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CII Apprenticeship Awards

Tue 31 Jan. 2023

The CII Apprenticeship Awards celebrate the achievements of exceptional apprentices from across the UK in seven categories. Nominations open on February 6, 2023, and close May 12, 2023.

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'Fuelled by Coffee' gallery by the Insurance Museum goes LIVE

Tue 10 Jan. 2023

‘Fuelled by Coffee’ is the second in a series of online galleries from the ‘Fire! Risk and Revelations’ exhibition by the Insurance Museum.

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CPD scheme continues to provide flexibility for bite-sized learning

Tue 29 Nov. 2022

The Chartered Insurance Institute Group has for a long time provided flexibility within our CPD rules around bite-sized learning. With learning styles changing and an increase in bite-sized learning activities, we’d like to provide an update on your CPD requirements and outline some common examples of how grouped activities can count towards these.

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2022 Examination Prize Winners

Fri 11 Nov. 2022

Examination Prize-winners ; Website; 2022 Each year, the Insurance Institute of Leicester awards a prize for the best performance at Advanced Diploma and at the Diploma. Our President, Sue Hull ACII Chartered Insurance Broker, has announced this year’s prize-winners. They are: Best performance at Advanced Diploma (Associateship) – Sam Spare. Sam is the principal of PF Spare Insurance Brokers of Measham, the firm founded by his grandfather in 1962. He wins £500 and the Papworth Plate. Sam is a previous winner of our Best Diploma Examination prize and has also won national examination prizes. Best performance at Diploma – Stephanie Tennant of Efficient Portfolio, Oakham. She receives £250 and the Mowatt Plate. Stephanie is a relative latecomer to financial services but has made impressive progress since starting her exams. In addition, we award a cheque of £200 to every new Fellow. This year we have six, all members of the Personal Finance Society: Kris Amliwala (Designer Wealth), Sarah Dring-Morris (Chesterton House), Steven Kallika (Hearnden & Weston Wealth), Timothy Kirby (WKM Wealth), Laura Ripley (Handford Aitkenhead & Walker) and Oliver Smith (BCM Wealth). Our prize-winners and new Fellows, plus partners, were all invited to our Annual Dinner.

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