by resource type

 
 
Dictionaries

Specialist online dictionaries for insurance and financial services.

 
 
Ebooks

This collection of full-text ebooks on insurance and financial services and related subjects is available to access from any computer. We have a certain number of concurrent user licences for each title. Members can read a book for up to two hours at a time – you will then be asked to login again to allow more people to make use of this service.

Please note that the links on the resource page will take you through to the full list of ebooks, with your chosen book appearing at the top of the page. Should you have any problems accessing any of these books, please contact us on 0207 417 4415 or email knowledge@cii.co.uk.

 
 
Exam guides

Past exam guides for essay-based questions. To search for specific exam guides, enter the unit code + "exam guide" (and month/year if desired) in the search box above - e.g. P10 exam guide October 2008. Alternatively, please click on one of the links below:

Certificate in financial planning: CF5
Diploma in financial planning: J01 J02 J03 J04 J05 J06 J07 J08
Diploma in regulated financial planning: R06
Diploma in insurance: P01 P04 P05 P10 P21 P80 P81 P85 P86 P91 P92 P93 P94 P96 P97
Advanced diploma in financial planning: AF1 AF2 AF3 AF4 AF5
Advanced diploma in insurance: 510 530 555 556 590 655 735 745 770 785 790 815 820 930 945 990

The two most recent papers (as well as the guide for each multiple-choice exam) are available via the main CII site (www.cii.co.uk) or (if you are taking Certificate or Diploma exams and have purchased a study text this year) via www.revisionmate.com

PLEASE NOTE:

R01 - R05 papers are multiple-choice. As such, there is one sample paper published each year, which will take into account changes in the syllabus and legislation. For this reason, you are advised to revise only from this paper, which is available via the main CII site (www.cii.co.uk) or (if you have purchased a study text this year) via www.revisionmate.com

 
 
Fact files

These in-depth technical fact files have been written exclusively for us by an expert in the field. Each runs from 3,000 to 30,000 words. All files are regularly reviewed for currency and updated as necessary.

 
 
Financial Solutions

Financial Solutions is the monthly member magazine, produced by The Personal Finance Society, for professionals within financial services. It combines topical news articles, written by leading industry experts, with a unique mix of technical analysis, tips on business and personal development and society updates.

Financial Solutions is available in full from 2009 onwards, below, and as individual articles from 2005 to date.

Please click on one of the links below to access issues published prior to 2009 (you will need to scroll down the page to view results).

Alternatively, please use the search box, above, to search for a particular article.

2005: Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
2006: Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
2007: Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
2008: Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
2009: Jan/Feb Mar/Apr

 
 
FS Xpress

A monthly email newsletter issued to all Personal Finance Society members.

 
 
Journal Xpress

A monthly email newsletter issued to all CII members.

 
 
 
Legal digest

Our Legal Digest is a series of articles written by international law firm DAC Beachcroft and published in association with the CII’s general insurance faculties. DAC Beachdroft is a leading international legal business with more than 2,000 people and coverage adcross the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America.

Each article looks at a recent case of importance to general insurance or an issue of significance to the industry.

Available online from 2008 to date.

 
 
News items

An archive of news and press releases from various regulatory bodies, including items from the Consulting Consortium and Technical Connection.

 
 

These are the archived copies of CII syllabuses. To see an index of what we hold, please click here.

Alternatively, please use the search box aboxe - type in "syllabus" plus the course or module title/number you require.

 
 
Technical articles

This page contains all of the individual technical articles which have appeared in both The Journal and Financial Solutions magazines, as well as in various faculty publications, allowing for more relevant items of interest to be obtained with greater ease.

 
 
The Journal

The Journal is the monthly member magazine, produced by Chartered Insurance Institute, for professionals within the insurance industry. It combines topical news articles, written by leading industry experts, with a unique mix of technical analysis, tips on business and personal development and society updates.

This publication is available online from 1999 to date. The full magazines are available in electronic format from Feb/Mar 2009, below. If you wish to access earlier articles, please go to the advanced search function and enter "The Journal" in the topic field and the relevant date published in the date fields.

If you would like any assistance with this, please contact us.