CPD Breakfast Seminar - CII Qualifications and Aspire Apprenticeships

The Insurance Institute of Cardiff invite you to a CPD breakfast seminar which will provide an overview on CII Qualifications and Aspire Apprenticeships.

Event Details:

Holiday Inn, Cardiff North (M4 J32), Merthyr Road, Cardiff, CF15 7AD

Wednesday 23rd October 2019, 08:30 for refreshments, with a prompt 09:00am start (to be finished at approx 11:00am).

The Presentation will cover the following:

This presentation will look at all the different CII qualification options open to General Insurance staff along with an overview of Aspire Apprenticeships.

The presentation will be delivered by Alan Chandler who is widely regarded as one the top insurance trainers in the UK along with Sean Driscoll from ALS Training who deliver Aspire Apprenticeship Programmes.

As Alan teaches almost every single CII examination, he is in a unique position to elaborate on all the different options open to candidates, where there is overlap with other subjects and what each choice will entail. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask Alan specific questions you have.

The presentation will look at what each of the qualifications will involve and what options are available, so it will look at FIT, Certificate (Cert CII), Diploma (Dip CII) and Advanced Diploma (ACII which also will give you chartered status). We will also look at an overview of what the examiner will want at each level and how questions are selected. This will include understanding the coursework options.

CII Aspire Apprenticeships are a purpose-built and standardised employer training programmes which are easy to access, convenient to use and help businesses access available funding. ALS training are Wales' CII regional Aspire provider and have been delivering fully funded General Insurance apprenticeships pan wales for over 10 years.

In order to gain this status ALS were carefully selected by the Chartered Insurance Institute and had to meet strict quality criteria. The programmes provide apprentices with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to add real value to your business to national standards.

This presentation is appropriate for all members. Underwriters, claims staff, brokers, Loss Adjusters and anyone else who employs staff so that you can understand the options for your staff.

Learning objectives

At the end of this event, delegates will be able to:

• Understand the structure of the CII General insurance examinations.
• Understand how to best select the subjects for you
• Understand what is involved at each level of the CII examinations
• Understand how to best deal with the coursework options
• Understand the structure of CII Aspire apprenticeship
• Understand how to select the most suitable level of apprenticeship along with its benefits
• Understand the funding and support network available in completing an Aspire Apprenticeship

Alan Chandler, Chartered Insurer

Alan has undertaken operational management roles in three major global companies - NatWest Insurance Services, RBS Insurance Group and Allianz Insurance. He has run underwriting, broking and claims functions. Fourteen years ago, he set up his own training and consultancy company, something that he had always longed to do as he is passionate about training. Since then he has trained over two thousand people to become ACII qualified including six individuals who have achieved the best ACII completion in the whole of the United Kingdom. Alan is widely regarded as one of the top trainers and presenters in the UK insurance market, he has spoken at almost all the UK insurance institutes and delivers successful training programmes throughout Europe.

ALS Training

ALS Training is a key provider of training, learning and development solutions with over 2,000 Apprentices in learning each week. They design, deliver and evaluate a comprehensive range of training and development solutions to service both employers' and employees' and their individual needs.

ALS are one of only eighteen approved Apprenticeship contract holders for funding with Welsh Government and a lead provider of Apprenticeships within the Insurance/Financial Sectors.