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- NICK KIRK - The supply and demand of insurance - Capacity - Global Financial Crisis (10:16)
- NICK KIRK - Competition - London Market (6:53)
- PAUL SKINNER - Marketing - Marketing activities - The marketing department (5:18)
- RICHARD WOOLER - Refining Investment Practice - External environment - Opportunities (2:25)
- RICHARD WOOLER - Monetary and Fiscal Policy and New Governments - Inflation - Economic Cycle (4:26)
- RICHARD WOOLER - How central banks influence supply - Interest rates (4:59)
- JOHN CONSTABLE - Corporate governance - Corporate strategy - Culture (20:14)
- JOHN CONSTABLE - Emerging risks - COVID-19 - Climate change - Contract certainty (9:21)
- MARK BUTTERWORTH - Risk acceptance policy - Strategic business planning - Barriers to entry (10:44)
- MARK BUTTERWORTH - Outsourcing risk - SLAs - Auditing (12:32)
- MARK BUTTERWORTH - Choice of domicile - Brexit - Captives - Regulatory environments (7:31)
- MARK BUTTERWORTH - Corporate governance - UK Corporate Governance Code (12:43)
- NOUSHEEN HASSAN - Solvency II - Evolution of risk management - ORSA (6:07)
- NOUSHEEN HASSAN - Market trends - PRA guidance - Business continuity (8:07)
- RACHEL PANKRATZ - Public relations - Crisis management - BCP - Deepwater Horizon (8:25)
- ROSEMARY BEAVER - Risk culture - Critical stakeholders - Brand (3:44)
- ROSEMARY BEAVER - Business ethics - Business failure - Corporate governance (8:31)
- ROSEMARY BEAVER - COVID 19 - STRESS TESTING - INVESTMENT RISK (7:19)
- ROSEMARY BEAVER - Emerging risks - Climate change - Latent risks (7:16)
- ROSEMARY BEAVER - Corporate Governance - Regulators - ESG (2:44)
- SAMANTHA RIDGEWELL - workforce – talent – labour supply (12:20)
- SAMANTHA RIDGEWELL - labour policy – talent – upskilling (5:55)
- SUNEETA PADDA - Crisis management - BCP - Operational resilience (8:16)
- SUNEETA PADDA - Market trends - Emerging risks - Brexit - Climate change (5:17)
- SUNEETA PADDA - Corporate governance - SMCR (6:06)
- Basic concepts, the economics of special markets, the marketplace - Econlib
- Outline of economies
- American Economic Association Website
- Adam Smith - Econlib
- Milton Friedman - Econlib
- Karl Marx - Econlib
- No Going Back: State of Social Enterprise Survey 2021 - Social Enterprise UK
- Charity Commission for England and Wales - UK Government
- United States Economic Data and Projections - Focus Economics
- World Bank Group - Economic Prospects
- Kyoto Protocol - United Nations Climate Change
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - ipcc
- Economics Defined with Types, Indicators, and Systems - Investopedia
- Factors of production - BBC
- Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics: What’s the difference? Investopedia
- Economic systems - Corporate Finance Institute
- GDP quarterly estimate - Office for National Statistics
- UK economy forecast - KPMG
- World Economic Forum Website
- Micro Insurance Network Website
- The Impact of Climate Change on the UK Insurance Sector - Bank of England
- Insurance and Geopolitics: Is Geopolitical Confrontation Making International Business Uninsurable? AEI
- UK Market Insights - ICMIF
- The London Market Grows Contribution to UK Economy to £50billion
- What 6 key challenges will insurers face in 2024? RPC
- The Talent Shortage Crisis - CII
- Insurance industry urged to be transparent and honest to combat talent shortage - Insurance Times
- 2024 Insurance M&A Outlook - Deloitte
- Navigating geopolitical threats in the insurance market: Strategies for success - Norton Rose Fulbright
- Lloyd’s geopolitical conflict scenario sees global economy exposed to $14.5tn loss
- Top investment considerations for insurers 2024 - Mercer
- Transforming Culture in Financial Services - FCA
- Centre for Alternative Technology Website
- Sustainable Development Goals - United Nations
- Greensill Scandal Explained - Finance Focused
- What are common code provisions? ECI
- Guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers - FCA
- Consumer Duty Alliance - Guides and Support
- CII Code of Ethics
- Transparency and Insurance: a Companion to the Code of Ethics - CII
- Good leadership: Culture, ethics and conduct in financial services - CMI
- Final non-Handbook Guidance for firms on the Consumer Duty - FCA
- The Senior Managers and Certification Regime: Guide for FCA solo-regulated firms - FCA
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Website
- The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence - European Parliament
- Ethics and Sustainability Report - John Lewis Partnership
- Corporate Social Responsibility - United Nations
- Corporate Sustainability Reporting - European Union
- Enhancing climate-related disclosures by asset managers, life insurers, and FCA - regulated pension providers - FCA
- Sustainability Reports - Website
- Environmental, Social and Governance - KPMG
- What is ESG? A Guide for Businesses - British Business Bank
- UK Corporate Governance Code - Financial Reporting Council
- Corporate Governance - CIPD
- Code of Conduct (COCON) - FCA
- An Example of an Insurance Company’s Approach to Climate Change - Zurich
- Natural disaster risks - Munich Re
- Growing risks from quantum computing
- The Psychology of Security - Schneier
- Ranking Risks: Rare to Certain, Negligible to Catastrophic- Project Smart
- Market Oversight - Lloyd’s
- Financial Services Risk Trends - Allianz
- Crisis Management - AIRMIC
- In a changing climate, the role of insurance will have to be much bigger - Allianz
- ESG scores: Why and how insurers should prepare for ESG rating agency regulation - WTW
- Insurance and ESG: Stakeholder expectations - Insure TV
- Insurance & ESG - What do stakeholders think? InsureTV
- Environmental, Social and Governance Strategies in Insurance: A guide for SME brokers - CII
- Changes to the Corporate Governance Code (UK) - Kennedy’s
- The 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code - EY
- UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 Guidance - Norton Rose Fulbright
- What are Risk Management Information Systems and where do they add value? - Zurich
- Risk Management Information Systems are a necessary part of a risk mature organisation - Zurich
- A structure approach to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and the requirements of iso 31000
- Climate Change and the Insurance Industry - Norton Rose Fulbright
- The role of insurers in tackling climate change: Challenges and Opportunities - EIOPA
- Catastrophe Modelling and Climate Change - Lloyd’s
- Greenwashing and next steps for the insurance industry - Hymans
- Competition - Econlib
- Monopoly - Econlib
- Competition and Markets Authority Website
- Retail banking - An example of CMA market investigation
- Herbert Alexander Simon - Econlib
- An Introduction to Behavioural Economics
- How data makes insurance work better for you - ABI
- Benefits and use cases of AI in insurance - Swiss Re
- Asset-backed pensions - OECD
- 5 factors that influence competition in microeconomics
- How to maximise profit with marginal cost and revenue
- Market Structure - Corporate Finance Institute
- 4 things to consider when choosing an international insurer - Airmic
- How competitors can concrete the future of insurance - EY
- UK National Accounts, The Blue Book - Office for National Statistics
- John Maynard Keynes - Econlib
- United Kingdom Household Saving Ratio - Trading Economics
- Further details about M0 data - Bank of England
- Further details about M4 data - Bank of England
- Monetarism - Econlib
- People in work - Office for National Statistics
- Gross National Product - Britannica Money
- Gross Domestic Product : An Economy’s All - IMF
- Gross National Income (GNI) - Investopedia
- Money in the modern economy: an introduction - Bank of England
- Money Supply Definition: Types and How it Affects the Economy - Investopedia
- Aggregate Supply and Demand - Corporate Finance Institute
- Underwriting - Managing the Cycle
- The World Factbook - CIA
- OECD Data Explorer
- Ageing Population - Office for National Statistics
- The Path to Hyperinflation: Venezuela - Forbes
- Eurostat Website
- How the Unemployment Rate Affects Everybody - Investopedia
- Inflation: Prices on the rise - International Monetary Fund
- What is inflation? - McKinsey
- Mandatory ESG Reporting Requirements - KPMG
- The next frontier for sustainable growth: Capturing the cost advantage of direct insurance - McKinsey
- A Digital Reckoning for Insurance Companies - Bain and Company
- Economic Profit
- Why benchmarking alone isn’t enough in today’s risk landscape - WTW
- Insurance 360 Benchmarking Tool - McKinsey
- Budgeting - Corporate Finance Institute
- Sources of Finance - Corporate Finance Institute
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Great question! We cover a wide range of topics tied to the syllabus and learning outcomes as described on the CII Group website.
More importantly, having been through the ACII ourselves (and coaching many, many people through it since), we know the challenges students face when structuring the coursework, and how to break down the course topics with scenarios covering the syllabus which you’ll find useful when answering your coursework questions.
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What’s in the resource hub?
The hub contains 9 resource categories, beginning with an introduction to ACII and how to approach coursework, and ending with supplementary research links and resources to help further your learning. Every hub contains:
- Navigating your ACII (coursework research, referencing, and other practical matters)
- Interviewing the Industry (subject matter expert interviews)
- Technical Topics (key areas of learning)
- Refreshers (crossover theory from earlier course modules)
- Concepts “in a nutshell” (at a glance overviews of key concepts and terms)
- Perspectives and Scenarios (insights from insurance professionals)
- Real Time Research (live research, showing you how to research given topics in real time)
- Snip it Summaries (animated scenarios, perfect for visual learners)
- Research Resources (links, further reading, and more)
Why it works
By giving you detailed insight into case studies, perspectives and scenarios led by insurance professionals, you will see first-hand how practitioners approach issues that are similar to those you’ll cover in 530 assignments.
This insight, paired with the information in our on-demand resource hub, gives you everything you need to successfully apply the theory to your assignment questions.
Our resource hub combines digestible, easy to understand slides, industry interviews, topic refreshers, ‘in a nutshell’ overviews, and animations involving real-life scenarios.
We give you the support you need to:
- Know where to start and how to research for your topics
- Take case studies and interviews and extract useful, relevant information from them
- Understand and absorb the 530 information, so you can use it in your assignments (and your career!).
Armed with this knowledge, we’ve put together a one of a kind ACII resource hub that:
✔ Walks you through the 530 key concepts step by step
✔ Provides valuable interviews with insurance professionals, where we go deep into topics with subject matter experts, giving you relevant perspectives and opinions from people who’ve “been there, done that”
✔ Explains complicated topics in simple, relatable terms
✔ Makes concepts and cases memorable by combining visual references with real life examples
✔ Strips out the ‘fluff’ and drills down into the topics you need to know
✔ Makes learning fun
This is the only course of its kind in the world! You can rest easy knowing you’re learning in a way that prioritises results, while getting the very best support from insurance pros.
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