Advisers furious as CII trials giving Chartered status for 'experience'

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Hope William-Smith
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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is piloting an ‘experienced-based’ route to become Chartered which would mean recipients would not have to sit its exams.

In an email to its members yesterday (7 March) the institute said applicants would need to evidence "significant years of experience operating at a senior level". Evidence of their professional impact would also need to be provided, which would then be assessed against a set of standards. Applicants would also be expected to talk through their submission via a professional discussion and provide two senior sponsors to back them up. The institute defended the programme, calling it "modern and inclusive" and stating it would bring the CII more in line with the sort of options provided b...

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