CII
    Level 3
    QN: 603/7835/9
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    CII Level 3 Certificate in Insurance (Apprenticeship)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CII. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 42 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    CII
    Syllabus Units
    12 Units
    Guided Hours
    42 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Customer service in insurance

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to fulfil customer requirements in the insurance sector
    • Understand the importance of customer feedback to improve service in the insurance sector
    • Understand the importance of good communication to maintain and build client relationships in the insurance industry
    • Know how to deal with conflict within an insurance environment
    • Understand the importance of keeping accurate and confidential records when dealing with customers
    • Know how to manage own workload and time to meet business requirements and timescales
    • Know how to work with others to achieve team and organisational objectives
    • Understand the sales process
    • Know how to increase sales activities
    • Know the main regulatory and legal requirements applicable to the application of insurance business
    2

    General insurance business

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know insurance products and associated services for general insurance business
    • Understand underwriting and policy wordings for general insurance business
    • Know how to apply knowledge of principles of premium calculation of general insurance business to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand claims within the context of general insurance business
    • Know how to apply knowledge of principles concerning the operation of policy conditions affecting claims for general insurance business to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand information and communication technology, security, confidential information and data protection within general insurance business
    • Understand customer service within general insurance business
    3

    Household insurance products

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the scope of cover provided by household insurance products
    • Know how to apply knowledge of the cover provided by household insurance products to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand the legal and regulatory considerations for household insurance products
    • Know how to apply knowledge of legal and regulatory considerations for household insurance products to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand risk assessment, rating and underwriting of household insurance products
    • Know how to apply knowledge of risk assessment, rating and underwriting of household insurance products to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand claims procedures within the context of household insurance products
    • Know how to apply knowledge of claims procedures within the context of household insurance products to a given set of circumstances
    4

    Insurance broking fundamentals

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the insurance broking market.
    • Understand the role and responsibilities of the insurance broker in the provision of insurance products and services.
    • Understand contract and agency in relation to insurance brokers and their clients.
    • Understand the key legal and regulatory issues affecting insurance brokers.
    • Understand the key financial issues affecting insurance brokers.
    • Understand issues relating to the conduct and culture of insurance broking business.
    5

    Insurance claims handling process

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the general principles in the claims handling process
    • Understand insurance products and associated services
    • Understand claims considerations and administration
    • Understand claims handling procedures and related claims services
    • Understand claims handling systems
    • Understand claims settlement
    • Understand how expenses are managed
    6

    Insurance underwriting process

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the material facts relating to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand underwriting procedures relating to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand insurance policies in relation to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand renewals and cancellation in relation to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand personal insurances in relation to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand commercial insurances in relation to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand the main ‘support’ type insurance services available
    • Understand underwriting considerations in relation to the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand the principles and practices of pricing
    • Understand pricing factors within the context of the insurance underwriting process
    • Understand managing exposure within the context of the insurance underwriting process
    7

    Insurance, legal and regulatory (EPA)

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature and main features of risk within the insurance environment.2.
    • Know how to apply the main features of risk and risk management to a given set of circumstances.3.
    • Understand the main features of insurance.4.
    • Know the structure and main features of the insurance market.5.
    • Understand contract and agency.6.
    • Understand the principle of insurable interest.7.
    • Understand the principle of good faith.8.
    • Understand the doctrine of proximate ca
    • use and its application to non-complex claims.9.
    • Understand the principle of indemnity and how this is applied to contracts of insurance.10.
    • Understand the principles of contribution and subrogation.11.
    • Understand the main regulatory and legal requirements applicable to the transaction of insurance business
    • Understand consumer protection and dispute resolution.13.
    • Know the main methods of preventing, handling and resolving consumer complaints.14.
    • Understand the CII Code of Ethics and be able to apply the principles to non-complex scenarios.
    8

    Introduction to risk management

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the basic elements of risk
    • Understand how risk can be identified and analysed
    • Understand how risk can be evaluated
    • Understand how risk can be treated
    • Understand how risk is managed in practice
    • Understand the elements of business continuity, continuity management and crisis management
    9

    Motor insurance products

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the market place for motor insurance products
    • Apply the principles contained within motor insurance to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand the scope of cover provided by motor insurance products
    • Apply the principles contained within the scope of cover provided by motor insurance products to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand the legal and regulatory considerations for motor insurance
    • Apply the legal and regulatory principles for motor insurance to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand risk assessment, rating and underwriting for motor insurance
    • Apply the principles contained within risk assessment, rating and underwriting for motor insurance to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand claims procedures for motor insurance products
    • Apply the principles of claims procedures for motor insurance to a given set of circumstances
    • Understand information and communication technology as this relates to motor insurance
    • Apply the principles of information and communication technology as this relates to motor insurance to a given set of circumstances
    10

    Packaged commercial insurances

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the development of packaged commercial insurances
    • Understand the basic features and scope of packaged commercial insurances and associated services
    • Know how packaged commercial insurances are arranged
    • Understand underwriting procedures and policy wordings for packaged commercial insurances
    • Understand mid-term policy amendments, renewals and cancellation for packaged commercial insurances
    • Understand claims procedures in relation to packaged commercial insurances

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/7835/9
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    CII
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Oct 2021