CII

A qualification for advisers in the health and protection insurance sector has been launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is to introduce a Level 4 Certificate in Paraplanning, following in the footsteps of the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP), which launched a similar qualification last year.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has brought together 28 young insurance professionals to create three New Generation Groups.

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While the headline acts draw the polite crowds at the Institute of Financial Planning's conference, the truth comes out in the Celtic Manor bar and at the Jewel Balti curry house on Chepstow road, Newport.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has issued its first statements of professional standing (SPSs), including gap fill verification.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has formally accredited six professional bodies, meaning they can begin issuing Statements of Professional Standing (SPS), a mandatory form of practicing certificate for advisers.

David Thomson, director of policy and public affairs at the Chartered Insurance Institute, gives a quick recap of the rules surrounding Statements of Professional Standing.

Perspective Financial Group's Julie Hepworth offers a series of tips to help advisers hop, skip and jump their way through the CII's RO exams.

The public is unaware of how much long-term care (LTC) actually costs with half the population believing it is free at the point of use, new research has found.