This thinkpiece is the first in a series of several articles on the subject of climate change to be published in 2009. This summarises a detailed report published on 23 February by the CII edited by shared Nobel Prize winner Andrew Dlugolecki, entitled Coping with Climate Change: Risks and...

The economic downturn has affected people in many ways. One such example is the impact on perceptions towards risk, both in terms of businesses and individuals. In the final paper of the ‘Risky Business’ series Clare Sheikh, Group Director of Strategy, Marketing & Customer for RSA, explores...

Despite the economic downturn the issue of skills has remained at the top of the political agenda – highlighting its importance to the prosperity of the nation. We at the CII are committed to promoting the development of skills to ensure a more professional and competitive workforce. UKplc is...

Why are British bank branches run so differently—and often much less efficiently—than their international counterparts? Why is it that it has been nearly ten years since the last major innovation in that area? Banking expert David Cavell takes a hard look at the present situation, and argues...

Financial Secretary Stephen Timms considers Labour’s response to the financial crisis and looks forward to what his party is doing to secure the recovery.[...]

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...

This is a summary of key findings from the 2009 Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) membership skills survey. The CII is the world’s leading professional body for insurance and financial services (FS).In the year since the CII’s last skills survey much has changed – both in the economy and...

The deterioration in the financial climate over the past12 months has eroded consumers’ confidence in theirown financial security, with 58% of consumers eitherdisagreeing (33%) or disagreeing strongly (25%) thatthey feel more financially secure.This can be attributed, to some extent, to...

In today’s fast-paced world, we count on knowledgeable, ethical professionals to help redress the balance of informationoverload and complex, faceless corporations.Few symbols have lasted as long, and proven as integral to the way people make difficult decisions about who to trust,than the...

The CII is undertaking a comprehensive review of our policy on CPD as part of our broader professionalism agenda to raise standards and build trust in the sector.As a professional body, our goal is for CPD to be meaningful, delivered in a user-friendly fashion, with CII support available...