The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) looked into 525 disciplinary cases in 2012, according to its latest Professional Standards Board report.
Of this total, 274 were continuing personal development (CPD) defaulters and the majority of these members would have complied - by completing their CPD - before the disciplinary process was completed. A further 253 comprised non-CPD related matters. Of these 148 are related to membership applications, such as those from individuals with criminal convictions and insolvency issues. Under the CII guidelines, some insolvency matters can be dealt with in-house, whilst others require referral , following Secretariat investigation, to the Membership Application Sub Committee (MASC), a su...
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