CII

The Chartered Insurance Institute is launching a new division of the professional body aimed specifically at mortgage brokers and advisers.

Initial IFA responses to details of the LIA/Sofa merger indicate some advisers believe the deal may be rejected because of the powers it gives the CII over the new body.

The LIA and Sofa have unveiled plans to rebrand as the Personal Finance Society and create a more self-regulated industry under proposals to merge the two groups.

The CII revealed at 11am this morning the Society of Financial Advisers and Life Insurance Association are to merge into a single professional body by 1 January 2005.

Demand for more highly qualified finaical service practitioners will increase over coming years, according to the results of an industry survey conducted on behalf of the CII.

Nomination for the Chartered Insurance Institute's office holders are up for re-election again, ahead of the AGM on July 21st.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has granted nine Honorary Fellowships for the first time since the re-introduction of the award two years ago.

The Exchange has signed a deal with the Chartered Insurance Institute to provide online training and competency testing through the IFA portal.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has already received accreditation from the Financial Services Skills Council for its Certificate in Financial Administration, which is designed to test life and pension admin staff's basic knowledge of their roles....

Students at Edinburgh University School of Law have become the first students in the UK to study the Financial Planning Certificate 1 (FP1), as part of the financial services module of their Legal Diploma.