OUR OBJECTIVES
The Gibraltar Insurance Institute’s key objectives are to:
- Co-ordinate and provide insurance training.
- Facilitate continuous professional development through technical seminars.
- Liaise with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) on behalf of local members.
- Promote discussion and exchange of information on insurance issues through various social events, including an annual dinner.
Education
The GII encourages and supports members to achieve CII (the UK based Chartered Institute of Insurance) insurance qualifications.
The CII is the leading professional body for the global financial services profession. It exists to promote higher standards of integrity, technical competence and business capability. With over 115,000 members in more than 150 countries, the CII is the world’s largest professional body dedicated to insurance and financial services.
The qualifications they offer range from entry level introductory courses through to Fellowship accreditation, and can be tailored to suit your specific needs.
The Gibraltar Insurance Institute recently improved access to these qualifications by working with the Government of Gibraltar, the CII and the Bleak House Training Institute to enable candidates to take their exams online. This provides monthly opportunities to take your exam, and, for multiple choice exams, an immediate result.
The GII also organises revision courses for CII exams where the number of candidates mean these are viable.
Our education team also work closely with the schools and college in Gibraltar to promote insurance as a career choice for young people.
Continuous Professional Development
Throughout the year the GII Council arranges technical seminars delivered by experts in the industry. The Council tries to ensure that the diverse interests of all our members are covered, and also addresses hot topics in insurance.
If you are a member you should receive invites to these events automatically. If you are not receiving them, please contact the Membership Secretary.
If there is something you would like to know more about or you have an idea for a seminar please contact us and we will do our best to cater to your needs.
Our Events page contains presentations from past seminars and tells you what is coming up. You will also find our latest events in the grey bar at the bottom of the page.
Social Events
The Gibraltar insurance industry is small, close knit and we love to get together to catch up, talk shop and eat and drink!
Our Social Secretary is very busy and we hold a number of social events throughout the year, ranging from informal ten-pin bowling to our black-tie annual dinner.
If you are a member you should receive invites to these events automatically. If you are not receiving them, please contact the Membership Secretary.
Our Events page contains links to photos from previous social events and tells you what is coming up. You will also find our latest events in the grey bar at the bottom of the page.
What else do you do?
We also work closely with the Gibraltar Insurance Association (www.gia.gi) on industry related matters. The Gibraltar Insurance Association’s key objectives are to:
- Forum for discussion between members
- Communication with authorities in Gibraltar and elsewhere
- Common expression of professional opinion (especially legislation and regulatory)
- Education of Members in collaboration with the Gibraltar Insurance Institute
- Promotion of Gibraltar as an insurance domicile
- To participate in and work with the Gibraltar Finance Centre Council
