The ageing population and its impact on financial services and insurance was the subject of a recent Thinkpiece by Jane Vass of Age Concern. However what about the impact of rising migration that also seems likely for Europe in the coming decades? How important will immigration be in picking up...

The Chartered Insurance Institute is the world’s leading professional body for insurance and financial services with 95,000 members in more than 150 countries. We are committed to protecting the public interest by maintaining the highest standards of professional and technical competence and...

In December, delegations from 192 countries will hold two weeks of talks in Copenhagen aimed at establishing a new global treaty on climate change. Six months after the publication of its third major report on climate change and insurance, ‘Coping with Climate Change: Risks and opportunities...

This paper sets out the CII’s conception of an Independent Professional Standards Board (IPSB). It reviews the proposal as it stands now, takes a critical look at some of the myths that have developed about it, sets out what a possible model IPSB might look like in the future, and explains the...

Open Road strongly endorses the move towards professionalism being led by CII. This is essential both in the public interest, and in the interests of CII members and the insurance and financial services industry generally. In summary the recommendations fall into six principal areas.[...]

The CII’s position paper no.1 (‘A professional body forretail financial services?’), published in October, set outan overview of the possible professional response to theFSA’s Retail Distribution Review and to the challenge ofestablishing, against the background of more...