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Membership > Categories 2009

Senior Members

Chartered Status
The Chartered Title Family

Chartered Insurer
‘Chartered Insurer’ applies to qualified members working for insurance companies and Lloyd’s underwriting agents.

Chartered Insurance Practitioner
‘Chartered Insurance Practitioner’ applies to qualified members who work as insurance intermediaries or loss adjusters, in trade and professional bodies and in other insurance-related occupations.

Chartered Insurance Broker
‘Chartered Insurance Broker’ applies to qualified members who are carrying on business as an insurance broker. An insurance broker is an independent intermediary who acts for clients and, in respect of any product type, offers or sells the products of more than one insurer.

Note: Chartered titles are granted to individual members and are not to be used as applying to firms, partnerships or corporate bodies.

Diploma Holders
Fellow of the CII
Associate of the CII (Advanced Diploma in Insurance - ACII)
Joint Financial Services Diploma (Dip.F.S. Ins.)
Diploma of Insurance Practice (DIP)
Diploma in Life Administration (DLA)

Diploma in Life Disability Claims (DLDC)

Diploma in Life Disability Underwriting (DLDU)

Diploma in Loss Adjusting (Dip L.A.)

Diploma in Private Medical Insurance (Dip PMI)
Certified Insurance Practitioner (CIP)
Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA)

Insurance Industry Leaders

Ordinary Members

a.	Insurance Foundation Certificate holders.
b.	Students.
c.	Others in the profession.

Life Members
Mainly those who have retired after at least 25 years in the industry or awarded honorary membership by National Council.

Joint Members
Those who are members of the Institute and the LIA and hold the joint qualification QFA-Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA).
Those who are members of the Institute and who via the IBA hold the joint qualification Certified Insurance Practitioner (CIP).