) Advanced insurance broking or (960) Advanced underwriting
- As they both passed (M92) Insurance business and finance, they are not required to pass (530) Economics and business.
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Reaching the pinnacle - Fellowship Programme and FCII designation
Once Robert and Pamela have completed the Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Insurance, they become eligible for the Fellowship Programme, which is the highest level of CII membership. Whilst it is not a qualification, completing the Fellowship Programme demonstrates expertise, commitment, credibility and distinguishes practitioners as leaders in their fields.